God's Final Message of Love | Stephen Bohr

good morning and happy sabbath along with james rafferty i want to say that it's a real blessing to have real people out there you know for the last year and two months i've only been in four life places one is fresno central church my local church i preach there to less than 25 attendance then about three weeks ago i preached at the bakersfield hillcrest church and last sabbath at the mountain view hispanic church and now here but i have not traveled out of california for a year and two months and i'm getting kind of edgy because i had to postpone or cancel a lot of the commitments for the last year so it's going to be difficult to make them all up well we've had our prayer and the title of our study this morning is god's final message of love and i want to begin by reading that message it actually is composed of three parts let's go to revelation chapter 14 and verses 6 through 12. revelation 14 6-12 i know that we probably have this passage memorized but let's read it anyway because this is what we're going to study this morning it says in revelation 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 springs of water and another angel followed saying battle and has 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 and 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 god's final message of love now when we study a passage of scripture we need to ask the passage questions and then in the context of the totality of scripture we look for the answers to the questions so i have a series of questions regarding what we just read several of them what is the everlasting gospel what do the three angels represent why are they described as flying in the midst of heaven why are the messages proclaimed to the whole world what does it mean to fear god what does it mean to give glory to god what and when is the hour of god's judgment what does it mean to worship the creator what is babylon why did babylon fall what is babylon's wine of wrath what does a prophecy mean when it says that babylon fornicates with the kings of the earth who is the beast who is the image of the beast what is the mark of the beast what is the number of the beast what is the wine of god's wrath why is it poured out without mixture will the worshipers of the beast be incinerated in fire that will never go out what is the patience of the saints what are the commandments of god what is meant by the faith of jesus and who are the 144 000 and when will they live i would say our work is cut out for us you know several years ago ago i did a series on the three angels messages yet 24 25 actually presentations of one hour each studying each phrase of the three angels message there's a lot more there than meets the eye so what i want to do is share with you being that i'm here at this beautiful place 12 amazing facts about the three angels message first the angels that are mentioned in the three angels message are not the ones who proclaim the messages we are not to expect three literal angels flying and whizzing by in heaven shouting out the messages that we just read revelation chapter 1 verses 1 to 3 tells us that there is a chain that god uses to share his message with this earth let's read revelation 1 verses 1 to 3. now this applies specifically to john a prophet but it applies basically in principle to everyone it says in revelation 1 1-3 the revelation of jesus christ which god gave him to show his servants things which must shortly take place and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant john who bore witness to the word of god and to the testimony of jesus christ to all things that he saw blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy of this book and keep those things which are written in it for the time is at hand john to the seven churches which are in asia now let me mention the chain of command the message originates with god the father god the father gives it to jesus jesus it's not mentioned in these verses but jesus gives it to the holy spirit because we're told here that has an ear let him hear what the spirit says to the churches so the father gives it to jesus jesus gives it to the spirit this holy spirit gives it to the angel the angel gives it to john john sends it to the churches and the churches are to proclaim the message to the world that's god's chain of command in imparting the message now in the new testament human beings are called angels for example john the baptist is called god's messenger the word is angelos god's angel we find that the messengers that john sent sent to ask jesus whether he was the messiah they are described in luke 7 24 as angels messengers we find that the spies the two spies that went to jericho are called angels or messengers in galatians chapter 4 and verse 14 the apostle paul is called an angel of god stephen we're told in acts 6 15 had the face of an angel when he was bearing witness and we're told in revelation chapter 1 and verse 20 that the seven stars are the seven angels to the seven churches and illinois identifies them as the ministers or preachers of the churches so when we're told here that the everlasting gospel is preached by angel by an angel we are to understand that it is the angel in cooperation with human beings god has not given the proclamation of the gospel to angels notice matthew chapter 28 and verses 18 through 20. very well known it's the great commission and jesus came and spoke to them to his disciples saying all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth go therefore and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit teaching them to observe all things that i have commanded you and lo i am with you always even to the end of the age amen so jesus told his disciples go he spoke to them the preaching of the gospel is given to us of course aided by the angels notice acts chapter 1 and verse 8 acts 1 verse 8 but you shall receive power here jesus is speaking to his disciples when the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and to the end of the earth so these three angels actually represent god helping his people proclaim these messages it's interesting to notice that in the book of acts the angels actually help in the proclamation of the gospel through human beings for example in acts chapter 8 and verse 26 we find an angel instructing philip to go and speak to the ethiopian eunuch and gives him the words to speak to him we also find in acts chapter 10 and verse 3 that an angel speaks to cornelius and says hey cornelius there peter has a message for you and so now cornelius goes to peter so here we see that angels direct god's people and help god's people in fact ellen white says that there are angels standing by when we are giving bible studies to enlighten our mind to give us words to speak so the first amazing fact is that the angels represent the work of god's people on earth in proclaiming these messages now let's go to amazing fact number two the angels fly in the midst of heaven which means that the messages are of heavenly origin it's interesting to notice that god's uh location where he lives is in heaven and heaven is north heaven is up you know in the bible north is up god therefore when he sends his message that comes from heaven however the bible tells us that satan is the king of the abyss also called the bottomless pit you can find that in revelation chapter 9 and verse 11 satan is the prince of darkness let me just mention this interesting detail if you look in the bible god's points of the compass are north and east satan's points of the compass are west and south and you say why is that it has to do with the location of the sun satan is the prince of darkness light originates in the east and it reaches its highest intensity above our heads in the north the sun sets in the west and reaches its deepest darkness directly below in the south that's the reason why when jesus came to this world he came from the east notice luke chapter chapter 1 and verses 78 and 79. it speaks about the coming of jesus his incarnation it says through the tender mercy of our god with which the day spring it's two words in greek anatole which means the rising sun so it says with uh with which the rising sun from on high has visited us to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace and that's the reason why jesus when he returns the second time will come from the east according to matthew chapter 24 and verse and by the way the angel with the seal of god comes from the east and the loud cry angel of revelation chapter 18 comes from heaven he comes from the north and daniel chapter 11 44 tells us that the loud cry and the sealing message will trouble the king of the north the final final antichrist and so the three angels fly in the midst of heaven it means that the message is of heavenly origin by the way the book of james chapter 3 and verses 15 through 17 i'm only going to read a portion it contrasts the wisdom from above with the wisdom from below it says there this wisdom does not descend from above satan's wisdom that is but is earthly sensual demonic so whatever doesn't come from above comes from below from abaddon the destroyer the king of the abyss by the way this is the reason why in revelation 18 verse 1 god's message comes from the north the final loud cry message we're told there after these things i saw another angel coming down from heaven having great authority and the earth was illuminated with his glory so notice he comes from the north but he arrives by way of the east because the earth is enlightened with his glory now let's go to amazing fact number three the loud voice of the first angel and the two following angels represents the power and the authority of the message that is given in fact when we're told that the message is given with a loud voice the greek words is phoney megaly where we get the word megaphone from now have you ever ever heard a megaphone it's shrill it can be heard in other words this message is proclaimed with unmitigated power there's no word parsing there's no political correctness this is not some ambivalent double speak there is no muting of the trumpet it is shouted from the rooftops so to speak no matter what the consequences might be the fourth amazing fact is that these angels fly with the utmost velocity they're not they're not you know hydroplaning through heaven this is not talking about about um you know a slow movement they move with velocity in fact go with me to ezekiel chapter 1 verses 13 and 14 where we find a description of how the angels move it says there as for the likeness of the living creatures which are angels their appearance was like the burning coals of fire like the appearance of torches going back and forth among the living creatures the fire was bright and out of the fire went lightning and the living creatures listen carefully ran back and forth in appearance like a flash of lightning how fast do angels move like lightning how fast does lightning move well you know i'm sure you've seen lightning so how does god want these messages to be proclaimed we need to get down to business they need to be proclaimed quickly particularly as we see the things that are happening in the world today incidentally in daniel 9 we have a very interesting story how far do you think the third heaven is from where we're at now i would say it's a long ways deep down in orion somewhere but daniel 9 tells us that daniel raised a prayer to the lord and before he ended his prayer gabriel came and he said you know when you started your prayer i was already on the way and he was there now this is a speed that we can't understand the speed of angels but god is telling us that we need to get down to business and we need to share the message with the utmost speed amazing fact number five the messages are global they must circle the entire world they are to go to every people every language group every person on planet earth let's read matthew chapter 24 and verse 14 many of these verses were very well acquainted with jesus said in this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and then the end will come the gospel of mark adds in chapter 16 verses 15 and 16 and he said to them this is jesus he said to them go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature he who believes and is baptized will be saved but he who does not believe will be condemned now here's a very important point in order for the message to to go globally there must be a global church to proclaim it god has chosen the seventh-day adventist church for one specific purpose and that is to plant believers in every country of the world to proclaim the three angels message that is the reason for our existence if we're not doing that we have no reason to exist notice this remarkable statement by ellen white nine testimonies page 19. in a special sense seventh-day adventists have been set in the world as watchmen what is a watchman that's a defensive task isn't it it's to defend make sure the thief doesn't come in so she says seventh day evans have been set in the world as watchmen but we're not only to play defense and defend the truth she also continues and light bearers that's offense so we're to play defense defend the message and also be light bearers she continues to them to seventh-day adventists has been entrusted the last warning for a perishing world on them is shining wonderful light from the word of god they have been given a work of the most solemn import in other words the most solemn importance 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 that's the reason we exist let me ask you do you know of any other church in the world who said who says our mission is to proclaim the three angels message to the world any other church you know of there is no other church god has chosen the seventh-day adventist church to plant believers in the entire world so that when crunch time comes everyone on earth will have the opportunity of knowing god's last message of love amazing facts number six these messages must be proclaimed in order we're told that an angel flies in the midst of heaven then it says another angel and it says and another angel followed them don't try and convince people about the mark of the beast before you preach the everlasting gospel you see the first angel's message has the everlasting gospel that's the first thing we need to proclaim jesus lived for us died for us if you repent confess your sins and have faith in jesus you can have the assurance of forgiveness but then the first angel's message has three imperatives three commands so the everlasting gospel tells us what jesus did for us now jesus says now i'm going to tell you you have something to do in response what are the three imperatives fear god by a boy in greek it's an imperative give glory to him [Music] worship him that's our response to the gospel now the second angel's message tells us that babylon has fallen why has babylon fallen babylon has fallen because it rejected the first angel's message so there's a sequence in the three angels message let me ask you does babylon fear god no does babylon give glory to god no does babylon worship the creator on his holy day no and so if babylon rejects the first message is it going to accept the second message come out of babylon no so the second message says babylon fell because it rejected the first angel's message and then revelation 18 adds come out of her and then a third angel follows and the third angel says listen if you don't come out you're going to end up worshiping the beast and his image and you're going to end up receiving the mark do you see the sequence the first angel's message is a positive message the everlasting gospel fear god give glory to him we're in the hour of his judgment worship the creator the second message says babylon failed because it did not accept the first angel's message so if you're in babylon come out the third angel says if you don't come out you will suffer the wrath of god and that doesn't sound very loving does it but god's warnings are warnings of love the reason why he tells us not to worship the beast in his image is because he doesn't want us to be lost he doesn't want us to stay in the system that is called the beast he doesn't want us to worship the image so he gives warnings the warnings of god are messages of love amazing fact number seven the messages are god's final message to the world after this there will be no more messages of god and by the way i'm including revelation 18 which is you know revelation chapter 18 um maybe i shouldn't use this illustration because we don't believe in steroids but revelation 18 is the three angels message on steroids let me put it in the nicer way the message of the fourth angel revelation 18 is um the three angels message with booster cables that's nicer isn't it in other words it intensifies and gives more power to the three angels message it is actually related to the three angels message it's not a separate message and so the three angels message with this message of the fourth angel is god's final message to the world it will divide the entire world into two groups you say how do we know it's god's final message well notice revelation 14 verse 14 revelation chapter 14 verse 14 comes immediately after the third angel's message what happens immediately after the third angel's message it says there in revelation 14 verse 14 then 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 who is that man's son of man seated on a cloud it's jesus and what event has been described his coming so you have the three messages and then the coming of jesus that's why matthew chapter 24 and verse 14 which i read before says and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations and what and then the end will come so you have the three angels message proclaimed and then you have jesus sitting in the cloud coming to the earth to harvest the earth amazing fact number eight the message of the three angels is empowered by the latter rain you say how do we know that well let me ask you what was it that ripened the harvest in biblical times what ripened the harvest in biblical times was the latter rain right we're all agreed so let me ask you immediately after the third angel's message jesus is seated on the cloud the son of man is seated in the cloud is the harvest of the earth ripe yes are the grapes ripe yes the harvest represents the righteous the grapes represent the wicked so have the three angels messages ripened the saved for salvation and the lost for perdition absolutely and so this is god's final message to the world of course intensify by the message of revelation chapter 18. amazing fact number eight well that was number eight right so let's go to amazing fact number nine this is a very important point you have behind you behind me in front of you the ark of the covenant the most holy place these messages come from the most holy place of the sanctuary you say how do we know that for several reasons the first reason is because of a command that says fear god now i have an entire presentation on what it means to fear god but generally in the bible fear god is linked with keeping his commandments and where are the commandments in the sanctuary inside the ark of the covenant in the most holy place notice for example ecclesiastes 12 and verse 13 and also verse 14. let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter fear god and what keep his commandments for this is the whole duty of man or this is man's all and then notice for god will bring every work into what is that word judgment in revelation 14 it sure is so it says fear god keep his commandments for this is man's all for god will bring every work into judgment including every secret thing whether good or evil another evidence that this comes from the most holy place is the fact that the first angels message tells us that we are to worship the creator what is the sign that god has given that he is the creator it is the sabbath where is the sabbath contained in the sanctuary it is in the ark of the covenant in the most holy place so this is another reason why we know that the three angels messages come from the most holy place another evidence is that the first angel's message says the hour of his judgment has come what was the great day of judgment for israel in the old testament it was yom kippur it was the day of atonement which apartment of the sanctuary was central to the day of atonement it was the most holy place so if the first angel's message says the hour of his judgment has come it's pointing us to where it's pointing us to the most holy place of the heavenly sanctuary incidentally in revelation chapter 11 and verse 19 revelation chapter 11 verse 19 this is the introduction to revelation 12 13 and 14. we're told what happens in 1844 it says there in revelation 11 19 then the temple of god was opened in heaven and the ark of his covenant was seen in his temple and there were lightnings noises thunderings an earthquake and great hail so the temple of god is open in heaven because the judgment is going to begin in revelation 14 we find the announcement of the judgment that begins in the most holy place of the sanctuary and by the way revelation chapter 11 verse 19 says the temple of god is open in heaven the judgment is about to begin probation hasn't closed but after revelation chapter 12 13 and 14 when you get to chapter 15 the temple is opened again by the way when it says the temple in revelation it's used 16 times the word naos it always refers to the most holy place in revelation the temple is not all of the temple structure it is the most holy place when revelation uses the word temple and in revelation chapter 15 we're told that the temple is opened again but now the temple is not open for people to go into the temple by faith to follow jesus and his work in the most holy place now the temple is open the most holy place is opened for the seven plague angels to come out and pour out god's wrath upon the earth in other words revelation 11 19 begins the judgment by opening the most holy place revelation chapter 15 opens it again but now probation has closed and right in the middle of those references you have the hour of his judgment has come are you following me or not now let go let's go to amazing fact number 10. the acceptance or rejection of these messages is not a trivial matter receiving them or rejecting them is a matter of life and death to reject them is to reject eternal life those who receive the messages will receive the seal of god and be saved those who reject the messages will receive the mark of the beast and will be lost there is no middle ground and so as we proclaim these messages we need to make sure that people are aware that these messages are not simply optional well they're nice and we should do it no it's a matter of life and death whether these messages are accepted or not now let's go to amazing fact number 11. god will have a faithful remnant who receive obey and proclaim the three angels message you say how do we know that because at the very end of the third angel's message we find the following words here is the patience of the saints here are those who keep the commandments of god and the faith of jesus god will have a remnant and by the way if you look at the last few verses of revelation chapter 13 actually verses 11 to 18 it talks about the beast and his image and about receiving the mark you know when you get to verse 18 people have not been able to buy or sell a death decree has been given against them and so when you get to the last verse of chapter 13 you say now wait a minute was anybody faithful to god in the midst of this trial was there anyone who did not receive the mark of the beast that did not worship the image if you read just revelation 13 it doesn't tell you but if you read the next five verses it's a description of 144 000. and you have a character description of 144 000. actually revelation 14 1-5 should be part of chapter 13 because it gives you the perspective of the remnants who are faithful notice revelation chapter 15 verses 2 through 4 revelation 15 2-4 here it describes the victorious group and i saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and those who have the what are 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 is god going to have a people who are victorious over the beast his image and his mark yes he is i pray to god that all of us who are gathered here will be in that group you know that'll be a wonderful time we'll actually be able to sing and we won't have to wear a mask and we won't have to social distance is that a good thing oh i'll tell you i'm looking forward to that day you know don't don't let anything in this world absorb your attention people say i've got such a nice house it's going to burn oh i've got a i've got a brand i'm not going to tell you the model because some of you might have it but oh i have this wonderful luxurious car does it fly nothing we have on this earth compares to what we're going to have in eternity folks so why are we so attached to our stuff if we're faithful we're going to lose the stuff we're going to have to proclaim this message in the midst of tremendous opposition if we're not doing it now in times of relative peace and prosperity what's it going to be like when we have to do it when we can't buy or sell and we've already seen that that can happen and when our life is on the line we have to have a passion to implement these 12 amazing facts that we're talking about let's go to fact number 12. the final controversy is all about worship and obedience to god to his commandments let's read again revelation 14 verses 6 and 7 and then let's read the third angels message so that you can see the contrast it says in revelation 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 which means to reflect his character for the hour of his judgment has come and worship him who made heaven and earth the sea and springs of water so the first angel's message says worship the creator does the third angel's message speak about worship as well does it it's the contrast it says in revelation chapter 14 and beginning with verse 9. then a third angel followed them saying with a loud voice if anyone worships see the contrast worship the creator here it's also worship but it's worshipping the beast 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 and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the lamb and now notice how it ends 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 so what is the final issue about worship if it involves worship does it involve the ten commandments of course it does which one specifically the fourth don't miss the 6 30 meeting today the title is signed and crying in jerusalem what day does the first angel's message tell us to keep the sabbath because god established the sabbath as a memorial at creation what day does the beast say that we're supposed to keep the first day of the week sunday see the contrast and the issue is is much larger than days you see when we keep the sabbath we are obeying the authority of the one who made the sabbath and when we keep the first day of the week we are accepting the authority of the one who changed the sabbath behind the days is the issue of which authority will we obey and some people say well pastor bohr um do you actually believe god is going to test the whole world over days i hear lots of people who belong to other churches say that god's going to test man over days and my answer is always well god tested an adam and eve with a tree are you following me what was the purpose of testing adam and eve with the tree the issue was eve are you going to obey my authority or the serpent's authority that's the issue it's very simple now let's go to revelation 18 1-5 in the few moments that we have left revelation 18 1-5 this is the three angels message on steroids with booster cables are we longing for this day folks we need to prepare we need to get serious with the lord we need to be people of prayer we need to get into the word and we need to get up off of our seat and we need to proclaim god's message the three things that james rafferty mentioned last night the holy place experience witnessing study of the word and prayer revelation 18 1-5 says after these things i saw another angel coming down from heaven having these are details that are not in the first angels message having great authority and the earth was illuminated with his glory in case you didn't understand the great authority part and the whole world being enlightened with his glory it says in verse 2 and he cried mightily and if you didn't understand cried mightily with a loud voice that's why it's called the loud cry folks with a loud voice saying babylon the greatest fallen has fallen and has become now babylon is a lot worse ellen white says that when this message is proclaimed the churches have uh degenerated greatly since this message was first pra preached leading up to 1844. this is this is a terrible the description babylon the greatest fallen has fallen and has become the dwelling place of demons a prison for every foul spirit and a cage for every unclean and hated bird those are three synonymous expressions in other words it's the same thing to say dwelling place of demons prison for every foul spirit cage for every unclean and hated birds three synonymous phrases for all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance of her luxury do you see the union here the harlot with the kings of the earth and the harlot rules over the multitudes the merchants of the earth are on board we're seeing that aren't we and then we find in verse 4. and i heard another voice from heaven saying come out of her my people does god have people in babylon most of god's people are still in babylon so how are they going to know that they're supposed to come out an angel from heaven is going to come and whisper in their ear no an angel is going to help us proclaim this message and i heard another voice from heaven saying come out of her my people why must they come out lest you share in her what and her sins in her sins and lest you receive of her plagues so were the 12 amazing facts clear do we have a task to perform folks we do so let's pray to the lord that the lord will help us empower us to proclaim these marvelous messages the reason for our existence let's pray father in heaven we thank you for giving us the privilege and the opportunity to share the final message with the world father we've hid it under a bushel help us lord to bring it out to the light of day because as we look at the world we see things winding down very quickly the final movements are indeed rapid ones wake up us up from our slumber and help us to proclaim these messages with power we pray in the precious name that is above all name the name of jesus amen god took six days and created earth and moon the stars and sun on the seventh day he rested from the work that he had done then he blessed it made it holy as a gift for every man to remind us where we came from and just how the world began holy day purified set apart sanctified enter into joy divine in the temple made of time see him worship on the sabbath as his weekly costume was feel the fury of the rabbis for he would not heed their laws so they killed him on a as the sun began to fade but he even kept the sabbath as they laid him in a grave holy day purified set apart sanctified entering to joy divine in the temple made of time off forsaken and forgotten desecrated and profaned but the sacred fourth commandment is still valid and unchanged hear the father gently calling if you love me he each one not for merit or salvation but because you love my son holy tape purified set apart sanctified enter into joy divine in a temple made of time holy day purified set apart sanctified enter into joy divine in the temple made of time you will find joy divine in a temple made of time amen let's bow our heads for a word of prayer dear father in heaven what a privilege for us to be able to gather in your house on this special day on the sabbath to open up your word and study such an important truth to talk about the sanctuary father there are so many wonderful lessons that you want to teach us lessons that will help us in our walk with you lessons that will help us in our understanding of our mission as a movement as a people and lord as always we want to invite your presence to be with us in a very special way open our hearts help us to receive the impression of your spirit and the word that is preached your scriptures may they come alive as we study together for we ask this in jesus name amen our speaker this morning he's going to be past the doug batchelor and we're just delighted that he's going to be able to share with us we were talking before about preparing for this series and one of the topics was the sanctuary and it's kind of fun to be in pastoral staff meetings and talk about the different topics that the different pastors are going to talk about and we're all saying well i'm going to do that one no no i want that one you can do that one and we all just kind of jostling to get our favorite topic to share but we're just delighted that pastor doug is here and he's going to be sharing with us this morning thank you pastor doug thank you pastor ross good morning everybody and happy sabbath it is it is good to be together in the house of god on his holy day can you say amen to that i want to welcome any who are visiting can i ask my show of hands how many of you are here in the word center for the first time do you lift your hands bless your hearts praise the lord welcome we're so glad that you're here this entire complex of both the sanctuary and the amazing facts studios and office and the afco training it's called the word center because that stands for world outreach revival and discipleship and we're just thrilled that we're able to work together with secrets unsealed pastor board pastor rafferty and the others for this first event that that we planned and uh it's it is really historic for us to be able to uh meet together and talk about this subject that is so relevant to the last days now because it is historic i'd like to get a picture with you is that okay okay i'm going to invite ryan out we're going to do a selfie if you're in the witness protection program you might want to lift your mask back up a little bit you want to move it okay there we go now after the program if any of you say pastor doug i'd like a picture i'll say just go to my facebook page we've already got one together well you know as i was preparing for this subject there's so much to talk about when you talk about the sanctuary because you really do find the sanctuary in principle all the way from genesis to revelation in the bible right there in the garden of eden with abel where jacob sleeps there and has the dream of that ladder that reaches to heaven and he says this is the house of god all the way to revelation where it tells us that jesus and the father are the sanctuary of it and so there's so much material i was telling karen i said there's no way i can cover all this in an hour and i have like three hours of material to cover in one hour but i want to thank pastor rafferty and pastor board because they've eaten away considerably at my material in their three presentations but there's still plenty left and this is only the fourth out of 14. this is like a camp meeting week and so we're going to be talking about this very timely subject all through the weekend my message this morning where is the temple in prophecy today and i like to always start with an amazing fact and one of the places i'd like to go we've been all over the world but i've never been to cambodia and in cambodia they have the biggest religious complex in the world it's called angkor wat and there they have temples angkor wat actually means city of temples they've got temples that are spread over an area of 248 square miles dedicated to temples and there's more stone used some of them 200 feet plus tall that are covered with surrounded by moats that are like three miles around 16 feet deep an enormous amount of work more stone went into these temples than in the great pyramid of giza the thing that really fascinated me is someone obviously went into a lot of work to build these temple temples to dedicate to the worship of their god originally built as a hindu shrine but it was annexed by the buddhists and they put their buddhist idols in this these temples that were originally built for a whole different religion and now cambodia is largely buddhist and you know it made me think of a verse in the bible that says they chose new gods and then there was war in the gates spoken by deborah in judges chapter 5. in the bible you see a battle over worship all the way from cain and abel to revelation chapter 13 the final war is a war over worship true and false worship not only did the devil say to jesus fall down and worship me and i'll give you everything but he's been battling against the truth because it is the truth that sets us free and the whole reason that god said let them make me a sanctuary that i might dwell among them and thy way oh god is in the sanctuary is because god wants to communicate that saving truth through this edifice the purpose of cleansing the sanctuary is not about a building jesus is not in heaven right now with soft scrub windex and 409 cleaning the sanctuary the cleansing of the sanctuary is about cleansing his people that's about cleansing the universe from sin so there's a verse in the bible that's often this been misunderstood and i'd like to have you take a look with me in 2 thessalonians chapter 2 verse 3 talking about the antichrist in the temple now way back in the days of the apostles they said there are already many antichrists the truth was under siege second thessalonians two verse three and four and you'll see it there on the screen he said let no man deceive you by any means for that day speaking of the day of the lord second coming of jesus will not come except there come a falling away first and the man of sin be revealed the son of perdition who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called god or that is worshipped so that he as god sitteth in the temple of god showing himself that he is god talks about before the lord comes will be a great falling away that doesn't mean a falling away in the world the world's already fallen talking about a great falling away in the church and that falling away in the church that it started right after the time of the apostles paul warned after my departure god's shown me grievous wolves will come in among you not sparing the flock but there's a great apostasy a great falling away from the truth that happened during the dark ages now many of my evangelical friends good christian people they read that verse and they're sure that means that they're going to rebuild another temple in jerusalem will there be a future temple in jerusalem and they think then the antichrist a particular person kind of maybe half devil half man i've heard all kinds of theories is going to sit in this fourth jewish temple i say fourth because you've got the tabernacle of moses in the wilderness and then you've got this temple that solomon built and that was destroyed and then it was rebuilt again during the time of ezra nehemiah that was the same temple that was refurbished by herod and so this would be then after that was destroyed by the romans a fourth temple and maybe you've heard some of these preachers on television talking about when they rebuild the temple have you heard that well i think that's one of the greatest misunderstandings in christianity today about what that temple is so we're going to talk about it a little bit is there going to be a future temple now this is very unique time of year it was this time 1990 years ago that jesus died on the cross slept in the tomb and rose from the grave a very significant time in the christian year and it's amazing how much the temple played into those final events during that last week if you read in your bible i'm giving you a quick overview in matthew chapter 21 jesus rides into jerusalem the week before he dies he cleanses the temple for the second time chases them all out says this is my father's house my father's house you've made it a den of thieves then he commences teaching there the children is singing in the temple and he's healing there and and then he gets into a debate and you read there in matthew and he debates with the herodians with the scribes with the pharisees with the sadducees and they continue to challenge and and disagree and refuse his teaching the priests and they they wanted to know how to kill him when he completed that teaching time he says in matthew chapter 23 verse 38 he walked out of the temple he said behold your house is left you desolate now that's very significant beginning of the week he said my father's house during that week he curses a fig tree because it was fruitless and he said no man will ever eat fruit from you again period then he walks out of the house and he says your house is left to you desolate and the disciples must not get it because they say lord let us show you the buildings of the temple look at the stones of the temple and jesus said don't you see all these things and this is matthew chapter 24 1-2 see you not all these things verily i say to you there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down a couple of years ago we went to israel my third trip but we took some amazing facts friends with us and you can still see where those stones were thrown down today it's never been rebuilt i don't believe it ever will be i think that is a a diversionary tactic people are looking for a physical temple to be rebuilt in jerusalem i can tell you from what i know about jewish history that would quickly bring on world war three if the if the jews tried to bulldoze the dome of omar there the dome of the rock mosque of omar and rebuild another temple there i can't even imagine a scenario that would allow that and i can't imagine why jews my mother's family is jewish that really want to launch a sacrificial system again they haven't had that for 1900 years and so um but yeah many evangelicals are talking about that and preaching about it and i don't know why evangelicals would support that because now that jesus is the lamb that takes away the sin of the world why would you ever encourage your jewish brethren build another temple so you don't need the real lamb anymore you think you'd be telling your jewish friends you don't need that temple anymore jesus is the temple and so there's a lot of misunderstandings then as christ is being tried during that week 1990 years ago the only two witnesses they could get to agree are the ones who said we heard him say destroy this temple that is made with hands and in three days i will make one without hands. that was a little different from what he said but it was close and he had said that more than once the beginning of his ministry but he spoke of his body and then as jesus hangs upon the cross they cast that in his teeth and say you who destroy the temple and rebuild it again if you are the messiah come down does that sound familiar if you are the christ but now they're not talking about bread now they're talking about the temple if you're really the one bring yourself down from the cross and then he finally says it is finished and he closes his eyes father into your hands receive my spirit and then the earth shakes the sky is dark they're just getting ready to sacrifice the passover lamb inside the temple and just before that very auspicious moment in the midst of the earthquake an unseen hand of an angel unlike the hand that wrote on the walls of babylon goes to the top of that massive veil and there is a terrible ripping noise that is heard and the holy of holies is exposed as the veil is torn signifying what god had said in daniel chapter 9 that jesus in the middle of that last week would cause the sacrifice and oblation to cease jesus was the fulfillment of the whole sacrificial system we do not need another earthly tabernacle fashioned like the old one but we still have a temple there is still a temple in heaven and there is still a temple on earth where is the temple today all right we're going to go now to that verse i touched on john chapter 2 19 through 21 jesus answered and said to them destroy this temple and in three days i will raise it up the jews said it's taken 46 years to build this temple again this is the temple of ezra nehemiah that herod the great spent 46 years renovating made it very beautiful expanded it in many ways taken 46 years how are you going to raise this up in three days but he was speaking of the temple of his body and what is the church called it's the body of christ now further proof for this is found in the old testament if you look in the old testament in first chronicles 17 verse 11 david you know the whole time they went through the wilderness experience they had this tabernacle a tenth portable tent and sometimes when we talk about the sanctuary this week you're going to hear interchangeably words used like tabernacle temple sanctuary house of god they have the portable temple and even after they settled in the promised land god told the children of israel through moses he said when you get settled in the promised land i will designate a place where i will put my name several times this i will tell you the place and you know that place was finally revealed when david made this mistake of numbering israel because of pride david was thinking our kingdom's gotten so great we've expanded we've taken over several other kingdoms and i wonder how big our army is and he said joe i'll go number the nations go number the people the soldiers and jobs said why would you do that david since when have you worried about numbers you went against goliath you took your 400 men against armies now you want to count he said do it job hated doing it but he did he began to take a census and god saw the pride in david's heart and a plague fell on the people and uh well david was actually given a choice do you want to be pursued by your enemies do you want a famine or you want to have a plague and he says i want to fall into the hands of the lord so the lord said okay plague so there's a plague for three days thousands died and david saw the angel of the lord had then come to jerusalem with a sword drawn like the sword of damocles and he's going to begin to execute the judgment of the plague we can all relate to plagues huh they had a pandemic and he's getting ready to execute judgment for that and david sees the angel and he says lord what have these sheep done and he intercedes he puts himself down he says take me in my father's house but what have these sheep done like a good shepherd he intercedes for the sheep and god hears his prayer he says go make a sacrifice for me and he designates the place where the angel is hovering which happens to be the threshing floor of ornan it was a big flat area that was on top of mount moriah mount zion where one of the jebusites who had converted to jehovah he was threshing his wheat and david bought that threatened floor and god said this is the place where i will put my name this is where i want you to put the temple and so god had designated that well now david was busy fighting battles and now he's old and and he's sitting in his house one day king hiram had helped david build a beautiful palace hire him from the king of tyre he said i'm dwelling in a house a cedar but the ark is still in this tattered patched tabernacle that is all rusty and dusty and it had been through the wilderness for hundreds of years and been carried from hither to yawn and at one point the ark had been captured by the philistines and he thought we need something more secure said i want to build a temple for god and nathan the prophet came to him first nathan said go for it the lord is with you and later nathan came back and said no i spoke too soon i was just telling you my advice but the word of the lord came to me and this is what nathan said to david first chronicles 17 verse 11 i think you've got it on your screen there and it will be when your days are fulfilled when you must go to be with your fathers that i will set up your seed after you who will be of your sons and i will establish his kingdom he will build me a house and i will establish his throne forever now who is this prophecy talking about is the son of david that was going to build the temple this is one of those places i think you have a dual prophecy in the bible didn't jesus just say destroy this temple and in three days i will raise it up which one of the sons of david had a temple that was going to last forever he says i will he will build me a house i will establish his throne forever i will be his father and he will be my son and i will not take my mercy away from him as i took it away from him who is before you meaning saul and i will establish him in my house tabernacle sanctuary temple i will establish him and in my kingdom forever his throne will be established forever this is jesus the son of david whose throne and temple would be established forever if you read in revelation 21 22 but i saw no temple in it for the lord god almighty and the lamb are its temple now if that's clear say amen so you and i are the temple of god this is our next point we are a temple not only is it true when you study the sanctuary i don't want to take someone else's thunder because they're going to probably talk about the health message connected with the sanctuary but i'll simply say this i think we all know that your body individually is a temple of the holy spirit god wants to fill you with his glory and his spirit but also his church collectively is a temple let me give you a few witnesses on that you read in first corinthians 3 16 do you not know that you and the word you there means ye are the temple of god and the spirit of god dwells in you second corinthians 6 16 and what agreement has the temple of god with idols for you are the temple of the living god as god has said i will dwell in them and walk among them and i will be their god and they will be my people one of the most horrific things that happened in bible times is when the holy vessels of god ended up in enemy hands you can see that that happened with when the ark was captured by the philistines and that oh boy i'll tell you that was a tragic day in israel and it happened because of disobedience among god's people god's presence had been there it was signified by the ark but you read about the sons of eli and even eli and the people began to compromise with the pagans and there was extortion in the kingdom and there was corruption there were still good people you had el cana and hannah and samuel but they went into battle against the philistines and they thought we're just going to carry the ark into battle it's our secret weapon but if you're not obeying the lord you can't use your bible like it's some good luck charm and they took their bible bible into battle against the philistines and they even shouted and make the earth shook and had a great rally boy the philistines fought and they not only conquered them hoffnai and finnegans were killed the ark was taken a messenger comes from the battle and eli is now 98 years old he's leaning against the wall he said tell me news what happened my son he says the philistines have defeated us your two sons hophnite finnehans have died and then brace yourself the ark has been captured by the enemy and they carried it off and they put it in the temple of dagon that was how they show that they had conquered their god see when you when you start worshiping other gods there's war in the camp the children of israel began to compromise with other gods there was war in the camp an interesting thing happened right about then eli got that word it broke his heart he just fell backwards in shock and broke his neck and he died that same moment his daughter-in-law was great with child never tells us her name she was the wife of phineas she the anguish of this news what news father-in-law dying no brother-in-law dying no army being defeated no was it the news that her husband had died that wasn't really it but the ark had been taken she went into labor she died in labor and in dying she named her son ichabod ichabod means the glory is departed and god's people think well because we've got the temple that we're invincible later the temple of solomon was conquered by nebuchadnezzar and they stole the holy articles why because the people had begun to worship other gods jeremiah talks about that they brought other gods into the temple manasseh brought other gods into the temple even solomon began to worship other gods as he got old and so you may have the truth you may have the ark you may have the word of god but if we're not obeying the word of god then what you've got is ichabod now during this whole time there were still faithful people even when the ark was captured praise god there was a young man in the temple named samuel who would grow to be one of the greatest judges and high priests and prophets in israel so even during these times of darkness even when they were in babylon and the holy vessels were being mocked at a party praising the pagan gods they used the vessels from god's temple there was still a daniel in babylon amen it's happened before even during the time of christ you know the glory of ezra's temple was greater than the first one because jesus god incarnate preached in that temple but he said there will not be left one stone upon another in that temple that temple was destroyed so does god still have a temple is it possible for us to defile that temple and bring in idols to that temple and what happens how sad when the antichrist sits in the temple of god showing himself that he is god what are we talking about now we're not talking about physical buildings we're talking about when the beast's power begins to rule and be worshipped in the temple of god among the people of god and they don't even know it obeying the laws of the beast instead of the laws of god claiming to be christians sitting in the holy place now just in case you are still wondering the bible is very clear that the temple that god abides in is not a building peter said it don't take it up with me take it up with him acts 17 24 god who made the world and everything in it since he is lord of heaven and earth does not dwell in temples made with hands even solomon when he dedicated his temple one of the most beautiful prayers in the bible he said this is purely symbolic it says god does not dwell in temples that are made with ants the heavens of heavens cannot contain him how much less a house that we build and the little tabernacle they carried through the wilderness that was you know a symbol of the dwelling place of god but it's it's just a model of the real dwelling place of god in heaven it reminds us how he wants to have a dwelling place in us buildings do not need cleansing from sin god is not interested in cleansing plaster and two by fours he wants to cleanse your heart that's the sanctuary that needs cleansing first peter chapter two verse five you also as a living stones are being built up a spiritual house a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to god through jesus christ you and i are the temple of god now one more verse i'll give you on that that's ephesians 2 19. now therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens were the saints and members of the household of god having been built on the foundation of the apostles and the prophets jesus christ himself being the chief cornerstone in whom the whole building being joined together grows into a holy temple in the lord in whom you are being built together for a dwelling place of god in the spirit we want to be a spirit-filled temple amen so with this background and i'm looking at the clock i want you to go to daniel 8 verse 12. there has been a war against the truth that's been raging through history daniel 8 verse 12 because of transgression an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices that was talking about the the ministry of jesus to forgive our sins that's what it symbolized and he cast the truth down to the ground now what was the most offensive thing the beast power does it is a truth that sets us free if you receive not a love of the truth why do you have to love the truth because you have to love jesus and jesus is the truth if you say i don't love the truth but you say i do love jesus you don't love the truth if you don't love jesus because jesus is the truth and sometimes i'll do an evangelistic meeting and i'll present like the sabbath truth and they'll say i don't care about that i say any rejection of the truth is in some degree a rejection of christ because jesus is the truth and so what happened is the church entered a very dark period during the dark ages it was the most intense from like 538 to 1798 but it began before that time and it lingered after that time when the truth was cast to the ground so god wants to cleanse us from those misconceptions to save us from those lies if you don't receive a love of the truth god will send strong delusion and you will perish while you believe a lie jesus said the hour is coming in which those who kill you will think they're worshiping god first timothy 4 now the spirit speaks expressly this is verse 1 saying in the latter times some will depart from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils speaking lies in hypocrisy having their own conscience seared with a hot iron who's paul talking about they'll depart from the faith he's not talking about the world he's talking about in the church there'd be a great departure from truth you read in daniel chapter 7 verse 25 this beast power would cast the truth to the ground he would think to change times and laws and then you read on in um daniel chapter eight he says two thousand now let's read the next verse here because of transgression concerning the sale of the daily sacrifice an army was given to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices he cast truth to the ground he did all this and he practiced and he prospered then i heard one holy one speaking to the other holy one who said to that certain holy one who spoke that next verse how long will be the vision concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation is a time period given of giving both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot how is it trampled under foot and the bible says if you'll turn away your foot from the sabbath trampling on truths how long would that happen for 2 300 days then the sanctuary will be cleansed after 2 300 days a cleansing would begin it's almost like when god told adam and even the day you eat there of you will die he actually said in dying you will die you will begin dying there would be a new phase of cleansing that would take place after 2 300 days now most of you i think understand the principle in bible prophecy that a day equals a year this is the longest bible prophecy in order for you to know where it lands you need to know where it starts in daniel chapter 8 daniel when he hears about the terrible persecution and the corruption of truth he faints he physically can't handle it and it's not until you get to daniel 9 the angel returns and says we need to pick up where we left off not only am i going to pick up where i left off i'm now going to fulfill the rest of the prophecy and tell you about the coming messiah and now in the midst of the last week of that 490 years he would cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease the earthly temple functions and then he gives a starting point for both prophecies daniel 9 25 from the going forth of the commandment to restore and build jerusalem now that commandment can actually be found in your bibles in ezra chapter 7. i'm just streaming along here because i've got a lot to cover that commandment is understood in history it is 457 bc if you go 2 300 not days but 2 300 years from 457 it reaches to 1844. now you might be wondering what in the world happened in 1844 why would that be why didn't jesus pick a date like 1900 or 1800 or some nice round figure well you know jesus died in thirty one eighty he didn't pick round figures god does not use the roman adbc dating method but something definitely did happen here let me give you a few footnotes from history of what was going on during this time a very unique time in 1844 first of all things were changing politically in the world like no other time in history karl marx i want you yeah there you go karl marx he writes his economic and philosophic manuscripts in 1844 did communism affect much of the world in the following centuries charles darwin in 1844 finally wrote down his complete essay he didn't print it for several more years but he thought something might happen to me and i want them to see my notes on the origin of species that was 1844 following his voyages on the beagle evolution the idea that god didn't create the world in six literal days and of course that sort of negates the whole idea of the seventh day being holy we've just slowly evolved part of the three angels messages worship him that made the heavens and the earth and the fountains that's an excerpt from the fourth commandment charles darwin you just evolved there's no purpose to life is just a big biological accident evolutionism things were happening on an industrial level incredible transformation i shouldn't even put samuel morse up there next to marx and darwin because he was a christian but not only was he a great american artist that he invented of course morse code and all of a sudden the world changed because it used to take months or years to get a message around the planet now it could happen just about the speed of light with tapping electronically through a telegraph wire and that all came around the same time there's an industrial explosion of railroads going around the country and the world and they use the railroad lines for the telegraph lines because it was already cut and uh if you're not too far from here you can still see telegraph lines in the railroad lines you're in california nevada they're all over they're still up and you know what the first message first email message ever sent moore sent a message from washington dc to baltimore and it said what hath god wrought what hath god wrought so you had that seismic change goodyear receives his patent for the vulcanization of rubber that changed the industrial development in the world as i said the railway systems began to explode some of these are minor things but i just they're they're interesting i think just want you to know about the shift that was happening during this time in history the edict of toleration is passed it becomes a catalyst by which jews are now allowed to resettle in the holy land and who would have thunk that they had would have their own nation after being dispossessed for 1900 years but that's when that began the codex sinaiticus the sinai bible is discovered in 1844 in saint catherine's monastery on mount sinai it is the most complete testament and the oldest of the new complete copy of the new testament and the oldest version and that of course ratifies that the the scriptures had been accurate the ymca is formed it's just some things i think interesting the u.s presidential election in 1844 james polk defeats henry clay confirming that slavery would have to be determined in a war texas is annexed as a state that leads to the mexican-american war the first treaty signed between china and the united states we need another one don't we and one of the most exciting things in 1844 a swedish chemist professor gustav eric posh invents matches up until then you had to rub a flint and a steel together or something if you wanted to get fire things were happening on the religious front there was a great this is like the second reformation had reached its culmination during this time there were several religious groups were spawned you've probably heard of the latter-day saints well in 1844 joseph smith is killed by a mob then brigham young is chosen and he actually has a big influence on the western expansion before the gold rush even happened brigham young led his people to utah and they're largely still there today and john nelson darby he's a plymouth brethren really established the teaching of dispensationalism around 1844 this is where you get futurism and the pre-tribulation rapture theory all began about then and i just put in as a footnote it was also the year the baha'i faith traces its origin to 1844. and there's only about 6 million baha'i in the world and then again there's only about 16 million jews did you know that it's not judaism is not the biggest religion in the world but the interesting thing about baha'i is they use the prophecies in daniel chapter 8 and you know what they come up with they say the only date that it can end is 1844. so they arrived to the very same conclusion everybody tried to change the date but no that was the date now some of you know the history i'm hoping that you're acquainted with the great advent movement something happened in the early 1800s there was a baptist minister a retired captain by the name of william miller and through the prophecy studies of uh daniel and revelation he became convinced that the lord was going to return and it was going to happen in 1844 based on daniel chapter 8 verse 14. he wasn't the only one but he was one of the most famous in north america millions were swept up into this belief that something monumental was about to happen there was a jewish convert christianity joseph wolf he went around asia teaching it in south america emmanuel de la cuenza and even a catholic jesuit he became convinced from the prophecies that we were getting ready to see the second coming of the lord and there was a great global movement it took the name millerites because william miller was the most famous and they said the only place the prophecies point is to 1844 but i don't think i need to tell you that in 1844 jesus didn't come and it became known in history as the great disappointment this movement involved baptists and presbyterian and christian scientists and anglicans and episcopalians and you name it all these denominations had come together with great enthusiasm jesus is coming and there was great harmony and god's spirit was moving but then a great disappointment how could god be in something like that when they were just plain old wrong about the prophecy let me take you back 2 000 years when jesus came the first time god's spirit was moving among the people in israel john the baptist was preaching there's a great revival disciples thousands were following jesus multitudes were following jesus they said the messiah has come the prophecies are being fulfilled he is going to set up his throne there in jerusalem he's going to wipe out the romans we are going to be the world empire once again and they were right to be excited about jesus but they were wrong about the prophecy and on that friday afternoon the church experienced a great disappointment does that mean god was not among them no god was very much among them you know jesus said there's many things i have to say to you but you can't bear it now he couldn't tell them the whole truth they just couldn't handle it but they misunderstood the prophecies even after jesus rose from the dead they said lord will you at this time establish your kingdom they still didn't get it they thought we were thinking he was the one who would redeem israel when they said redeem israel they thought that men overthrow the romans sit on the throne of david use the strength of solomon or samson and the wisdom of solomon and the courage of elijah and you're going to be all wrapped up in one package and we're going to rule the world again and boy were they disappointed you should read there in luke 24 about those disciples and jesus says why are you so sad as you talk with one another and you walk on the road but then god did something through that great disappointment there was a birth of a movement and that movement is now swept around the world in that group of disappointed people there was an unusual arrangement for one thing you had they discovered these truths that had been cast to the ground god began cleansing his sanctuary on earth there are others here who will talk about the high priestly ministry of jesus jesus is our intercessor in heaven there is a heavenly temple you read in hebrews 8 in hebrews 9 it is all exceedingly clear my focus right now in conclusion is to tell you that god also began something on earth today and as jesus said friends as you sit here as you listen this prophecy is being fulfilled in your hearing this day christ began a movement of cleansing his church on earth from all the false teachings of the dark ages the truths that had been covered and corrupted they learned the truth about salvation by faith that came from luther they learned the truth about baptism by immersion you know ellen white though a methodist she studied and said when she was 13 she said i want to be baptized by immersion it's biblical in their group in their group they had a group a lady named rachel oaks preston she was a seventh-day baptist she studied with others the truth about the seventh-day sabbath frederick wheeler in 1844 was the first millerite who began to preach the seventh-day sabbath and that was accepted by the farnsworth family they also persuaded joseph bates joseph bates was one who believed in the health message on his ships he became convinced and he brought to this group the truth that your body is the temple of the holy spirit and they should abstain from alcohol tobacco and he even became a vegetarian there was george stores a methodist preacher he was the most influential in explaining that there is conditional immortality you don't live forever in hell immortality is given to those who believe in jesus hiramudson he said i understand what that sanctuary is that's being cleansed now all these people and all these truths that had been obscured in that year 1844 god brought them together they said let us put aside our denominational differences would god that would happen again today let us put aside denominational differences let's go back to the word of god find out what does the bible really teach you see in the last days god is calling for a church that is going to return to the faith that was once delivered to the saints they are called a remnant the remnant is going to have the same kind of faith as the disciples in the days of the apostles in spite of the terrible disappointment the ex the apostles endured jesus met with them for 40 days before he ascended to heaven he straightened them out biblically in a very quick order and he said now i want you to abide in jerusalem and you will receive power from on high and they were baptized in the holy spirit that's what the church needs today we need to come together back to the word of god and we need the baptism of the holy spirit you know i love the i love the story in the bible about abel even jesus refers to the blood of abel abel said i'm gonna worship according to the truth and he was persecuted for that god's fire came down from heaven and accepted the sacrifice of abel when he prayed moses prayed and fire came down and filled the tabernacle and his sacrifice was accepted david prayed and fire came down on the threshing floor of ornan later solomon prayed and fire came down and inaugurated that temple that he had built there then again you can see the fire came down when jesus was preaching even in the temple of ezra and nehemiah on christ and then the fire came down in acts chapter 2 on the apostles and it is our prayer that god's fire would come down on this place but more specifically in our hearts the greatest need of the church today is the outpouring of the holy spirit god wants to abide in our hearts i want to read you a quote from the book last day events first page 39 the christian life is constantly an onward march jesus sits as a refiner and a purifier of his people and when his image is perfectly reflected in them they are perfect and holy and prepared for translation that's actually maranatha uh page 89. the rest of it is last the events verse page 39 christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of himself in his church when the character of christ shall be perfectly reproduced in his people then he will come and claim them as his own i don't know about you friends but i want jesus to come and you know you might think well he can't come until i'm ready well ready or not he's coming one one day whether you like it or not so you want to be among the group that is ready amen we want to pray and have god's fire fall upon his people during this time and i thought you know it'd be good for us and appropriate to close this message and sing that song about christ abiding in each one of us i'd like to invite jonathan if he would come out and lead us and we may end up going off the air singing this song and praying that god's spirit will fill each one of us we'll pray at the conclusion let's stand as we say the word should be on the screen oh safe to the rock that is my soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly so sinful so weary thine thin would i be thou blessed rock of ages i'm hiding in thee hiding in thee hiding in the thou blessed rock of ages i'm hiding in thee in the calm of the new tide in sorrows loner in times when temptation castor me its power in the tempest of life on its wide heaping sea thou bless rock of ages i'm hiding in thee in thee hiding in the zombless rock of ages i'm hiding in thee how oft in the conflict when pressed by the foe i have fled to my refuge and breathed out my wall how often when trials like sea billows roll have i hidden in thee thou rock of my soul hiding in thee hiding in thee thou blessed rock of ages i'm hiding in our loving lord how we long to have that shekinah glory in our hearts in the church once again help us all lord double check our foundation and make sure we are building on the teachings of the apostles and prophets on the cornerstone of your son and then lord we know that it's more than just loving the truth it's loving jesus it's loving somebody that we know as a person who's in our lives and leading us because of your sacrifice for us that you offered and it's very real right now we remember how you gave your life for us 1990 years ago you hung on that cross for all of our sins and you promised that whosoever believes in you will not perish but have everlasting life i pray that all will choose right now by faith to accept your righteousness and then through your power to be sanctified and live in a newness of life bless us that we might reflect you in this wicked world lord that we can have that uncompromising faith and i pray you continue to be with all the messages and the speakers through this weekend pour out your spirit on this movement we thank you and pray all this in christ's name amen welcome friend to 2cbn television network 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Published: Sat Apr 03 2021