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Back to the Future Part 1

August 31, 2020

27:30

As we begin our study of Revelation; we are going to travel back in time 2;000 years to a tiny island in the Aegean Sea where the apostle John received a detailed preview of the future that awaits every human being who has ever lived.

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♪ MUSIC
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[PRESENTER] FROM THE PULPITOF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
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OF DALLAS, TEXAS, THISIS PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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WITH DR. ROBERT JEFFRESS.
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HI, I'M ROBERT JEFFRESSAND WELCOME AGAIN
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TO PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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EVERY SINGLE DAY BRINGSYOU AND ME CLOSER
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TO THE EPIC FINALEOF THE UNIVERSE:
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THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST.
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AND GOD HAS REVEALED EXACTLY
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HOW THE END TIMEEVENTS WILL UNFOLD.
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TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BEGINOUR VERSE-BY-VERSE STUDY
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OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION,
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AND WE'RE GOING TO TRAVELBACK IN TIME 2.000 YEARS
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TO A TINY ISLAND IN THE AEGEANSEA FOR THE APOSTLE JOHN
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RECEIVED A DETAILEDPREVIEW OF THE FUTURE
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THAT AWAITS ALL MANKIND.
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MY MESSAGE IS TITLED"BACK TO THE FUTURE"
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ON TODAY'S EDITION OFPATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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♪ MUSIC
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[PRESENTER] COULD TODAY'SDISTURBING HEADLINES
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BE AS SIGN THAT WE'RELIVING IN THE END TIMES?
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IN HIS BRAND NEW BOOK, "THERAPTURE, FACT OR FANTASY?",
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DR. ROBERT JEFFRESSEXPLAINS OUR LOCATION
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ON GOD'S PROPHETIC TIMELINEAND ANSWERS YOUR DOUBTS
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AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THERAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
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LEARN WHY YOU CAN HAVE HOPEAND PEACE ABOUT GOD'S PLAN
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FOR THE FUTURE BY REQUESTINGDR. JEFFRESS' BRAND NEW BOOK,
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"THE RAPTURE, FACT OR FANTASY?".
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A COPY IS YOURS WHENYOU GIVE A GENEROUS GIFT
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TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRYOF PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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♪ MUSIC
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IN THE SUMMER OF 1998,
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THE EXECUTIVES AT THENEW LINE CINEMA COMPANY
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TOOK THE BIGGESTRISK IN FILM HISTORY
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WHEN THEY GAVEFILMMAKER PETER JACKSON
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$330 MILLION TO MAKENOT JUST ONE FILM
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BUT THREE FILMS.
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IF THE FIRST ONE WAS A FAILURE,
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THEN THE OTHER TWOWOULD FLOP AS WELL.
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WELL, THE FIRST ONEWASN'T A FAILURE.
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IN FACT, THAT $330 MILLIONINVESTMENT ON THOSE THREE FILMS
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HAS EARNED OVER $3 BILLIONTODAY AND STILL COUNTING.
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BY NOW, YOU PROBABLYKNOW THE TRILOGY OF FILMS
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THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, "THELORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY".
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THOSE THREE FILMS, "THEFELLOWSHIP OF THE RING",
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"THE TWO TOWERS", "THERETURN OF THE KING"
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INTRODUCED US TO A WORLDFILLED WITH HOBBITS AND ELVES
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AND DWARVES AND WIZARDS.
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IN ONE SCENE IN"THE TWO TOWERS",
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THE HOBBIT FRODO ISCOMMISSIONED WITH THE NEARLY
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IMPOSSIBLE TASK OF DESTROYINGTHE OBJECT OF ULTIMATE EVIL,
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WHICH IS THE ONE RING.
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AND HE TELLS HIS COMPANION,SAM, "I CAN'T DO THIS."
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SAM'S RESPONSE IS BOTHREALISTIC, BUT ALSO FILLED
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WITH HOPE. HE SAYS, "I KNOW,IT'S ALL WRONG.
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"BY ALL RIGHTS, WE SHOULDN'TEVEN BE HERE, BUT WE ARE.
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"IT'S LIKE IN THE GREATSTORIES, MR. FRODO,
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"THE ONES THAT REALLY MATTERED.
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"FULL OF DARKNESSAND DANGER THEY WERE.
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"AND SOMETIMES YOU DIDN'TWANT TO KNOW THE END,
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"BECAUSE HOW COULDTHE END BE HAPPY?
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"HOW COULD THE WORLD GOBACK TO THE WAY IT WAS
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"WHEN SO MUCH BAD HAS HAPPENED?
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"BUT IN THE END, IT'S ONLY APASSING THING, THIS SHADOW.
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"EVEN DARKNESS MUST PASS.
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"A NEW DAY WILL SHINEOUT, THE CLEARER."
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ISN'T THAT A GREATDESCRIPTION OF THE WORLD
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THAT WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW?
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IT IS BECOMINGDARKER AND DARKER.
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WE THINK, HOW COULDTHINGS EVER GO BACK
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TO THE WAY GODORIGINALLY INTENDED?
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BUT THIS DARKNESS ISONLY A PASSING SHADOW.
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ONE DAY, THE DARKNESS WILL PASS,
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A NEW DAY WILL SHINE CLEARER,
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AND OUR LONG AWAITEDKING OF KINGS
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AND LORD OF LORDS WILL RETURN
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AND MARK HIS FINAL CONQUEST.
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THAT IS THE THEME OF THEBOOK OF THE REVELATION.
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AND TODAY WE'RE BEGINNINGOUR STUDY OF THOSE EVENTS
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THAT WILL LEAD UP TOTHE RETURN OF OUR KING,
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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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IF YOU HAVE YOUR BIBLES,
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I WANT YOU TO TURN TOREVELATION 1,
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BEGINNING WITH VERSE 1.
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NOW, I KNOW SOME OF YOUARE CHOMPING UP A BIT
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AND WANT TO GET INTOTHE TEXT ITSELF,
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BUT REMEMBER EVEN J.R. TOLKIEN
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WHEN HE WROTE HIS "LORD OF THERINGS TRILOGY" PROVIDED A MAP
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FOR THE READERS TOHELP THEM WORK THROUGH
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THE LABYRINTH OF MIDDLE EARTH.
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AND IN THE SAME WAY, WENEED A GUIDE TO HELP US
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THROUGH THIS BOOK.
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LET ME BEGIN BY TALKINGABOUT THE SUBJECT
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OF BIBLE PROPHECY IN GENERAL.
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YOU KNOW, WHENEVER ASERIES IS ANNOUNCED
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ON BIBLE PROPHECY ORTHE BOOK OF REVELATION,
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PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY INTERESTED.
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AND I HAVE FOUND THATPEOPLE WANT TO STUDY
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION USUALLYFOR ONE OF THREE REASONS.
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ONE REASON IS SENSATIONALISM.
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THEY'VE NEVER READ THE BOOKOF REVELATION THEMSELVES,
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BUT THEY HEARTHERE'S SOME PRETTY
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EXCITING THINGS IN THE BOOK.
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LET ME REMIND YOUTHAT IT'S NOT JUST
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THE BOOK OF REVELATIONTHAT'S EXCITING.
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2 TIMOTHY 3 SAYS, "ALLSCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY GOD
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"AND IS PROFITABLE FOR TEACHINGFOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION,
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"FOR TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS."
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A SECOND REASON PEOPLESOMETIMES WANT TO STUDY
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REVELATION IS INTELLECTUALISM.
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INTELLECTUALISM.
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THEY ARE INTERESTED IN FILLINGUP THEIR THREE-RING BINDER
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WITH NOTES AND NOTES AND NOTES.
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THEY GET EXCITED ABOUTKNOWLEDGE, BIBLE KNOWLEDGE,
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AND UNWRAPPING THE MYSTERYOF THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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BUT YOU REMEMBER WHAT PAULSAID ABOUT KNOWLEDGE ALONE
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IN 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1, HESAID, "KNOWLEDGE PUFFS UP."
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IF YOU JUST GET HEADKNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BIBLE,
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IT NOT ONLY DOESN'T HELPYOU, IT CAN HURT YOU AS WELL.
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INTELLECTUALISM IS NOT AREASON TO STUDY THE BIBLE.
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THE THIRD MOTIVATION FORSTUDYING THE BOOK OF REVELATION
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IS THE ONLY RIGHT ONE, ANDTHAT IS OBEDIENCE, OBEDIENCE.
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AS WE'RE GOINGTO SEE, THIS BOOK,
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THE BOOK OF REVELATION ISTHE ONLY BOOK IN THE BIBLE
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THAT HAS A SPECIAL BLESSINGATTACHED TO EVERYONE WHO READS
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AND HEEDS WHAT IS IN THIS BOOK.
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LOOK AT VERSE 3OF REVELATION 1,
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"BLESSED, HAPPY ISTHE ONE WHO READS
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"AND THOSE WHO HEAR THEWORDS OF THIS PROPHECY,
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"AND HEED," THAT IS OBEY,
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"THE THINGS THAT ARE WRITTENIN IT FOR THE TIME IS NEAR."
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THIS IS A BOOK FILLEDNOT JUST WITH SYMBOLS
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AND FANTASTIC EVENTSIN THE FUTURE,
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IT IS A BOOK THATWE ARE TO OBEY.
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NOW, BEFORE WE GETINTO THE TEXT ITSELF,
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I THOUGHT IT WOULD BEHELPFUL FOR US TO GET
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A 30.000-FOOT OVERVIEW OFTHE BOOK OF THE REVELATION.
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AND WE FIND SUCH AN OVERVIEWBEGINNING IN VERSE 1.
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FIRST OF ALL, THETITLE OF THE BOOK,
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THE OPENING VERSE OF THIS BOOKPROVIDES US WITH THE TITLE,
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"THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST,
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"WHICH GOD GAVE HIM," JESUS,"TO SHOW TO HIS BOND-SERVANTS,
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"THE THINGS WHICHMUST SOON TAKE PLACE.
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"AND HE SENT, AND HECOMMUNICATED IT BY HIS ANGEL
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"TO HIS BOND-SERVANT JOHN."
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BUT THE TITLE OF THE BOOKITSELF IS THE REVELATION.
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THE REVELATION.
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THAT GREEK WORD REVELATIONIS A COMPOUND WORD.
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APO, A-P-O, APREFIX AND KALUPTO.
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APO MEANS AWAY FROM; KALUPTOMEANS TO COVER, TO HIDE.
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APOKALUPTO MEANS TO TAKE AWAYTHE COVERING OF SOMETHING,
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TO REMOVE THE COVERING OFSOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN
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SO THAT IT CAN BE MADE KNOWN.
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THIS IS ABOUT THEUNVEILING OF SOMETHING,
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THE UNVEILING, THEREMOVING OF THE COVERING.
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NOW, WHAT IS IT THATHE IS UNVEILING TO US?
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NOT A SERIES OF EVENTS.
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THIS IS THE UNVEILING, THEAPOKALUPSIS, OF JESUS CHRIST,
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OF JESUS CHRIST.
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NOW, LET'S LOOK AT THEAUTHOR OF THE BOOK.
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REVELATION 1:1,
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"HE SAID THIS AND HECOMMUNICATED IT BY HIS ANGEL
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"TO HIS BOND-SERVANT JOHN."
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WHO IS THIS JOHN?
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HE IS THE APOSTLE JOHN.
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HE'S THE ONE WHOMJESUS ESPECIALLY LOVED.
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HE'S THE ONE TO WHOM JESUSENTRUSTED HIS MOTHER, MARY, TO
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ON THE CROSS.
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WE KNOW FROM SECULARHISTORY THAT EVENTUALLY
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JOHN LEFT JERUSALEMBECAUSE OF PERSECUTION.
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HE WENT TO PASTOR THECHURCH AT EPHESUS.
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LATE IN LIFE, AS AN OLD MAN,
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HE WROTE THE GOSPEL OFJOHN AND ALSO THE EPISTLES
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1, 2, AND 3 JOHN.
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BUT HE ALSO WROTETHE REVELATION.
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AND THE REVELATION, THECIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOOK
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ARE FOUND IN VERSE 9OF CHAPTER 1.
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"I, JOHN, YOUR BROTHERAND FELLOW PARTAKER
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"IN THE TRIBULATION ANDKINGDOM AND PERSEVERANCE,
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"WHICH ARE IN JESUS, WASON THE ISLAND CALLED PATMOS
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"BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF GOD
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"AND THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS."
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PATMOS IS A TINY ISLAND.
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IT'S ABOUT SIX MILESWIDE, 10 MILES IN LENGTH,
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25 MILES AWAY FROM EPHESUS.
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IT'S IN THE AEGEANSEA, AND JOHN,
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THE PASTOR OF THE CHURCHAT EPHESUS AT THAT TIME,
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REFUSED TO DO SO.
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HE REFUSED TO SAYCAESAR IS LORD.
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AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE WASBANISHED TO WORK IN THE MINES
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ON THE ISLAND OF PATMOS.
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BUT IT IS REALLYINTERESTING TO ME
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THAT THE EMPEROR DOMITIANTHOUGHT HE COULD SILENCE JOHN
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BY RESTRAINING HISACTIVITIES AND PUTTING HIM
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ON THE ISLAND OF PATMOS.
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BUT WHAT THE EMPEROR COULDN'TRESTRAIN WAS THE WORK
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OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GODAND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST,
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WHO CHOSE THIS DISCIPLE,THE ONE HE LOVED ESPECIALLY
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TO UNVEIL THE EVENTSTHAT WOULD LEAD
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TO THE RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST.
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AND THE IRONY OF ALL IRONIESIS BY EXILING JOHN TO PATMOS,
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DOMITIAN ACCOMPLISHED NOTHINGEXCEPT THE WRITING OF A LETTER
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THAT WOULD ENCOURAGECHRISTIANS TO REMAIN FAITHFUL
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AND STAND UP AGAINST PERSECUTION
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AND ULTIMATELY DEFEATTHE ROMAN EMPIRE.
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THAT IS WHAT HAPPENEDWITH THE APOSTLE JOHN.
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HE WAS FAITHFUL TO THE END.
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WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTSOF THIS LETTER?
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LOOK AT VERSE 11.
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THIS IS A LETTER SENT TOA CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE,
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"WRITE IN A BOOK WHATYOU SEE AND SEND IT
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"TO SEND IT TO THESEVEN CHURCHES:
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"TO EPHESUS, TO SMYRNA,TO PERGAMUM, TO THYATIRA,
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"TO SARDIS, AND TOPHILADELPHIA AND TO LAODICEA."
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THESE WORDS, THISBOOK OF THE REVELATION
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WAS SENT SPECIFICALLY TOSEVEN CHURCHES IN ASIA MINOR.
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AND THEY WERE READ ALOUD INTHE CHURCHES, THESE WORDS,
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SOME PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, WELL,
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THESE ARE JUSTREPRESENTATIVE CHURCHES.
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THEY REPRESENT DIFFERENTCONDITIONS OF SPIRITUAL HEALTH,
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OR THEY REPRESENT SEVENAGES OF CHURCH HISTORY.
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YOU COULD READ ALLOF THAT IN THERE,
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BUT THESE ARE REAL CHURCHES
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AND THEY CONTAINEDREAL CHRISTIANS.
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AND IN THESE LETTERSTO THE CHURCHES
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AND THE MESSAGESTO THE CHURCHES,
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JESUS PRONOUNCES A JUDGMENTAGAINST THESE CHURCHES.
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HE COMMENDS THEM FOR THETHINGS THEY'RE DOING WELL.
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AND HE CONDEMNS THEM FOR THETHINGS THAT THEY DON'T DO WELL.
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THIS BOOK WAS WRITTENTO SEVEN CHURCHES
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AS WELL AS TO OUR CHURCH.
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NOW THERE ARE TWO SPECIFICCHARACTERISTICS OF THIS BOOK
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THAT WILL HELP YOUUNDERSTAND IT BETTER.
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FIRST OF ALL, THE REFERENCESTO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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ACCORDING TO ONE SCHOLAR,
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THERE ARE 404 VERSESFOUND IN REVELATION.
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OUT OF THOSE 404 VERSES,278 OF THEM ARE AN ILLUSION
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TO SOME PASSAGE INTHE OLD TESTAMENT.
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PSALMS, ISAIAH, JEREMIAH,EZEKIEL, DANIEL.
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NOW YOU SAY, WELL,WHY WOULD REVELATION
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QUOTE SO MUCH FROMTHE OLD TESTAMENT?
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I THOUGHT THE OLDTESTAMENT WAS ABOUT
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THE FIRST COMING OF JESUS.
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NO, NOT AT ALL.
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THE BOOK OF REVELATIONREPRESENTS THE FULFILLMENT
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OF ALL OF THE PROPHECIESABOUT JESUS CHRIST.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT INTHE OLD TESTAMENT,
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THERE ARE 1.800 REFERENCESTO THE SECOND COMING
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OF JESUS CHRIST.
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IF JESUS ONLY CAME THE FIRSTTIME AND DIED ON THE CROSS
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AND ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD,
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IF IT STOPS THERE THEN HE HASNOT FULFILLED HIS PROMISES.
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HE DID ALL OF THOSE THINGSFOR A GREATER PURPOSE:
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TO COME BACK AND RECLAIMTHE PEOPLE ON EARTH
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THAT BELONGED TO HIM.
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AND THAT'S WHY INTHE OLD TESTAMENT
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FOR EVERY ONE PROPHECY ABOUTTHE FIRST COMING OF CHRIST
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IN BETHLEHEM, THEREARE EIGHT PROPHECIES
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ABOUT THE SECOND COMINGOF CHRIST TO THIS EARTH.
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SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUTTHE BOOK OF REVELATION,
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THE REFERENCES TOTHE OLD TESTAMENT.
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A SECOND CHARACTERISTICOF THIS BOOK IS SYMBOLISM.
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THIS BOOK USES SYMBOLS.
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NOW THAT THROWS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
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PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE SOMETHINGIS USED SYMBOLICALLY,
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IT MUST NOT BE REAL.
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DON'T CONFUSE ASYMBOL WITH A METAPHOR
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OR A SYMBOL WITH AN ALLEGORY.
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ALLEGORY IS AFICTIONAL, MADE-UP STORY
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MEANT TO TEACH USSOME IMPORTANT TRUTH.
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THAT IS ALLEGORY.
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THAT'S NOT WHAT THEBOOK OF REVELATION IS.
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IT'S NOT AN ALLEGORY.
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JOHN DIDN'T JUSTDREAM THESE THINGS UP.
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THE BIBLE SAYS ININ REVELATION 1:2
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THAT JOHN WAS TESTIFYINGTO QUOTE, ALL THAT HE SAW.
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HE ACTUALLY SAW THESE EVENTSTHAT WE'RE GOING TO STUDY
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IN THE WEEKS ANDTHE MONTHS AHEAD.
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THESE ARE REAL EVENTS,
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BUT HE USES MANY TIMES SYMBOLSLIKE THE BEAST, THE HARLOT,
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THE WHITE HORSE, THE LOCUST,AND SO FORTH TO EXPLAIN THEM.
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WHY DOES HE MAKE SUCH USEOF SYMBOLS IN THIS BOOK?
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LET ME GIVE YOU THREEREASONS FOR SYMBOLS.
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FIRST OF ALL, SYMBOLSWERE USED AS A CODE
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FOR FIRST CENTURY CHRISTIANS.
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THEY WERE UNDER PERSECUTION.
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IF JOHN JUST CAME OUT ANDSAID EVERYTHING CLEARLY,
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IT WOULD HAVE LED TONEEDLESS PERSECUTION
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OF THE CHURCH.
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ROME COULD USE IT ASEVIDENCE OF SUBMISSION,
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AND THERE IS NO USE IN INVITINGUNNECESSARY PERSECUTION.
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SO IT WAS USED AS ACODE FOR BELIEVERS.
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SECONDLY, SYMBOLS WERE USEDTO COMMUNICATE THE UNFAMILIAR.
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NOW THINK ABOUT IT.
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JOHN LIVED IN THE FIRSTCENTURY AND YET GOD GRANTED HIM
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A VISION DOWN THECORRIDORS OF THE FUTURE,
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THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDSOF YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
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AND HE HAD TO WRITEDOWN WHAT HE SAW
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IN TERMS WITH WHICHHE WAS FAMILIAR.
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WHEN LEONARDO DA VINCIPICTURED A MODERN TANK
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HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, HEHAD A VISION FOR A TANK,
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BUT WHEN HE SKETCHEDA PICTURE OF IT,
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HE HAD TO DO IT IN THINGS,TERMS IN WHICH HE WAS FAMILIAR.
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SO HE DREW IT IN THESHAPE OF A TURTLE SHELL.
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TO HIM THAT WAS A TANK.
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IN THE SAME WAY, JOHN IS GOINGTO BE TALKING ABOUT THINGS
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HE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFOREAND DESCRIBING HIM
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IN TERMINOLOGY HE UNDERSTOOD.
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YOU KNOW, SCIENCEFICTION WRITER,
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ARTHUR C. CLARKE ONCE WROTE,"ANY SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED
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"TECHNOLOGY ISINDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC."
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SOMETHING THAT HADN'TBEEN INVENTED YET
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WILL LOOK LIKE MAGIC, BUTIT'S NOT; IT'S TECHNOLOGY.
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THE SAME THING IS TRUE INTHE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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THESE SYMBOLS ARE REAL THINGS.
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I MEAN, THINK ABOUTJOHN LOOKING AT
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THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
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THINK ABOUT JOHNBEING TRANSPORTED
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TO SEE HELICOPTERSFLYING AROUND.
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HOW WOULD A FIRST CENTURYPERSON DESCRIBE A HELICOPTER
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OR A TANK, OR JETSSTREAKING THROUGH THE SKY
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ABOVE MEGIDDO LIKE WE'VESEEN SO MANY TIMES.
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NO WONDER HE WAS USING SYMBOLS.
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HE WAS USING WHAT WAS FAMILIAR
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TO COMMUNICATE THE UNFAMILIAR.
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AND FINALLY SYMBOLS AREUSED TO AROUSE EMOTION.
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AROUSE EMOTION.
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REMEMBER HE WAS TRYINGTO MOTIVATE THE READERS
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TO DO SOMETHING, TO BEAROUSED AND UNDERSTAND
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WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE
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AND TO ORDER THEIR LIVESAROUND THOSE FACTS.
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WHEN JOHN TALKED ABOUT A WORLDDICTATOR, THE ANTICHRIST,
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HE COULD HAVE SAID, THERE'SGOING TO BE A DICTATOR,
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BUT INSTEAD HEDESCRIBES HIM AS A BEAST
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RISING OUT OF THE SEA.
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WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THEWORLD POLITICAL SYSTEM
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THAT'S OPPOSED TO GOD,
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HE COULD SAY THENATIONS THAT HATE GOD,
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BUT INSTEAD HE USEDTHE TERM BABYLON.
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BABYLON IS AN IMAGETHROUGHOUT THE BIBLE
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FROM THE BEGINNING TIMEOF THAT WORLD SYSTEM
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THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE PLANSAND THE PURPOSE OF GOD.
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SOMETIMES THESYMBOLISM IS EXPLAINED,
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LIKE IN THE CASE OF JESUS,
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WALKING AMONG THESEVEN LAMPSTANDS
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THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT INTHE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
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JOHN SAYS THE SEVEN LAMPSTANDSARE THE SEVEN CHURCHES.
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OTHER TIMES YOU HAVE TORELY ON YOUR UNDERSTANDING
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OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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BUT WHAT I WANT YOUTO REMEMBER IS THIS,
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JUST BECAUSE REVELATIONIS FILLED WITH SYMBOLS
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DOES NOT MAKEREVELATION LESS REAL;
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IT ACTUALLY MAKES IT MORE REAL.
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THESE THINGS ARE SO FANTASTIC,
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PHENOMENAL THATARE GOING TO HAPPEN
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THERE'S NO WAY I CAN DESCRIBETHEM EXCEPT THROUGH SYMBOLS.
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NOW, LET'S LOOK AT AN OUTLINEOF THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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AGAIN, WE'RE GAININGA 30.000-FOOT VIEW
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OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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I WAS TALKING TO THECAMERA GUY THIS MORNING,
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AND HE SAID, "WHAT AREYOU PREACHING ON TODAY?"
00:19:02.731 --> 00:19:05.701
AND I SAID, "THEBOOK OF REVELATION."
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HE SAID, "OH MAN,THAT'S TOO DIFFICULT.
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"I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND THAT."
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AND THAT'S HOW MOST PEOPLE FEEL.
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THEY COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND IT.
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IT'S VERY EASY TO UNDERSTANDIF YOU UNDERSTAND THE OUTLINE
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AND WHERE THE BOOK IS GOING.
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AND JOHN ACTUALLY GIVESUS THE THREE-POINT OUTLINE
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FOR THE BOOK OF REVELATION
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IN REVELATION 1:19.
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"THE ANGEL SAID TO JOHN,'WRITE THEREFORE THE THINGS
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"'WHICH YOU HAVE SEENAND THE THINGS WHICH ARE,
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"'AND THE THINGSWHICH SHALL TAKE PLACE
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"'AFTER THESE THINGS.'"
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DID YOU CATCH THATTHREE-POINT OUTLINE?
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FIRST OF ALL, JOHNWRITE DOWN THE THINGS
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WHICH YOU HAVE SEEN.
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THAT'S REVELATION 1.
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WHAT JOHN HAS JUSTSEEN IS JESUS CHRIST
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STANDING IN FRONT OF HIMIN HIS GLORIFIED STATE.
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THAT'S CHAPTER 1, THE THINGSWHICH YOU HAVE SEEN.
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THEN THE ANGEL SAID, "WRITEDOWN THE THINGS WHICH ARE,"
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THAT'S THE PRESENT.
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THE CONDITION OFTHE SEVEN CHURCHES,
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THAT'S FOUND INREVELATION 2 TO 3,
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THE THINGS WERE ARE, THECONDITION OF THE CHURCHES.
00:20:07.562 --> 00:20:10.499
AND FINALLY HE SAID,
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"WRITE DOWN THE THINGSTHAT WILL TAKE PLACE."
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THAT IS THE FUTURE,THAT'S CHAPTERS 4
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ALL THE WAY TO CHAPTER 22,
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THE EVENTS THAT WILLCULMINATE WITH THE RETURN
00:20:20.108 --> 00:20:23.578
OF JESUS CHRIST.
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NOW, LET ME SAY AWORD ABOUT THE MESSAGE
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OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
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REMEMBER THIS BOOK WAS WRITTENTO PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
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AND THE THEME IS VERY SIMPLE.
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JOHN SAYS REMAINFAITHFUL TO JESUS CHRIST
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IN THE MIDST OFPERSECUTION, WHY?
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BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING AGAINSOON TO REWARD THE RIGHTEOUS
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AND TO PUNISH THE UNRIGHTEOUS.
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THAT'S THE MESSAGE OFTHE BOOK OF REVELATION:
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REMAIN FAITHFUL IN THEMIDST OF PERSECUTION
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BECAUSE JESUS IS COMING AGAIN.
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FRANKLY, THAT'S A HARDMESSAGE FOR US TO RELATE TO.
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YOU KNOW WHY IT'S HARDFOR US TO RELATE TO?
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BECAUSE UNLIKE OTHERCHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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AROUND THE WORLD WHO AREBEING TORTURED AND DECAPITATED
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AND IMPRISONED FORTHEIR FAITH IN CHRIST,
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WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCINGTHAT IN THIS COUNTRY.
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NOT YET ANYWAY.
00:21:28.210 --> 00:21:31.079
BUT I BELIEVE THE RELATIVEFREEDOM WE HAVE AS A WHOLE
00:21:31.113 --> 00:21:36.051
AS CHRISTIANS, SURE,CHRISTIANS SOMETIMES SUFFER
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AT THEIR WORKPLACE OR IN SCHOOL
00:21:39.254 --> 00:21:40.922
FOR TAKING A STAND FOR CHRIST,
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BUT THERE'S NOCOLLECTIVE SUFFERING
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BY THE CHURCH RIGHTNOW IN AMERICA.
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BUT I DO BELIEVEIT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.
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I THINK WHAT WE'REEXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW
00:21:49.297 --> 00:21:52.968
IS JUST A LITTLE RESPITE,A LITTLE REPRIEVE.
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I THINK THERE IS A WORLD SYSTEM
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THAT'S FOUNDATION ISBEING LAID RIGHT NOW
00:22:01.476 --> 00:22:05.580
THAT IS GOING TO RESULTIN SUCH A BACKLASH
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AGAINST CONSERVATIVECHRISTIANS IN AMERICA
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WE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TOUNDERSTAND.
00:22:12.187 --> 00:22:14.656
AS I SAID I BELIEVE THATFOUNDATION IS BEING LAID
00:22:14.689 --> 00:22:17.192
RIGHT NOW FOR THIS BACKLASHTHAT IS COMING
00:22:17.225 --> 00:22:21.296
AND AS THE CHURCHOF JESUS CHRIST
00:22:21.329 --> 00:22:23.298
WE BETTER GET READY.
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♪ MUSIC
00:22:25.967 --> 00:22:30.806
REVELATION CAN BEAN INTIMIDATING BOOK
00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.575
WITH ITS COMPLEX SYMBOLISMAND ITS MANY REFERENCES
00:22:33.608 --> 00:22:37.145
TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
00:22:37.179 --> 00:22:38.814
BUT I HOPE YOU'LL CONTINUETO WALK THROUGH THIS TEXT
00:22:38.847 --> 00:22:41.716
WITH ME OVER THECOURSE OF THIS SERIES.
00:22:41.750 --> 00:22:44.152
AND BY THE END, I GUARANTEEYOU'LL HAVE A BETTER
00:22:44.186 --> 00:22:47.756
UNDERSTANDING OF THEREVELATION OF JESUS TO JOHN
00:22:47.789 --> 00:22:51.626
AND WHAT AWAITS YOUAND ME FOR THE FUTURE.
00:22:51.660 --> 00:22:54.963
BEFORE OUR TIME IS UP FOR TODAY,
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LET ME ENCOURAGE YOU WITH ALETTER FROM CARMEN IN OHIO.
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RECENTLY, CARMENWROTE TO US AND SAID,
00:23:01.636 --> 00:23:04.272
"I LISTENED TO PATHWAYTO VICTORY EVERY MORNING
00:23:04.306 --> 00:23:07.042
"WHEN I'M GETTINGREADY FOR WORK.
00:23:07.075 --> 00:23:09.010
"THERE ARE MORNINGS WHEN THESERMONS BRING ME TO TEARS,
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"BECAUSE IT'S EXACTLYWHAT I NEEDED
00:23:12.147 --> 00:23:14.349
"TO FACE A PROBLEMI WAS DEALING WITH.
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"I RUN AND GRAB A PENAND PAPER TO WRITE DOWN
00:23:17.118 --> 00:23:19.721
"THE IMPORTANT POINTS AND KEEPTHEM WITH ME DURING THE DAY.
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"IT HELPS ME REMEMBER THEREIS NOTHING TOO BIG FOR GOD
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"TO HANDLE IN MY LIFE."
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WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCHFOR THAT ENCOURAGING NOTE.
00:23:30.298 --> 00:23:32.834
AND, FRIENDS, WHEN YOUGIVE TO PATHWAY TO VICTORY,
00:23:32.868 --> 00:23:35.904
GOD IS USING YOUR GIFT TO REACHMEN AND WOMEN LIKE CARMEN,
00:23:35.937 --> 00:23:39.841
WHO DESPERATELY NEED ANENCOURAGING WORD FROM GOD.
00:23:39.875 --> 00:23:43.845
SO THANKS FOR YOURFAITHFUL SUPPORT
00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:46.181
AS TOGETHER WEPIERCE THE DARKNESS
00:23:46.214 --> 00:23:49.317
WITH THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD.
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NOW STAY RIGHT THERE,
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I'LL BE BACK WITHMORE IN JUST A MOMENT.
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♪ MUSIC-CLOCK TICKING
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[PRESENTER] IN LIGHTOF CURRENT EVENTS,
00:23:58.426 --> 00:23:59.728
YOU CAN'T HELP BUTWONDER IF WE'RE LIVING
00:23:59.761 --> 00:24:01.763
IN THE END TIMES.
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[JEFFRESS] ONE DAY,THE BIBLE SAYS,
00:24:03.698 --> 00:24:05.200
THE TRUMPET IS GOING TO SOUND.
00:24:05.233 --> 00:24:08.003
THE HEAVENS ARE GOING TO PART.
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SHOULD THAT AFFECTHOW WE LIVE TODAY?
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[PRESENTER] DR. ROBERTJEFFRESS EXPLAINS
00:24:13.108 --> 00:24:14.676
WHERE WE ARE ON GOD'SPROPHETIC TIMELINE
00:24:14.709 --> 00:24:17.012
AND WHY CHRISTIANS DON'TNEED TO FEAR THE END
00:24:17.045 --> 00:24:19.748
IN HIS BRAND NEW BOOK, "THERAPTURE, FACT OR FANTASY?"
00:24:19.781 --> 00:24:23.785
JESUS CHRIST COULD USHER INTHE END TIMES TRIBULATION
00:24:23.818 --> 00:24:27.489
AT ANY MOMENT, ANDFACING THIS TRUTH
00:24:27.522 --> 00:24:30.058
WILL HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ONTHE WAY YOU AND I LIVE TODAY.
00:24:30.091 --> 00:24:34.863
[PRESENTER] A COPY OFDR. JEFFRESS' BOOK ON THE
00:24:34.896 --> 00:24:36.932
RAPTURE IS YOURS WHEN YOUGIVE A GENEROUS GIFT
00:24:36.965 --> 00:24:39.367
TO PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
00:24:39.401 --> 00:24:41.036
AND WHEN YOUR GIFT IS $100OR MORE, YOU'LL ALSO RECEIVE
00:24:41.069 --> 00:24:44.472
DR. JEFFRESS' SERIES ONTHE BOOK OF REVELATION,
00:24:44.506 --> 00:24:47.275
FINAL CONQUEST, ONBOTH CD AND DVD.
00:24:47.309 --> 00:24:50.779
IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY MOMENT,THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH.
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THERE ARE NO PROPHECIESTHAT HAVE TO BE FULFILLED
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FOR THE RAPTURE.
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IT COULD HAPPEN BEFORE WECONCLUDE THE SERVICE TODAY.
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[PRESENTER] THANKYOU FOR PARTNERING
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WITH PATHWAY TO VICTORY
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TO SHARE THE GOODNEWS OF THE GOSPEL
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AT A TIME WHEN OURWORLD NEEDS IT MOST.
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IN THESE DAYS OFANXIETY AND STRIFE,
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PATHWAY TO VICTORY IS REACHINGMORE PEOPLE THAN EVER BEFORE
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WITH THE BOLD TEACHINGOF GOD'S TRUTH.
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AND WHEN YOU GIVE GENEROUSLYTO SUPPORT THE MINISTRY
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OF PATHWAY TO VICTORY,PLEASE REQUEST YOUR COPY
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OF DR. JEFFRESS' BRAND NEWBOOK AND TEACHING SERIES.
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THERE'S SO MUCH TOUNCOVER IN THIS RICH BOOK
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OF BIBLE PROPHECY.
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REMEMBER,REVELATION 1:3 SAYS,
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"BLESSED IS THE ONE WHOREADS AND THOSE WHO HEAR
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"THE WORDS OF THIS PROPHECYAND HEED THE THINGS
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"THAT ARE WRITTEN IN IT,FOR THE TIME IS NEAR."
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AND SO I'VE SET ASIDETOMORROW'S PROGRAM TO PRESENT
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A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THEENTIRE BOOK OF THE REVELATION
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AND ALSO TO HIGHLIGHTTHE MAIN PURPOSE
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OF THIS INSPIREDSECTION OF SCRIPTURE.
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THE OVERARCHINGMESSAGE OF REVELATION
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IS ONE MOST PEOPLEPROBABLY WOULDN'T EXPECT.
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STAY TUNED FOR A PREVIEWOF OUR NEXT MESSAGE
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IN OUR SERIES FINAL CONQUEST.
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[PRESENTER] TODAY WHENYOU GIVE A GENEROUS GIFT
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TO SUPPORT THE MINISTRYOF PATHWAY TO VICTORY,
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WE'LL SAY THANKS BYSENDING YOU A COPY
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OF DR. JEFFRESS'BRAND NEW BOOK TITLED
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"THE RAPTURE, FACT OR FANTASY?"
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PLUS THE BOOKLET BIBLEPROPHECY MADE SIMPLE
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IS OUR GIFT TO YOU SIMPLYFOR CONTACTING US TODAY
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AT PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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AND WHEN YOUR GIFTIS $100 OR MORE,
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WE'LL ALSO SEND YOU THECOMPLETE FINAL CONQUEST
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TEACHING SERIES ONBOTH CD AND DVD.
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THESE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE
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BECAUSE OF YOURGENEROUS SUPPORT,
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SO THANKS FOR CALLING,WRITING, OR GOING ONLINE
00:26:44.926 --> 00:26:47.629
TO GIVE TODAY.
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NOW COMING UP NEXT TIMEON PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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ISN'T THAT THE DAYWE ALL LONG FOR?
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A DAY NOT ONLY THATSPELLS THE END OF SIN
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AND SICKNESS ANDSADNESS AND DEATH,
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BUT THE END THATINCLUDES OUR FELLOWSHIP,
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OUR PERFECT FELLOWSHIP WITHTHE ONE PERSON IN THE UNIVERSE
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WHO KNOWS US BEST AND LOVES USMOST: THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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[PRESENTER] SET YOUR DVRAND JOIN US NEXT TIME
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FOR PART TWO OF THE MESSAGE:"BACK TO THE FUTURE"
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HERE ON PATHWAY TO VICTORY.
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♪ MUSIC
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