WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.606 --> 00:00:10.614 Good morning once again. 2 00:00:10.624 --> 00:00:11.711 Good morning. 3 00:00:11.721 --> 00:00:16.050 Yes, it's good to have Brother Gerhard back with us. 4 00:00:16.230 --> 00:00:27.509 And so, we will, without any further ado, get started with our message today, which I have titled, Built Upon the Sand. 5 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:37.945 Now, most references when we make reference to this parable of Jesus building upon the rock and upon the sand, 6 00:00:37.955 --> 00:00:41.546 we emphasize being built on the rock, 7 00:00:41.556 --> 00:00:44.106 because the rock is Jesus. 8 00:00:44.116 --> 00:00:44.570 Amen. 9 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:59.810 But today, we're going to be looking some more at the other side of that, because we're kind of looking back in the recent history, 10 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:07.390 and we will understand what it looks like to have built on the sand. 11 00:01:08.510 --> 00:01:19.819 So, to begin with, just starting with the parable that Jesus gave, and everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, 12 00:01:19.829 --> 00:01:22.751 shall be likened to a foolish man, 13 00:01:22.761 --> 00:01:25.851 which built his house upon the sand. 14 00:01:25.861 --> 00:01:34.480 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. 15 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:37.734 And great was the fall of it. 16 00:01:37.744 --> 00:01:42.348 So, we're talking about building an edifice. 17 00:01:42.358 --> 00:01:46.648 What kind of a house is he talking about? 18 00:01:46.658 --> 00:01:48.960 A literal house, or a? 19 00:01:48.970 --> 00:01:53.219 Sure, it's a spiritual house, to be sure. 20 00:01:53.969 --> 00:02:04.858 And I think we can see, as we go on, that it's especially in the context of the church, the house of God's people. 21 00:02:04.868 --> 00:02:12.795 Yes, and if there is spoken about winds, wind is always turbulent times, war times. 22 00:02:12.805 --> 00:02:13.550 Exactly. 23 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.236 Let me say end times, right? 24 00:02:16.246 --> 00:02:18.529 So, the setting is clear. 25 00:02:18.539 --> 00:02:20.000 It's in the end. 26 00:02:20.010 --> 00:02:32.490 Exactly, and that's the circumstance that we find ourselves in now, and especially in the last several years, since the coronavirus time. 27 00:02:33.250 --> 00:02:47.385 And if we recall some of those circumstances back in 2020, you remember the empty streets, all of the lockdowns everywhere, 28 00:02:47.395 --> 00:02:50.028 and the mask mandates, 29 00:02:50.038 --> 00:02:51.867 the distancing, 30 00:02:51.877 --> 00:02:55.314 everybody had to be isolated. 31 00:02:55.324 --> 00:03:02.104 Even the children were subjected to this kind of treatment. 32 00:03:02.114 --> 00:03:09.219 And now we're in a special time that we've been talking about. 33 00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:12.486 It's the day of the Lord. 34 00:03:12.496 --> 00:03:22.190 Yes, maybe we should do at this time a short recap, because we had two sermons so far since that May 28th. 35 00:03:22.200 --> 00:03:22.748 Right. 36 00:03:22.758 --> 00:03:32.635 And what did we cover, since that time, because it's important to just recap, we had the day-year principle. 37 00:03:32.645 --> 00:03:39.189 We spoke about it, because people always say, hey, we are the 28th came. 38 00:03:40.189 --> 00:03:41.030 What happens? 39 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:43.810 No, the day is in the prophecy like a year. 40 00:03:43.990 --> 00:03:44.352 Right. 41 00:03:44.362 --> 00:03:45.027 Vice versa. 42 00:03:45.037 --> 00:03:49.789 It's not just one day, but extending through the whole year, you have to watch. 43 00:03:50.030 --> 00:03:58.559 Then we spoke about the 10 virgins, because this is now the time where they wake up and where everyone decides where to buy oil. 44 00:03:58.569 --> 00:03:59.702 What was the oil? 45 00:03:59.712 --> 00:04:00.778 What is the oil? 46 00:04:00.788 --> 00:04:03.387 This is knowledge for this coming year. 47 00:04:03.397 --> 00:04:04.689 It's very important. 48 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:13.287 And this, what we do today is also a special knowledge, a special portion to build your faith upon the strengths in this year, 49 00:04:13.297 --> 00:04:17.032 because it's the year of the great time of tribulation. 50 00:04:17.042 --> 00:04:19.651 This was also in the last two services. 51 00:04:19.661 --> 00:04:24.811 What is the difference between the little time and the great time of trouble? 52 00:04:24.821 --> 00:04:27.399 So it's important to know these things. 53 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:32.655 It's very important because each sermon is built upon the next one. 54 00:04:32.665 --> 00:04:33.136 Right. 55 00:04:33.146 --> 00:04:39.009 So then we had this 372 days, which are in front of us and have it in mind. 56 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.772 This is seven days plus 365 days. 57 00:04:42.782 --> 00:04:44.870 We will hear it today. 58 00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:50.269 But the seven days of Noah in the ark while no rain fell. 59 00:04:51.089 --> 00:04:52.654 How important this is. 60 00:04:52.664 --> 00:04:53.091 Right. 61 00:04:53.101 --> 00:04:53.649 Exactly. 62 00:04:53.649 --> 00:04:58.019 We're going to look at something that happens. 63 00:04:58.029 --> 00:04:59.454 Very important. 64 00:04:59.464 --> 00:05:00.680 In the earth. 65 00:05:01.250 --> 00:05:03.619 We'll talk about that. 66 00:05:03.629 --> 00:05:06.213 And on that seventh day. 67 00:05:06.223 --> 00:05:17.079 So the 372 days, like Gerhard mentioned, is divided into seven days and then a full year of 365 days. 68 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:17.882 Right. 69 00:05:17.892 --> 00:05:32.299 And on that seventh day, there was a situation that happened in the United States, and it was maybe not so well publicized, 70 00:05:32.309 --> 00:05:35.227 but it's very important. 71 00:05:35.237 --> 00:05:39.199 Do you perhaps recognize this man? 72 00:05:41.370 --> 00:05:55.243 He was almost a household figure back in 2020 and 2021, because he was at the forefront, the public face of the lockdowns, 73 00:05:55.253 --> 00:05:59.110 all the measures that were taken. 74 00:05:59.449 --> 00:06:10.294 He was the one, the head scientist that everyone looked to, to understand how we should deal with this coronavirus. 75 00:06:10.304 --> 00:06:17.566 And here he is in the Congress in the United States giving a sworn testimony. 76 00:06:17.576 --> 00:06:23.120 He's being questioned by many people there in the Congress. 77 00:06:24.699 --> 00:06:33.705 And I just wanted to show some clips of some things that he says in defense 78 00:06:33.715 --> 00:06:42.469 of himself and some of the concerns and responses of the people as well. 79 00:06:42.479 --> 00:06:43.800 This is Dr. 80 00:06:43.810 --> 00:06:44.531 Fauci. 81 00:06:44.541 --> 00:06:51.745 He's the responsible man if a pandemic breaks out for the U. 82 00:06:51.755 --> 00:06:51.995 S. 83 00:06:52.005 --> 00:06:52.965 The man. 84 00:06:52.975 --> 00:07:00.480 We want to ultimately understand where this is in the prophecy. 85 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:08.718 And I've already mentioned a little bit that seventh day of Noah, because that was the day this took place, 86 00:07:08.728 --> 00:07:12.029 exactly on the seventh day after May 28th. 87 00:07:12.560 --> 00:07:14.959 We'll look at it more precisely. 88 00:07:14.969 --> 00:07:15.718 But first: 89 00:07:15.728 --> 00:07:25.515 Herd immunity, as we know, means if you have a virus that doesn't change and a virus in which when you get infected or vaccinated, 90 00:07:25.525 --> 00:07:27.397 you have highly durable, 91 00:07:27.407 --> 00:07:29.430 perhaps lifelong immunity. 92 00:07:29.970 --> 00:07:32.709 That's not the case with COVID. 93 00:07:32.719 --> 00:07:37.404 We know immunity wanes and we have multiple variants. 94 00:07:37.414 --> 00:07:44.730 So this is just a little place where he's explaining this concept of herd immunity. 95 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:52.810 And you might remember from 2020 when the vaccines were first coming out, there was all this talk about herd immunity. 96 00:07:52.820 --> 00:07:58.035 We have to get everybody vaccinated so that if we have enough people vaccinated, 97 00:07:58.045 --> 00:08:03.575 we'll get over the hump and then it won't be a problem anymore with the coronavirus. 98 00:08:03.585 --> 00:08:05.389 But it was a lie, obviously. 99 00:08:05.569 --> 00:08:06.313 Exactly. 100 00:08:06.323 --> 00:08:09.481 Now he's explaining the situation. 101 00:08:09.491 --> 00:08:10.399 No, sorry. 102 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:17.998 In looking back on it, you can't even have herd immunity with this kind of a virus because it changes too quickly. 103 00:08:18.008 --> 00:08:19.874 And so it's always changing. 104 00:08:19.884 --> 00:08:23.529 And that's been our experience over the last few years. 105 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:33.345 But it's important to understand this because God's people, who should they follow? 106 00:08:33.355 --> 00:08:34.774 God or a man? 107 00:08:34.784 --> 00:08:42.321 The science that he stands for is not a consistent, solid foundation. 108 00:08:42.331 --> 00:08:44.187 That's the point. 109 00:08:44.197 --> 00:08:52.240 That's why we're talking about building on a foundation of a rock or sand. 110 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:54.038 The sand changes. 111 00:08:54.048 --> 00:08:57.180 When the floods come, the sand washes away. 112 00:08:57.190 --> 00:09:01.778 And therefore, he was in front of the Congress, I think, right? 113 00:09:01.788 --> 00:09:02.049 Yes. 114 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:04.271 So that they questioned him. 115 00:09:04.281 --> 00:09:05.820 Was this now correct? 116 00:09:05.830 --> 00:09:06.856 What was done? 117 00:09:06.866 --> 00:09:08.478 Or was it not correct? 118 00:09:08.488 --> 00:09:08.928 Right. 119 00:09:08.938 --> 00:09:11.159 And it appears that it was not. 120 00:09:13.049 --> 00:09:19.173 And yet, the churches, and I'll show you an example of this, 121 00:09:19.183 --> 00:09:33.463 the churches acted in line with the herd immunity concept of getting everyone vaccinated so that we can get the herd immunity that we need. 122 00:09:33.473 --> 00:09:38.372 So we'll come back to that in just a little bit. 123 00:09:38.382 --> 00:09:44.179 But we want to see where this is in the flow of prophecy. 124 00:09:44.370 --> 00:09:44.648 Yes. 125 00:09:44.658 --> 00:09:50.570 And one question from the audience was in the last week, when is the second war over? 126 00:09:50.580 --> 00:09:51.971 How do we know that? 127 00:09:51.981 --> 00:09:58.032 Is there any event or is there any better explanation of those verses in Revelation 11? 128 00:09:58.042 --> 00:09:58.459 Right. 129 00:09:58.469 --> 00:10:05.772 And therefore, we pick that up and explain that first so that you know, surely, where we are in prophecy. 130 00:10:05.782 --> 00:10:06.139 Right. 131 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:15.461 And we've seen already how the second woe is directly related to the vaccination theme. 132 00:10:15.471 --> 00:10:19.435 We've looked at that in great detail. 133 00:10:19.445 --> 00:10:29.389 And now, we've also seen how the timelines point to this transition into the day of the Lord. 134 00:10:29.690 --> 00:10:41.887 And we should be able to look at these concluding verses of the second woe and understand how they are being fulfilled. 135 00:10:41.897 --> 00:10:49.789 So, beginning in verse 12, we have pictured here the two witnesses in heaven. 136 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:58.799 And looking at the path of the comets from the sign of the Son of Man, this is comet K2. 137 00:10:59.100 --> 00:10:59.465 Yes. 138 00:10:59.475 --> 00:11:00.663 And comet E3. 139 00:11:00.673 --> 00:11:10.429 But looking at them continuing on in time after the present, just to give you the sense of their direction. 140 00:11:11.090 --> 00:11:16.582 Because it fits with what God says in Revelation 11 verse 12. 141 00:11:16.592 --> 00:11:23.256 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, come up hither. 142 00:11:23.266 --> 00:11:29.549 And they ascended to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them. 143 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:31.771 So, what is the cloud? 144 00:11:31.781 --> 00:11:36.529 Yeah, that's a question for the audience as well. 145 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:40.221 Well, the comets represent the clouds. 146 00:11:40.231 --> 00:11:51.450 And their ascending to heaven is depicted by the path and how both the paths go from the witness up, up into heaven, 147 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:57.059 when you have it in the upright orientation for each one. 148 00:11:57.730 --> 00:12:00.261 So, that just shows the setting. 149 00:12:00.271 --> 00:12:04.623 They're being called up to heaven, ascending to heaven. 150 00:12:04.633 --> 00:12:08.490 That's the direction they're going, ascending up. 151 00:12:08.590 --> 00:12:10.741 The spiral ends anywhere they are. 152 00:12:10.751 --> 00:12:16.508 Yeah, it just basically goes round and round and round and round, gets tighter and tighter. 153 00:12:16.518 --> 00:12:18.269 Same thing for both of them. 154 00:12:19.210 --> 00:12:24.264 And so, that is how they are shown to be ascending. 155 00:12:24.274 --> 00:12:30.022 In the next verse, in verse 13, it mentions the same hour. 156 00:12:30.032 --> 00:12:41.314 So, that's the same hour as that May 28th transition, because that was the end of the period of the two witnesses, 157 00:12:41.324 --> 00:12:44.580 when they would hear that voice. 158 00:12:45.450 --> 00:12:47.630 That's at this 28th of May. 159 00:12:47.640 --> 00:12:47.963 Yes. 160 00:12:47.973 --> 00:12:53.950 Now, everyone can ask the same question, what is the hour in the prophecy? 161 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:58.645 Is it one hour on our clock, or is it something different? 162 00:12:58.655 --> 00:13:05.399 So, we have different ideas of an hour, because you have to look at a certain clock. 163 00:13:06.149 --> 00:13:10.852 The Orion clock would have seven years as one hour. 164 00:13:10.862 --> 00:13:16.580 But what is the shortest interpretation of one prophetic hour? 165 00:13:16.590 --> 00:13:19.172 A prophetic hour is 15 days. 166 00:13:19.182 --> 00:13:19.889 Exactly. 167 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:25.434 So, it's the same principle as the day-year principle. 168 00:13:25.444 --> 00:13:28.614 That's where that 15 days come from. 169 00:13:28.624 --> 00:13:34.240 If you take a day, it's 24 hours, and the day represents a year. 170 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:46.022 So, that means a year is 360 days, the prophetic year, and you divide that into 24 hours, and you come to 15 days. 171 00:13:46.032 --> 00:13:52.288 So, within 15 days, we could search if this text gets fulfilled. 172 00:13:52.298 --> 00:13:53.059 Exactly. 173 00:13:53.059 --> 00:13:54.736 Let's read it first. 174 00:13:54.746 --> 00:13:55.082 Yes. 175 00:13:55.092 --> 00:14:02.450 So, and the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell. 176 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:12.090 And in the earthquake were slain of men 7,000, and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of heaven. 177 00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:17.431 So, the first thing that's mentioned is this great earthquake. 178 00:14:17.441 --> 00:14:21.602 Prophetic earthquake, because people, what did they do? 179 00:14:21.612 --> 00:14:23.559 I saw it in the last week. 180 00:14:24.470 --> 00:14:29.711 They posted around and searched around where was an earthquake, where was an earthquake. 181 00:14:29.721 --> 00:14:30.079 Right. 182 00:14:30.089 --> 00:14:35.429 So, if there's a prophetic earthquake, in a prophetic book, it's not a literal earthquake. 183 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:41.251 It's always easy to find a literal earthquake, though, because they're happening all the time. 184 00:14:41.261 --> 00:14:41.905 All the time. 185 00:14:41.915 --> 00:14:43.103 So, quake, what is this? 186 00:14:43.113 --> 00:14:45.309 Of course, this is a certain kind of shaking. 187 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:48.166 It's a shaking, a disturbance. 188 00:14:48.176 --> 00:14:52.142 Yes, an event which is shaking a certain area. 189 00:14:52.152 --> 00:14:52.649 Right. 190 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:57.354 And this is the nice thing in the same word as also the earth. 191 00:14:57.364 --> 00:14:59.664 So, what is earth in the prophecy? 192 00:14:59.674 --> 00:15:01.820 I think you have a slide for it. 193 00:15:01.820 --> 00:15:02.088 Yes. 194 00:15:02.098 --> 00:15:04.179 I do have a few slides on that. 195 00:15:04.189 --> 00:15:08.799 This is the hour that we're talking about from May 28th to June 11th. 196 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:14.380 But let's just look at what the Bible means when it says earth. 197 00:15:14.390 --> 00:15:14.701 Yes. 198 00:15:14.711 --> 00:15:24.960 And in order to understand what it means when it says earth, we look at a little, a couple of verses from Revelation 13 in contrast. 199 00:15:25.570 --> 00:15:33.635 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, not the earth, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea. 200 00:15:33.645 --> 00:15:41.973 Now, we look at Revelation 17, and it says specifically what these waters of the sea represent. 201 00:15:41.983 --> 00:15:42.490 Right. 202 00:15:43.629 --> 00:15:55.209 And he saith unto me, the waters which thou sawest, where the horse diddeth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 203 00:15:55.219 --> 00:16:05.639 So, where in the world are there a large group of many different nations, and peoples, and languages, and all of that? 204 00:16:06.629 --> 00:16:13.037 And don't forget Revelation was given to John in about the year 90 after Christ. 205 00:16:13.047 --> 00:16:15.850 And what did the people know there? 206 00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:18.263 Which countries did they know? 207 00:16:18.273 --> 00:16:21.316 And which countries did they not know? 208 00:16:21.326 --> 00:16:24.409 Because this was given in that context. 209 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:32.289 So, which area in the world was populated, and the people at the time knew about it? 210 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:38.664 So, a lot of tribes, and peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 211 00:16:38.674 --> 00:16:41.050 This is standing for Europe. 212 00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.539 Right. 213 00:16:41.539 --> 00:16:50.279 A sea of all of this mixture of people, all of these nations, and languages all together. 214 00:16:50.289 --> 00:17:00.992 So, yeah, it tells us pretty clearly in the Bible that the waters of the sea represent the nations of Europe. 215 00:17:01.002 --> 00:17:03.830 So, now we look at the earth. 216 00:17:04.089 --> 00:17:06.629 This is in contrast to the sea. 217 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:14.176 And in Revelation 13, again, it says, And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth. 218 00:17:14.186 --> 00:17:16.460 So, here we have a contrast. 219 00:17:16.750 --> 00:17:20.448 It's not in Europe, but it's on the earth. 220 00:17:20.458 --> 00:17:26.182 And it's not fully populated, but the contrary is less populated. 221 00:17:26.192 --> 00:17:35.425 If the waters represent people, and nations, and tongues, then there must be few people, and few nations, 222 00:17:35.435 --> 00:17:40.349 and not many tongues where it's referring to the earth. 223 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:47.466 And so, it's pretty clear then, especially you mentioned in John's time, 224 00:17:47.476 --> 00:17:54.451 that there were very few people living in the new world at that time of John. 225 00:17:54.461 --> 00:18:00.539 And, of course, for centuries, it was still very sparsely populated. 226 00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:10.170 It was, therefore, likened to the earth, a desert place without many people, without that water. 227 00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:20.446 If you are raised in Europe, you're used to the environment, and the culture of all of the different languages. 228 00:18:20.456 --> 00:18:23.558 Many people speak multiple languages. 229 00:18:23.568 --> 00:18:32.791 Whereas for me, I grew up in the new world, and it's a big area, and all there is is one nation, one language, 230 00:18:32.801 --> 00:18:35.642 and you have a totally different. 231 00:18:35.652 --> 00:18:35.736 . 232 00:18:35.746 --> 00:18:35.830 . 233 00:18:35.840 --> 00:18:37.970 This variety is not there. 234 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:38.796 Exactly. 235 00:18:38.806 --> 00:18:48.637 It's definitely this contrast between the waters of the sea in Europe versus the earth and the dry land. 236 00:18:48.647 --> 00:18:52.220 Yes, in the United States, especially. 237 00:18:53.359 --> 00:19:05.175 You could say inclusive of South America as well, but in this particular case, when we're talking about this great earthquake, 238 00:19:05.185 --> 00:19:11.740 we can see that it's something that's happening in the United States. 239 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:25.240 And that is what I just showed you a clip from, when the top scientist, a few years after this huge global catastrophe, then he says, 240 00:19:25.250 --> 00:19:26.088 oh yeah, 241 00:19:26.098 --> 00:19:26.654 well, 242 00:19:26.664 --> 00:19:31.745 we didn't really have even a chance of herd immunity. 243 00:19:31.755 --> 00:19:39.759 And we'll see a couple of other clips that change our perspective about that as well. 244 00:19:42.829 --> 00:19:47.484 Mask mandates for children under five, there's scientific evidence supporting that. 245 00:19:47.494 --> 00:19:50.242 There was no study that did masks on kids before. 246 00:19:50.252 --> 00:19:51.690 You couldn't do the study. 247 00:19:51.690 --> 00:19:57.726 You had to respond to an epidemic that was killing four to 5, 000 Americans per day. 248 00:19:57.736 --> 00:20:07.773 The issue of the six foot distance, and I made the statement that it just appeared, and that got taken like, I don't know what's going on. 249 00:20:07.783 --> 00:20:09.000 It just appeared. 250 00:20:09.349 --> 00:20:11.572 It actually came from the CDC. 251 00:20:11.582 --> 00:20:17.065 The CDC was responsible for those kinds of guidelines for schools, not me. 252 00:20:17.075 --> 00:20:20.759 So when I said that it just appeared, it appeared. 253 00:20:20.849 --> 00:20:23.010 Was there any science behind it? 254 00:20:23.020 --> 00:20:28.220 What I meant by no science behind it is that there wasn't a controlled trial. 255 00:20:28.230 --> 00:20:33.834 But once we realized that the virus was not spread by droplets and was aerosolized, 256 00:20:33.844 --> 00:20:37.818 did you feel an indication to go back to the CDC and said, 257 00:20:37.828 --> 00:20:39.709 let's base this on science. 258 00:20:39.719 --> 00:20:42.119 Let's get rid of this six foot rule. 259 00:20:42.529 --> 00:20:49.323 Once the new data came available, we did not see a change of course. 260 00:20:49.333 --> 00:20:54.028 So there's just a couple of examples of how Dr. 261 00:20:54.038 --> 00:20:59.832 Fauci was exonerating himself saying, I'm not responsible. 262 00:20:59.842 --> 00:21:02.210 That was the other guys. 263 00:21:03.549 --> 00:21:11.918 And then you hear the concerns following up, well then why didn't you, when we learned the reality, 264 00:21:11.928 --> 00:21:15.554 which was that it wasn't based on science, 265 00:21:15.564 --> 00:21:18.681 why didn't you then go back and say, 266 00:21:18.691 --> 00:21:19.189 okay, 267 00:21:19.199 --> 00:21:26.289 it's not important that we have this six foot rule or that we mask up the children. 268 00:21:27.250 --> 00:21:29.571 There was no basis for those things. 269 00:21:29.581 --> 00:21:36.019 If a new disease came or if a new pandemic is coming, then of course you do something at the moment. 270 00:21:36.329 --> 00:21:43.995 But as soon as you recognize this makes all no sense, then you should stop the thing. 271 00:21:44.005 --> 00:21:46.440 And this was not done also. 272 00:21:46.450 --> 00:21:55.636 On the contrary, it was even promoted more later on that, especially with the masking and all of this, 273 00:21:55.646 --> 00:22:00.500 it's only progressed and wasn't reversed or repealed. 274 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:06.159 And so it shows that there was something else going on. 275 00:22:06.169 --> 00:22:14.422 But now this is coming out in a sworn testimony before the Congress of the United States. 276 00:22:14.432 --> 00:22:17.750 That's a shaking of the foundations. 277 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:25.474 Remember, this herd immunity was the basis for many people getting [vaccinated] push, push, push, 278 00:22:25.484 --> 00:22:29.597 get everybody vaccinated so we can achieve herd immunity, 279 00:22:29.607 --> 00:22:30.663 herd immunity. 280 00:22:30.673 --> 00:22:33.872 But then it turns out, oh, you can't do that. 281 00:22:33.882 --> 00:22:35.000 It doesn't work. 282 00:22:35.130 --> 00:22:43.810 And we are speaking or we are searching about the fulfillment of this one verse that is talking about this earthquake. 283 00:22:43.820 --> 00:22:44.114 Yes. 284 00:22:44.124 --> 00:22:45.669 Now this is in the U. 285 00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:45.826 S. 286 00:22:45.836 --> 00:22:47.930 And this was a shaking event. 287 00:22:47.930 --> 00:22:55.680 If one has the time, watch the three hours where all those people ask him about certain questions. 288 00:22:55.690 --> 00:22:56.086 Yeah. 289 00:22:56.096 --> 00:22:58.369 They were all jumping on him. 290 00:22:58.789 --> 00:23:02.574 This was an earthquake because the people believed him. 291 00:23:02.584 --> 00:23:03.341 Absolutely. 292 00:23:03.351 --> 00:23:06.910 And he was in the news the last years all that time. 293 00:23:07.170 --> 00:23:08.232 Not just the U. 294 00:23:08.242 --> 00:23:08.384 S. 295 00:23:08.394 --> 00:23:10.095 Others listened to them. 296 00:23:10.105 --> 00:23:12.514 But this room was full of tension. 297 00:23:12.524 --> 00:23:17.869 It was really an earthquake when it came up that this was mainly all a fake. 298 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.770 Right. 299 00:23:18.780 --> 00:23:28.653 And it fits the time frame within this one hour, which is 15 days, more or less in the middle. 300 00:23:28.663 --> 00:23:34.000 Even on the seventh day, this was June 3rd of 2024. 301 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:37.219 That's the seventh day from May 28th. 302 00:23:37.229 --> 00:23:40.652 So just like the seven days before the year, 303 00:23:40.662 --> 00:23:48.278 like Noah entered into the ark and was there for seven days until the door closed and rains fell. 304 00:23:48.288 --> 00:23:57.839 And have that in mind, the door closed because there is also a very sad part here, how it is seen, how the door is closing. 305 00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.558 Yes. 306 00:23:58.568 --> 00:24:01.499 That's where we're coming next. 307 00:24:01.509 --> 00:24:10.199 So understand now the earthquake is about the prophetic earth, the United States especially, 308 00:24:10.209 --> 00:24:15.962 and the quake being a shaking going on in the United States, 309 00:24:15.972 --> 00:24:22.480 shaking of the foundations that took place in this coronavirus time. 310 00:24:23.589 --> 00:24:26.422 And the 10th part of the city fell. 311 00:24:26.432 --> 00:24:36.951 We've talked in our articles about how the New World Order plan of the Jesuits basically divides the whole world into 10 segments. 312 00:24:36.961 --> 00:24:44.789 And so in that context, you can understand the 10th part of the city, the city being Big Babylon. 313 00:24:45.109 --> 00:24:52.015 Yeah, modern Babylon, the whole world, the global village, if you will. 314 00:24:52.025 --> 00:24:58.833 And the 10th part of it is then one region, such as the United States. 315 00:24:58.843 --> 00:25:03.200 So in the earthquake were slain of men 7,000. 316 00:25:04.029 --> 00:25:08.596 That's the next part that we want to look at. 317 00:25:08.606 --> 00:25:11.144 And that hints to Christ. 318 00:25:11.154 --> 00:25:16.309 Christ has the number seven, many, thousands, many. 319 00:25:16.680 --> 00:25:19.458 So we're talking about many Christians. 320 00:25:19.468 --> 00:25:20.037 Correct. 321 00:25:20.047 --> 00:25:27.079 And first of all, we do not speak about 7, 000 literal men because it's again in the prophetic book. 322 00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.751 Right. 323 00:25:27.761 --> 00:25:29.952 This must have meaning. 324 00:25:29.962 --> 00:25:36.420 So 7,000 is seven times many because thousand is a picture for many. 325 00:25:37.089 --> 00:25:42.844 And seven is the number of Christ, a completion. 326 00:25:42.854 --> 00:25:46.450 So we can say many Christians. 327 00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:47.400 Exactly. 328 00:25:48.309 --> 00:25:56.099 So now we're looking at how did the churches respond to this coronavirus situation? 329 00:25:56.109 --> 00:26:01.177 Did they build their house on the rock or on the sand? 330 00:26:01.187 --> 00:26:07.851 And so I'm going to use the Seventh-day Adventist church as an example. 331 00:26:07.861 --> 00:26:10.489 But others too, just to say. 332 00:26:10.499 --> 00:26:11.210 Exactly. 333 00:26:11.210 --> 00:26:20.950 I just use this as a familiar example to me, but it's universal throughout all of the Christian churches. 334 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:31.349 Now, the Seventh-day Adventist church is especially known for their health message and their emphasis on health. 335 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:37.740 And the church put out an official statement on October 25th of 2021. 336 00:26:38.509 --> 00:26:40.375 So get that in context. 337 00:26:40.384 --> 00:26:47.439 This is now about 10 months or so after the initial vaccinations were being rolled out. 338 00:26:47.449 --> 00:26:49.700 So a lot of time had passed. 339 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:54.103 Many, many people had already gotten vaccinated. 340 00:26:54.113 --> 00:26:58.700 And the church put out this statement of position. 341 00:26:58.710 --> 00:27:10.250 It was actually the third one, I believe, that they wrote reaffirming the Seventh-day Adventist church's response to COVID-19. 342 00:27:10.250 --> 00:27:13.462 I just want to highlight part here. 343 00:27:13.472 --> 00:27:25.759 It says, as a denomination, we have advocated the synergy of a healthy lifestyle and responsible immunization for more than 100 years. 344 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:33.003 In the light of the global magnitude of the pandemic, the deaths, disability, 345 00:27:33.013 --> 00:27:38.764 and long-term COVID-19 effects that are emerging in all age groups, 346 00:27:38.774 --> 00:27:45.504 we encourage our members to consider responsible immunization and the promotion 347 00:27:45.514 --> 00:27:52.150 and facilitation of the development of what is commonly termed herd immunity. 348 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:55.032 And now we know it's a fake. 349 00:27:55.042 --> 00:27:58.046 And this is in October of 2021. 350 00:27:58.056 --> 00:28:02.507 They're still pushing this herd immunity idea, 351 00:28:02.517 --> 00:28:14.119 even after variants started emerging and more aspects like that that should have directed the attention away from that. 352 00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:24.415 But they're still using the herd immunity to push the people to get immunized from COVID. 353 00:28:24.425 --> 00:28:39.569 So this is a sad aspect when the church, known for its healthy lifestyle, promoting healthy lifestyle, is in the official channels. 354 00:28:39.569 --> 00:28:50.361 I didn't list off all of the general conference, all of the head bodies in the church, the top official bodies in the church, 355 00:28:50.371 --> 00:28:52.002 religious liberty, 356 00:28:52.012 --> 00:28:53.383 public affairs, 357 00:28:53.393 --> 00:28:55.887 all of these different ones, 358 00:28:55.897 --> 00:29:01.240 including the well-known Loma Linda University Health Center, 359 00:29:01.250 --> 00:29:09.960 all of these different groups within the church coming together and promoting the COVID vaccination. 360 00:29:11.690 --> 00:29:13.923 There was even one point more. 361 00:29:13.933 --> 00:29:20.114 I just say it because the church has pushed this ideology also with the love topic. 362 00:29:20.124 --> 00:29:26.880 If you love your neighbor, you need to get vaccinated because with this, you show the love. 363 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:35.080 This was not the real showing of love because in the end, we see this was a fake. 364 00:29:35.090 --> 00:29:42.003 And as you know, our understanding of the threefold tests, we will come to that, 365 00:29:42.013 --> 00:29:47.361 but this was even affecting and changing the DNA of a person. 366 00:29:47.371 --> 00:29:50.482 And this is a gift from Eden, right? 367 00:29:50.492 --> 00:29:51.500 We will see. 368 00:29:51.569 --> 00:29:54.623 It's just that it is clear in the context. 369 00:29:54.633 --> 00:30:01.758 They promoted something that kills you in not just literally, but maybe also in the spiritual way. 370 00:30:01.768 --> 00:30:02.329 Exactly. 371 00:30:02.890 --> 00:30:13.534 So, unfortunately, they showed, along with all the other churches that supported the vaccination drives, 372 00:30:13.544 --> 00:30:17.526 they were based on the shifting sands, 373 00:30:17.536 --> 00:30:20.085 the unstable foundation. 374 00:30:20.095 --> 00:30:29.716 And in fact, the Adventist Health Department was even host to the COVID-19 vaccination clinic. 375 00:30:29.726 --> 00:30:40.759 They had their own vaccination clinic with the motto, believe there is hope, and then in white, be the hope. 376 00:30:41.170 --> 00:30:41.520 So, 377 00:30:41.530 --> 00:30:52.110 very much encouraging and promoting the man-made vaccination rather than looking to God to 378 00:30:52.120 --> 00:31:02.690 use the natural means that he has given everybody in their own immune system to overcome. 379 00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:10.952 Jesus said, a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 380 00:31:10.962 --> 00:31:16.710 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire. 381 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:22.086 Wherefore, by their fruits you shall know them. 382 00:31:22.096 --> 00:31:24.700 And now we see the fruits. 383 00:31:24.710 --> 00:31:31.500 The fruits are, they did not build upon the rock, but upon the sand. 384 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:33.273 And what is the rock? 385 00:31:33.283 --> 00:31:34.802 The rock is Jesus. 386 00:31:34.812 --> 00:31:36.839 The rock is the creator. 387 00:31:36.849 --> 00:31:47.636 And again and again and again, from Eden, from the creation came the first test, the Sabbath, the marriage test, also from Eden, 388 00:31:47.646 --> 00:31:52.440 and the creation test where the DNA was created in Eden. 389 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.426 This was touched here now. 390 00:31:54.436 --> 00:31:56.637 You do not touch what God set in stone. 391 00:31:56.647 --> 00:31:58.319 You do not touch those things. 392 00:31:59.019 --> 00:32:05.644 We have to respect what God has reserved in his own capacity as the creator. 393 00:32:05.654 --> 00:32:12.105 I always say, people are doing like this with this DNA vaccination, right? 394 00:32:12.115 --> 00:32:17.500 They say to God, what you did 6,000 years before was not okay. 395 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:21.656 Come on, God, we help you out a little bit, right? 396 00:32:21.666 --> 00:32:24.886 We change your master plan in the DNA, right? 397 00:32:24.896 --> 00:32:27.380 We help you a little bit, dear God. 398 00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:30.024 And God said, no, everything was perfect. 399 00:32:30.034 --> 00:32:32.163 So don't touch those holy things. 400 00:32:32.173 --> 00:32:32.539 Right. 401 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:34.017 It's never a good idea. 402 00:32:34.027 --> 00:32:35.089 That's the point. 403 00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.579 Exactly. 404 00:32:36.170 --> 00:32:49.308 So this is actually prophesied in the symbolism of another Bible story, a very well-known Bible story in Daniel, chapter three, 405 00:32:49.318 --> 00:32:54.480 where King Nebuchadnezzar makes an image of gold. 406 00:32:54.490 --> 00:32:58.628 So we'll just look at a few verses here. 407 00:32:58.638 --> 00:32:59.549 Verse 15. 408 00:32:59.650 --> 00:33:08.765 Now, if you be ready, that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornets, flutes, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, 409 00:33:08.775 --> 00:33:10.588 and all kinds of music, 410 00:33:10.598 --> 00:33:15.069 ye fall down and worship the image which I have made well. 411 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:24.651 But if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning, fiery furnace. 412 00:33:24.661 --> 00:33:29.935 And who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 413 00:33:29.945 --> 00:33:35.200 So Nebuchadnezzar is being very defiant toward God in this. 414 00:33:36.650 --> 00:33:45.408 But we're going to look at this and understand more clearly how this applies. 415 00:33:45.418 --> 00:33:51.560 And we'll see, does it apply to the vaccination theme? 416 00:33:51.570 --> 00:33:57.009 Does it apply to the LGBT or gay marriage theme? 417 00:33:57.009 --> 00:33:59.737 Or does it apply to the Sabbath? 418 00:33:59.747 --> 00:34:09.207 We have to look at some of these characteristics and understand what is this story really pointing to directly. 419 00:34:09.217 --> 00:34:17.550 But let's look at what, you know the story, the Nebuchadnezzar was talking to those three Hebrews. 420 00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.973 As king of Babylon. 421 00:34:18.983 --> 00:34:26.937 Yeah, the king of Babylon was angry because he got a report that there were these three who wouldn't bow down. 422 00:34:26.947 --> 00:34:29.820 And so he gave them another opportunity. 423 00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:41.904 And then their response to him was, if it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace. 424 00:34:41.914 --> 00:34:47.762 That was their punishment or consequence if they didn't bow down. 425 00:34:47.772 --> 00:34:52.159 And he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 426 00:34:52.710 --> 00:35:03.723 The symbolism that the Bible uses for a furnace is it's a symbol for affliction, enduring affliction. 427 00:35:03.733 --> 00:35:10.384 And that points to a time of trouble, a time of plagues also. 428 00:35:10.394 --> 00:35:23.460 And it's Michael, represented by Orion, who stands up and delivers his people from that tribulation, from those plagues. 429 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:30.919 Yes, because King Nebuchadnezzar even asked specifically, who is the guy who can deliver you? 430 00:35:30.929 --> 00:35:31.411 Right. 431 00:35:31.421 --> 00:35:33.185 The word says deliver. 432 00:35:33.195 --> 00:35:38.489 And here in Daniel 12, as an answer, if you want, who can deliver? 433 00:35:38.499 --> 00:35:42.230 And at that time, my people shall be delivered. 434 00:35:42.449 --> 00:35:49.238 So the same word, who is that God that can deliver you from my hand, Nebuchadnezzar said. 435 00:35:49.248 --> 00:35:56.952 And here's the answer in Daniel 12, at that time shall my people be delivered when Michael stands up. 436 00:35:56.962 --> 00:36:00.679 Everyone that shall be found written in the book. 437 00:36:01.469 --> 00:36:07.790 So the question now is, when was this image established? 438 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:20.099 And we can connect this with what we talked about last week, how the Pope in 2015 went to the United Nations, 439 00:36:20.109 --> 00:36:23.709 and he gave a symbolic address, 440 00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:32.510 basically showing that he's the big boss on top of all of the United Nations. 441 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:41.945 So he, therefore, would represent Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, the whole realm. 442 00:36:41.955 --> 00:36:54.123 Nebuchadnezzar, the king, made an image of gold, whose height was, get this, three score, that's 60 cubits, and the breadth thereof, 443 00:36:54.133 --> 00:36:55.230 six cubits. 444 00:36:56.159 --> 00:37:00.741 And it only mentions one dimension because it's square. 445 00:37:00.751 --> 00:37:04.917 So the breadth is also measured in this direction. 446 00:37:04.927 --> 00:37:07.239 Six, and six, and that's 60. 447 00:37:07.969 --> 00:37:09.763 So you have three times the six. 448 00:37:09.773 --> 00:37:10.221 Exactly. 449 00:37:10.231 --> 00:37:13.070 The statue itself represents already six, six, six. 450 00:37:13.250 --> 00:37:13.976 Exactly. 451 00:37:13.986 --> 00:37:19.526 He set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 452 00:37:19.536 --> 00:37:23.239 So there's Nebuchadnezzar's golden image. 453 00:37:23.880 --> 00:37:28.109 This was in 2015, just the beginning. 454 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:38.978 That was when Nebuchadnezzar, Pope Francis, spoke before and said, okay, let's make this image. 455 00:37:38.988 --> 00:37:50.976 And so from then in 2015, that's the beginning of that seven-year period, Orion Hour, that began in 2015, 456 00:37:50.986 --> 00:37:56.800 and it concludes in 2022 with the Pandemic Treaty. 457 00:37:57.420 --> 00:38:06.578 That was the year when the Pandemic Treaty was drafted, and that was a very important year. 458 00:38:06.588 --> 00:38:11.720 That was then when the image was set up, all right? 459 00:38:11.730 --> 00:38:18.473 So first, Nebuchadnezzar set up the image, and then what did he do? 460 00:38:18.483 --> 00:38:25.699 He gathered all the people together, and they all bowed down, all right? 461 00:38:26.349 --> 00:38:41.044 So the Pandemic Treaty is the brainchild of the World Health Organization, and we already saw the 666 in the statue, and it's also there, 462 00:38:41.054 --> 00:38:48.016 as you may be familiar if you've seen many of our presentations, 463 00:38:48.026 --> 00:38:53.380 in connection with the World Health Organization. 464 00:38:53.949 --> 00:39:02.750 The logo is reflected in a little bit of an abstract way in the Horologium constellation. 465 00:39:03.190 --> 00:39:17.321 We've got this serpent around the pole, and here we have the path of the comet, making a spiral also around the pendulum of the clock. 466 00:39:17.331 --> 00:39:31.980 And there are three crossings from February 20th to May 28th, then we have that transition into the Day of the Lord until June 4th of 2025. 467 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:39.329 At each time, they're crossing the six o'clock hour, because that's where the pendulum is hanging down. 468 00:39:39.730 --> 00:39:44.978 So six, six, six, each time it's crossing that six o'clock hour. 469 00:39:44.988 --> 00:39:50.154 And these were key dates where the WHO did something important. 470 00:39:50.164 --> 00:39:56.539 Last week we talked more extensively about those dates and their significance. 471 00:39:57.190 --> 00:40:02.334 Who is the director of the World Health Organization? 472 00:40:02.344 --> 00:40:06.032 Difficult name, I cannot pronounce it. 473 00:40:06.042 --> 00:40:06.722 Tedros. 474 00:40:06.732 --> 00:40:09.420 Tedros, that's the easy one. 475 00:40:09.489 --> 00:40:13.766 Here's the guy, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 476 00:40:13.776 --> 00:40:18.252 But it's interesting, it's almost like Jesus. 477 00:40:18.262 --> 00:40:26.000 And in fact, when you look at the meaning of the names, it's very eye-opening. 478 00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:31.231 All three of his names are very significant. 479 00:40:31.241 --> 00:40:33.862 Tedros means gift of God. 480 00:40:33.872 --> 00:40:35.110 Interesting. 481 00:40:36.429 --> 00:40:39.609 Adhanom means he saved them. 482 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:43.026 Now it's getting really thick. 483 00:40:43.036 --> 00:40:48.239 And sorry, that should be his last name there. 484 00:40:49.230 --> 00:40:52.718 Ghebreyesus means servant of Jesus. 485 00:40:52.728 --> 00:40:58.010 So in fact, it is the name of Jesus in his very name. 486 00:40:58.020 --> 00:41:02.604 Of course, is this talking about Jesus Christ? 487 00:41:02.614 --> 00:41:03.980 By his fruits. 488 00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.873 By his fruits, you know. 489 00:41:06.883 --> 00:41:15.273 And in fact, we can say, like in 1 John 2, verse 18, John says, little children, it is the last time. 490 00:41:15.283 --> 00:41:25.730 And as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time. 491 00:41:26.190 --> 00:41:32.065 They are those who are against Christ or in place of Christ. 492 00:41:32.075 --> 00:41:43.337 So looking at these names, he's not really the servant of Jesus, but the servant of the anti-Jesus, the antichrist. 493 00:41:43.347 --> 00:41:51.750 And therefore, we understand this, you have to look at it in the opposite perspective. 494 00:41:52.480 --> 00:42:02.513 The servant of the antichrist or the antichrist saves them, the gift of the antichrist. 495 00:42:02.523 --> 00:42:13.364 So it's the antichrist who is giving this gift of the leader of the World Health Organization. 496 00:42:13.374 --> 00:42:18.659 But let's put this now into the whole picture. 497 00:42:19.429 --> 00:42:23.495 We've seen this chart a few times already. 498 00:42:23.505 --> 00:42:29.116 We won't go into a lot of detail except to say on the top, 499 00:42:29.126 --> 00:42:37.920 we have the long period of Adventist church history from the 1840s all the way until 2015. 500 00:42:38.710 --> 00:42:46.409 And then on the bottom, we saw how it is the same reflection of the pattern, 501 00:42:46.419 --> 00:42:55.628 but now going backward through it and only looking at those key times as individual years, 502 00:42:55.638 --> 00:42:58.972 bringing us to the present year, 503 00:42:58.982 --> 00:42:59.579 2024. 504 00:43:00.389 --> 00:43:07.287 In that time, we have these golden triplets that represent those key times. 505 00:43:07.297 --> 00:43:19.437 It's a detailed study and there's a lot that is based on it, but it's hard to explain it every time because we don't have that time. 506 00:43:19.447 --> 00:43:30.280 So 1888 to 1890 was a very important time in the church history and also in the national history in the United States. 507 00:43:30.750 --> 00:43:36.652 This was a time when the Sabbath was called into question. 508 00:43:36.662 --> 00:43:48.559 It was made a test for the people, especially those who understood that the Sabbath is on Saturday and not on Sunday. 509 00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:59.735 Because there was a very strong push in the United States and even other places around the world for Sunday, pushing a bill in Congress, 510 00:43:59.745 --> 00:44:00.804 for example, 511 00:44:00.814 --> 00:44:02.201 for Sunday rest. 512 00:44:02.211 --> 00:44:06.309 And I just want to look at that a little bit more. 513 00:44:06.750 --> 00:44:17.078 This is an article in Spectrum magazine talking about Adventists in American courts and the Sunday Law cases. 514 00:44:17.088 --> 00:44:24.384 And this is talking now about the Sunday Law in the 1880s or that time frame. 515 00:44:24.394 --> 00:44:36.508 And just looking at a part in that article, it's a very nice article, Sunday Law prosecutions flourished in Arkansas, Tennessee, 516 00:44:36.518 --> 00:44:40.010 and many parts of the United States. 517 00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:43.202 As one website notes, Scoles, 518 00:44:43.212 --> 00:44:56.059 he was one of the people that was involved in a court case about the Sabbath and his convictions on keeping the Sabbath instead of Sunday. 519 00:44:56.070 --> 00:45:05.597 And that was the first of at least 21 Sunday Law prosecution cases in Arkansas alone in the late 1880s. 520 00:45:05.607 --> 00:45:10.489 So this was a significant development in those times. 521 00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:15.074 Almost all of the defendants appear to have been Adventists. 522 00:45:15.084 --> 00:45:18.524 They were the ones who had a lot at stake about this. 523 00:45:18.534 --> 00:45:21.889 It was a very core doctrine in the Adventist church. 524 00:45:22.590 --> 00:45:34.129 Many more Adventists in Tennessee were convicted of Sunday Law violations placed in chain gangs and subjected to hard labor. 525 00:45:34.139 --> 00:45:46.795 Back in the day when they still had the chain gangs, literally tying all the people together in chains and giving them hard labor to do. 526 00:45:46.805 --> 00:45:47.530 And why? 527 00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:56.670 Because they were found in one case, they were painting the outside of their church on Sunday. 528 00:45:57.550 --> 00:46:03.143 And the law was you must rest and not do your work on Sunday. 529 00:46:03.153 --> 00:46:15.073 And in fact, there are still some of those, they call them blue laws in existence in the various states that they're not enforced, 530 00:46:15.083 --> 00:46:18.558 but they're still there on the books. 531 00:46:18.568 --> 00:46:25.150 In some cases, they have taken them away, but many are also still there. 532 00:46:25.929 --> 00:46:34.035 One early 20th century author counted over 100 Seventh-day Adventists in the United States and about 533 00:46:34.045 --> 00:46:42.059 30 in foreign countries who were prosecuted for quiet work performed on the first day of the week. 534 00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:49.781 So they weren't doing anything like really in your face or something like that, just quiet work. 535 00:46:49.791 --> 00:46:54.070 But their neighbors saw them and ended up reporting them. 536 00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:59.981 And it resulted in fines and costs amounting to $2,200. 537 00:46:59.991 --> 00:47:05.023 Yeah, in that time, surely a lot of money, of course. 538 00:47:05.033 --> 00:47:05.223 ". 539 00:47:05.233 --> 00:47:05.328 . 540 00:47:05.338 --> 00:47:05.433 . 541 00:47:05.443 --> 00:47:11.804 imprisonments totaling 1,438 days and 455 days in the chain gangs." 542 00:47:11.814 --> 00:47:20.110 I just wanted to point out how there were real consequences for the people in the 1880s. 543 00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:30.315 Have you ever heard of anyone going to jail or being forced to serve in hard labor for breaking the Sunday? 544 00:47:30.325 --> 00:47:31.119 Nowadays? 545 00:47:31.129 --> 00:47:34.656 Yeah, today it's not, it doesn't happen. 546 00:47:34.666 --> 00:47:38.340 Therefore, this was the test at that time. 547 00:47:38.949 --> 00:47:39.781 Exactly. 548 00:47:39.791 --> 00:47:42.807 And in a very specific place. 549 00:47:42.818 --> 00:47:43.630 Exactly. 550 00:47:44.199 --> 00:47:50.947 This was the test for that era, the Sunday law test. 551 00:47:50.957 --> 00:47:54.071 And it was pretty small. 552 00:47:54.081 --> 00:47:55.099 Locally. 553 00:47:55.380 --> 00:47:57.543 It was just in the United States. 554 00:47:57.553 --> 00:47:58.668 But a valid test. 555 00:47:58.678 --> 00:47:59.380 Absolutely. 556 00:47:59.380 --> 00:48:01.300 Just that it is clear. 557 00:48:01.310 --> 00:48:05.240 If the government says, don't work on Sunday. 558 00:48:05.250 --> 00:48:08.809 But Jesus says, you should work six days. 559 00:48:08.809 --> 00:48:09.398 Exactly. 560 00:48:09.408 --> 00:48:11.395 But not on the Sabbath day. 561 00:48:11.405 --> 00:48:13.519 So you should work on Sunday. 562 00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:14.287 Exactly. 563 00:48:14.297 --> 00:48:15.289 Says the Lord. 564 00:48:15.299 --> 00:48:17.760 And the government says, do it not. 565 00:48:18.190 --> 00:48:20.001 In other words, take two rest days. 566 00:48:20.011 --> 00:48:23.840 Take your Sabbath and take the Sunday and work then on Monday till Friday. 567 00:48:23.850 --> 00:48:25.280 This is what the people say. 568 00:48:25.530 --> 00:48:27.739 But the Lord says work six days. 569 00:48:27.749 --> 00:48:28.164 Right. 570 00:48:28.174 --> 00:48:32.090 So therefore, Adventists had at that time, a big problem. 571 00:48:32.289 --> 00:48:32.959 Exactly. 572 00:48:32.969 --> 00:48:42.670 It's important to understand that this was a bill that was actually presented to Congress to make it a national law. 573 00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:49.538 However, there was an Adventist preacher by the name of Alonso T. 574 00:48:49.548 --> 00:48:55.679 Jones, who testified in Congress so that it didn't pass in the end. 575 00:48:56.329 --> 00:49:01.747 And so time went on and the Sunday law issue subsided. 576 00:49:01.757 --> 00:49:05.771 But then something else came up in 2015. 577 00:49:05.781 --> 00:49:17.599 And that's when the LGBT issue came to the forefront as the Supreme Court in the United States legalized gay marriage. 578 00:49:18.110 --> 00:49:27.057 And there's at least one face that made it to the news for being jailed because of her conviction on this point. 579 00:49:27.067 --> 00:49:31.700 And that was Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, 580 00:49:31.710 --> 00:49:38.491 was jailed in 2015 for refusing to sign a marriage license for two same-sex couples. 581 00:49:38.501 --> 00:49:39.199 Bakeries. 582 00:49:39.809 --> 00:49:41.833 People had to close their shops. 583 00:49:41.843 --> 00:49:42.348 Exactly. 584 00:49:42.358 --> 00:49:45.500 There were other businesses and many more effects. 585 00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:52.268 I highlighted her because she was actually put in jail because of her conviction. 586 00:49:52.278 --> 00:50:01.493 Later, they did make an allowance for conscientious objection so that somebody in her position as the clerk could say, 587 00:50:01.503 --> 00:50:04.383 I'm not going to sign that contract, 588 00:50:04.393 --> 00:50:06.101 the marriage license, 589 00:50:06.111 --> 00:50:11.489 and they would have another person without that conflict to sign it. 590 00:50:11.900 --> 00:50:14.630 But she went to jail for that. 591 00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:17.356 But did this reach the whole world? 592 00:50:17.366 --> 00:50:24.090 It certainly affected many, like you mentioned, businesses and the bakeries and different companies. 593 00:50:25.010 --> 00:50:32.549 But if you look at this map, and this is from Our World in Data, 594 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:43.035 the red areas are those areas that have laws very much against LGBT rights and equality, 595 00:50:43.045 --> 00:50:52.460 whereas the blue and green are in the direction of acceptance of LGBT equality. 596 00:50:53.210 --> 00:51:05.030 So you can see there's certainly a lot greater area than the Sabbath issue was, but it's still not worldwide. 597 00:51:06.389 --> 00:51:09.333 What about the third test? 598 00:51:09.343 --> 00:51:19.306 We've looked now at the two, but now we have this last one with the number of the beast. 599 00:51:19.316 --> 00:51:28.033 How does that compare in terms of how widely supported it was by the nations? 600 00:51:28.043 --> 00:51:33.816 Here is a similar map, also from Our World in Data. 601 00:51:33.826 --> 00:51:40.239 And it shows the vaccinations as a function of the color. 602 00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:45.889 In Africa, they didn't have as many, and so it's a pale green. 603 00:51:45.899 --> 00:51:49.596 But they're all always green, more or less. 604 00:51:49.606 --> 00:51:53.216 They've all administered some vaccination. 605 00:51:53.226 --> 00:51:57.352 There's not one country anywhere that abstained. 606 00:51:57.362 --> 00:52:00.543 The whole world was involved in this. 607 00:52:00.553 --> 00:52:03.340 And this is what we want to show. 608 00:52:03.570 --> 00:52:10.846 From a little point, not many people involved, to a bigger test, to a worldwide test. 609 00:52:10.856 --> 00:52:14.794 And what does the image in Daniel 3 represent? 610 00:52:14.804 --> 00:52:16.944 Which one of those three? 611 00:52:16.954 --> 00:52:27.539 Does it point to just one little portion of one little province of Babylon, or was it all of the provinces that he gathered? 612 00:52:27.710 --> 00:52:29.968 It was the whole kingdom of Babylon. 613 00:52:29.978 --> 00:52:35.989 And so if we look at that now in the prophetic sense, the whole kingdom of Babylon is the world. 614 00:52:36.829 --> 00:52:44.084 So this is the only one which fits that example in Daniel chapter 3. 615 00:52:44.094 --> 00:52:56.788 Now the three Hebrews were put into the fiery furnace because they refused to bow down to that image of Nebuchadnezzar. 616 00:52:56.798 --> 00:53:00.639 And we see a furnace in the heavens. 617 00:53:00.649 --> 00:53:07.019 And this relates to a specific verse in the harvest passage. 618 00:53:07.110 --> 00:53:10.154 We talked about this many weeks ago. 619 00:53:10.164 --> 00:53:15.492 This angel that came out from the altar, we see in the heavens. 620 00:53:15.502 --> 00:53:17.849 It goes through the furnace. 621 00:53:17.880 --> 00:53:20.955 Yeah, it goes even to three places. 622 00:53:20.965 --> 00:53:24.920 This place here is a sculpture here and here. 623 00:53:24.930 --> 00:53:31.590 This harvest text is a description of an event which you see in the heavens. 624 00:53:32.190 --> 00:53:37.193 And among those harvest texts, there's one who checks out the earth. 625 00:53:37.203 --> 00:53:39.557 Simply who checks out the earth. 626 00:53:39.567 --> 00:53:45.360 He comes from the temple and goes through the earth and is checking the fruits. 627 00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:49.744 Are the grapes really ripe for harvest? 628 00:53:49.754 --> 00:53:50.130 Yes. 629 00:53:50.140 --> 00:53:51.832 So he checks here. 630 00:53:51.842 --> 00:53:59.329 And as we stated often, this here is the DNA because here's Christ on the cross. 631 00:53:59.579 --> 00:54:03.965 Blood and water flowed out of Jesus, from the side wound. 632 00:54:03.975 --> 00:54:09.361 So what is this horrible creature here, which stands for Satan, right? 633 00:54:09.371 --> 00:54:10.659 What is he doing? 634 00:54:10.659 --> 00:54:18.059 He is deviating the normal blood flow and he's grabbing it to his side. 635 00:54:18.069 --> 00:54:21.289 This was the vaccination issue. 636 00:54:21.719 --> 00:54:26.335 And it's changing the DNA, which is mainly seen in the blood. 637 00:54:26.345 --> 00:54:33.381 So this was [how comet] S4 checked out what is going on on the earth in this particular case. 638 00:54:33.391 --> 00:54:38.440 And he has to say, well, the whole world was affected by the thing. 639 00:54:39.820 --> 00:54:41.425 Then as we see the path. 640 00:54:41.435 --> 00:54:44.043 Then it comes here and this is an idol. 641 00:54:44.053 --> 00:54:44.969 It's an image. 642 00:54:45.239 --> 00:54:45.712 Image. 643 00:54:45.722 --> 00:54:53.517 Just like the number, the image, which is the marriage thing, the homosexual issue, the LGBT issue. 644 00:54:53.527 --> 00:55:00.199 He checked also this one, who is for the grape harvest, who is for the wheat harvest. 645 00:55:01.130 --> 00:55:03.372 How did the people decide? 646 00:55:03.382 --> 00:55:11.835 And of course, it goes back and we have here the furnace, which we are speaking about in Daniel 3. 647 00:55:11.845 --> 00:55:12.535 Exactly. 648 00:55:12.545 --> 00:55:12.976 Yeah. 649 00:55:12.986 --> 00:55:21.829 It's a chemical furnace where they would change the makeup of something, trying to make gold out of it. 650 00:55:21.920 --> 00:55:24.068 And therefore we have the golden statue. 651 00:55:24.078 --> 00:55:24.508 Exactly. 652 00:55:24.518 --> 00:55:25.679 Making gold out of it. 653 00:55:25.679 --> 00:55:25.997 Yes. 654 00:55:26.007 --> 00:55:30.527 And of course, big pharma is also a gold making industry. 655 00:55:30.537 --> 00:55:31.389 Absolutely. 656 00:55:31.389 --> 00:55:38.178 But the interesting thing is after this check, this angel is crying to the one who has the sickle. 657 00:55:38.188 --> 00:55:41.236 Of course, physically, this is Jesus Christ. 658 00:55:41.246 --> 00:55:42.820 He's reaping the earth. 659 00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:46.926 Either it's a good wheat or it's a bad grape. 660 00:55:46.936 --> 00:55:47.382 Right. 661 00:55:47.392 --> 00:55:52.280 And the interesting thing is that S4 is going into the wine press. 662 00:55:53.780 --> 00:55:54.844 Right here. 663 00:55:54.854 --> 00:55:57.756 After the 27th or 28th of May. 664 00:55:57.766 --> 00:56:02.679 Directly there where the trampling is taking place. 665 00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:03.279 Yes. 666 00:56:03.289 --> 00:56:08.040 And therefore, this Daniel 3 is so important because of the furnace. 667 00:56:08.050 --> 00:56:08.449 Right. 668 00:56:08.929 --> 00:56:16.878 The furnace then is connected with the three men who stood faithful. 669 00:56:16.888 --> 00:56:22.498 And it's about the trial that they went through. 670 00:56:22.508 --> 00:56:28.449 So these three were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 671 00:56:29.760 --> 00:56:31.336 Those were their Hebrew names. 672 00:56:31.346 --> 00:56:33.658 And then Nebuchadnezzar changed their names. 673 00:56:33.668 --> 00:56:36.170 But it's interesting when we look at their name. 674 00:56:36.170 --> 00:56:41.047 You know, the name represents one's character. 675 00:56:41.057 --> 00:56:52.500 And so in the context, we're talking about three characters who withstood and were delivered from the trial. 676 00:56:53.280 --> 00:57:02.750 And so we look at their names and we can understand something about how that relates to these tests also. 677 00:57:03.500 --> 00:57:09.867 Hananiah means Yahweh is gracious or Yahweh has been gracious. 678 00:57:09.877 --> 00:57:20.661 So if we think of that in the context of these three tests, the first test was the Sabbath test in 1880s. 679 00:57:20.671 --> 00:57:23.444 And that was when Alonzo T. 680 00:57:23.454 --> 00:57:28.969 Jones spoke in Congress and they didn't sign the bill. 681 00:57:29.539 --> 00:57:30.666 So it didn't pass. 682 00:57:30.676 --> 00:57:31.928 Yahweh was gracious. 683 00:57:31.938 --> 00:57:33.170 Yahweh was gracious. 684 00:57:33.690 --> 00:57:35.062 It didn't pass. 685 00:57:35.072 --> 00:57:36.720 It didn't succeed. 686 00:57:36.730 --> 00:57:45.039 And so Hananiah represents those who had the character in that time to withstand that test. 687 00:57:46.150 --> 00:57:52.031 Mishael means who is what God is or who is like God. 688 00:57:52.041 --> 00:57:55.434 So it's a comparison with God. 689 00:57:55.444 --> 00:58:05.624 It's very similar to Michael, Micha-el, which has a very similar meaning, who is like God. 690 00:58:05.634 --> 00:58:14.199 It can be a question or a statement, who is like God or one who is like God. 691 00:58:14.699 --> 00:58:23.374 And that's why Michael is another name for Jesus in a different role, because that's the one who is like God. 692 00:58:23.384 --> 00:58:27.284 But what does this have to do with the next test? 693 00:58:27.294 --> 00:58:29.204 What was that next test? 694 00:58:29.214 --> 00:58:29.980 The image. 695 00:58:30.179 --> 00:58:32.600 It was about the image. 696 00:58:32.610 --> 00:58:46.714 It's a contrast between what Genesis says, which is, God made man in his own image, male and female, he created them in his own image. 697 00:58:46.724 --> 00:58:53.230 And so we see it's about who is like God, who is in his image. 698 00:58:53.559 --> 00:59:01.104 Is it the gay marriage that's in God's image, or is it his Edenic marriage? 699 00:59:01.114 --> 00:59:03.629 And so that was the test. 700 00:59:03.639 --> 00:59:14.905 Those who understand what God is like, and they respect the creation order, they have that character of Mishael. 701 00:59:14.915 --> 00:59:17.400 The third one is Azariah. 702 00:59:18.260 --> 00:59:24.077 His name means Yahweh has helped, or Yahweh is my help. 703 00:59:24.087 --> 00:59:32.125 And this then would relate to the last one, the last test, the present test. 704 00:59:32.135 --> 00:59:34.250 And who is our help? 705 00:59:34.260 --> 00:59:36.239 We read it already. 706 00:59:36.969 --> 00:59:37.583 Michael. 707 00:59:37.593 --> 00:59:43.341 Michael stands up for the deliverance of his people, to deliver his people. 708 00:59:43.351 --> 00:59:50.920 And this great time of tribulation in which we are now, out of that tribulation, only one can help. 709 00:59:51.860 --> 00:59:54.033 It is only Jesus who can help. 710 00:59:54.043 --> 00:59:54.478 Right. 711 00:59:54.488 --> 01:00:02.440 And this third test was worldwide, and what we have to expect will still be not smaller, but again, worldwide. 712 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:04.473 It doesn't matter what comes. 713 01:00:04.483 --> 01:00:10.935 It will be worldwide if we think on what the WHO has in plan with this vaccination passport, 714 01:00:10.945 --> 01:00:15.704 that you cannot even travel anymore if your health is not in order, 715 01:00:15.714 --> 01:00:16.476 and so on. 716 01:00:16.486 --> 01:00:18.360 So this is again worldwide. 717 01:00:18.610 --> 01:00:21.511 Only Jesus can help you out of that. 718 01:00:21.521 --> 01:00:22.005 Right. 719 01:00:22.015 --> 01:00:32.976 You'll remember in the story, after they were put in the fiery furnace, the tribulation time, this year of the Lord, who else was there? 720 01:00:32.986 --> 01:00:33.440 Jesus. 721 01:00:33.440 --> 01:00:33.825 Jesus. 722 01:00:33.835 --> 01:00:35.503 He was in the midst of it. 723 01:00:35.513 --> 01:00:37.739 The one who was there to help them. 724 01:00:38.250 --> 01:00:46.701 So we see how these three Hebrew men represent three classes of people, three characters. 725 01:00:46.711 --> 01:00:48.230 And three tests. 726 01:00:48.240 --> 01:00:49.739 And three tests. 727 01:00:50.000 --> 01:00:57.036 Hananiah with the character that represents those who would stand in that test, 728 01:00:57.046 --> 01:01:02.559 but it didn't materialize that time because God was gracious. 729 01:01:02.569 --> 01:01:05.063 And it was little and local. 730 01:01:05.073 --> 01:01:05.409 Yes. 731 01:01:05.730 --> 01:01:07.714 The next bigger one? 732 01:01:07.724 --> 01:01:20.822 But now we see that it is really global, encompassing the whole world, and this is, therefore, we can be sure that this is the test. 733 01:01:20.832 --> 01:01:26.190 It's not the LGBT test, and it's not the Sabbath test. 734 01:01:26.200 --> 01:01:28.750 Those were for their time. 735 01:01:29.409 --> 01:01:40.123 They were limited in their scope, but they didn't reach the proportion that the story of Nebuchadnezzar teaches. 736 01:01:40.133 --> 01:01:46.064 Nebuchadnezzar's story says it was the whole realm of Babylon. 737 01:01:46.074 --> 01:01:51.219 All of the princes in the provinces all came together. 738 01:01:52.030 --> 01:01:56.105 And we mentioned how there was a signal. 739 01:01:56.115 --> 01:01:58.152 What was the signal? 740 01:01:58.162 --> 01:01:59.181 The music. 741 01:01:59.191 --> 01:02:01.809 They would play the music. 742 01:02:01.809 --> 01:02:06.080 When you hear the music, then you bow down. 743 01:02:06.090 --> 01:02:10.162 Now, does that fit with the Sabbath test? 744 01:02:10.172 --> 01:02:22.190 Was there one signal, and then everybody in the world, or even if you took it locally, then everybody has to keep Sunday? 745 01:02:22.200 --> 01:02:22.498 No. 746 01:02:22.508 --> 01:02:25.150 This is a periodical thing. 747 01:02:25.320 --> 01:02:29.330 Every week, you have to respect the Sunday law. 748 01:02:29.340 --> 01:02:30.875 So it doesn't fit. 749 01:02:30.885 --> 01:02:35.900 It wasn't one signal for everybody to bow down at one time. 750 01:02:35.940 --> 01:02:36.196 No. 751 01:02:36.206 --> 01:02:38.431 What about the LGBT issue? 752 01:02:38.441 --> 01:02:45.714 Kim Davis had two different couples coming in, wanting their marriage license signed. 753 01:02:45.724 --> 01:02:48.860 This happens all the time, every day. 754 01:02:49.699 --> 01:02:51.946 So that also doesn't fit. 755 01:02:51.956 --> 01:02:56.988 It's not one signal, and then everybody has to bow down. 756 01:02:56.998 --> 01:02:59.514 It doesn't fit that pattern. 757 01:02:59.524 --> 01:03:03.388 But what about with the pandemic situation? 758 01:03:03.398 --> 01:03:08.879 Then it's the World Health Organization, and what do they do? 759 01:03:08.889 --> 01:03:12.124 They say, World, we have a pandemic. 760 01:03:12.134 --> 01:03:14.769 We have to have new lockdowns. 761 01:03:14.769 --> 01:03:19.247 We have to have all these regulations, and you follow all these procedures. 762 01:03:19.257 --> 01:03:21.585 You wear masks and do all these things. 763 01:03:21.595 --> 01:03:22.650 That's the signal. 764 01:03:23.119 --> 01:03:24.752 Then everybody bows down. 765 01:03:24.762 --> 01:03:28.941 Yes, WHO, we obediently comply with everything that you tell us. 766 01:03:28.951 --> 01:03:32.000 Yes, and there is an idiom that makes it clear. 767 01:03:32.000 --> 01:03:37.120 In English, I think it's to dance to someone's tune. 768 01:03:37.130 --> 01:03:37.622 Yeah. 769 01:03:37.632 --> 01:03:46.179 As soon as the WHO plays the sound and says, now it's time for a pandemic, you do this. 770 01:03:46.400 --> 01:03:46.618 Yes. 771 01:03:46.628 --> 01:03:48.812 And therefore, it's the pandemic treaty. 772 01:03:48.822 --> 01:03:51.750 Therefore, are these rules which they signed recently. 773 01:03:52.380 --> 01:03:58.903 Therefore, is this digital health system set up to play the flute, right? 774 01:03:58.913 --> 01:04:03.918 And then everyone has to dance according to their sound. 775 01:04:03.928 --> 01:04:04.643 Exactly. 776 01:04:04.653 --> 01:04:05.070 Yeah. 777 01:04:05.610 --> 01:04:13.801 So what we see is that this story in Daniel points specifically to this third test. 778 01:04:13.811 --> 01:04:24.273 This is the one that fulfills the image, which in Revelation is also a key symbol, the image of the beast. 779 01:04:24.283 --> 01:04:29.099 That's something we'll talk about more next week. 780 01:04:29.969 --> 01:04:35.307 But there's one other character in the story who's missing. 781 01:04:35.317 --> 01:04:35.951 Daniel. 782 01:04:35.961 --> 01:04:39.559 And Daniel represents a different class. 783 01:04:39.849 --> 01:04:50.544 Just as he made it away from this story, he represents those of the Church of Philadelphia, whom Jesus gave this promise to in Revelation 3: 784 01:04:50.554 --> 01:04:50.774 10. 785 01:04:50.784 --> 01:04:58.194 Because thou has kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation. 786 01:04:58.204 --> 01:05:08.650 That's this hour when all of these things are coming together, which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the earth. 787 01:05:09.000 --> 01:05:12.820 So Daniel represents this Church of Philadelphia. 788 01:05:12.830 --> 01:05:14.702 He was simply not there. 789 01:05:14.712 --> 01:05:15.940 He wasn't there. 790 01:05:16.130 --> 01:05:21.213 He was spared from that furnace of affliction, that trial. 791 01:05:21.223 --> 01:05:21.749 Right. 792 01:05:21.759 --> 01:05:25.070 So that concludes our study for today. 793 01:05:26.070 --> 01:05:29.362 And next week, I'm excited about that. 794 01:05:29.372 --> 01:05:41.417 I think we'll have a very interesting time looking more at the details of the image of the beast and what Revelation has to say about that. 795 01:05:41.427 --> 01:05:42.293 All right? 796 01:05:42.303 --> 01:05:44.179 It's enough for today. 797 01:05:44.400 --> 01:05:45.300 I think so. 798 01:05:45.310 --> 01:05:48.913 All right, let's stand for a word of prayer. 799 01:05:48.923 --> 01:05:55.289 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for the clarity that you give in your word. 800 01:05:56.210 --> 01:06:09.436 As we see the things unfolding and we understand by your prophecy where we are according to the words of Scripture, 801 01:06:09.446 --> 01:06:15.877 then we know that we have a solid foundation in Christ. 802 01:06:15.887 --> 01:06:26.699 And when we act on his words and we take heed to the things that we hear, then you protect us. 803 01:06:26.709 --> 01:06:31.750 You protect your people who hear your voice. 804 01:06:32.579 --> 01:06:35.340 And we just thank you for that. 805 01:06:35.350 --> 01:06:47.017 We praise your name for that precious guidance, especially at this time in history when there's so many lies and so much confusion. 806 01:06:47.027 --> 01:06:52.440 Your word gives us a light in the darkness and opens the way. 807 01:06:53.360 --> 01:07:05.639 It's truly a light to our path so that we can know the way in which to walk and have confidence in your leading. 808 01:07:05.649 --> 01:07:08.489 So we praise you for that. 809 01:07:08.489 --> 01:07:15.739 And we ask for your spirit to multiply the bread that we are breaking, 810 01:07:15.749 --> 01:07:24.190 that many people will be nourished from it and likewise come to the understanding 811 01:07:24.200 --> 01:07:30.860 and the stability that your word gives in these unstable times. 812 01:07:31.820 --> 01:07:36.387 So we thank you for all that you do and for your guidance. 813 01:07:36.397 --> 01:07:40.256 We pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ. 814 01:07:40.266 --> 01:07:40.639 Amen.