WEBVTT 1 00:00:14.462 --> 00:00:18.629 Good morning, it's good to see everyone today. 2 00:00:20.670 --> 00:00:36.823 We will be starting another theme today, looking at the call of the birds that Jesus--rather in Revelation 19, 3 00:00:36.833 --> 00:00:46.810 it speaks of the call of the birds that they should eat much flesh. 4 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:56.240 We'll start with that and we will look at the time frame that that points to in more detail. 5 00:00:58.340 --> 00:01:11.930 I've titled today's presentation, Called, Chosen and Faithful, and that comes from the verse that we will be looking at. 6 00:01:13.390 --> 00:01:31.756 So, we saw this scene before, where we have the series of the planets along the ecliptic, 10 planets with the comet 12P Pons Brooks, 7 00:01:31.766 --> 00:01:38.157 and this is at the time of the solar eclipse, 8 00:01:38.167 --> 00:01:45.810 where the moon and the sun are both at the same place. 9 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:59.308 And this corresponds to this verse in Revelation 19, verse 18, where it says, that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, 10 00:01:59.318 --> 00:02:01.659 and the flesh of mighty men, 11 00:02:01.669 --> 00:02:03.685 and the flesh of horses, 12 00:02:03.695 --> 00:02:06.117 and of them that sit on them, 13 00:02:06.127 --> 00:02:08.225 and the flesh of all men, 14 00:02:08.235 --> 00:02:09.846 both free and bond, 15 00:02:09.856 --> 00:02:11.629 both small and great. 16 00:02:12.949 --> 00:02:21.266 And we saw before how there are 10 classes of flesh that the birds are called to eat. 17 00:02:21.276 --> 00:02:31.050 And here we have 10 birds, if you will, flying in the midst of heaven in this heavenly illustration. 18 00:02:32.960 --> 00:02:38.427 Now, the first question is, why birds? 19 00:02:38.437 --> 00:02:44.192 Why does God use the symbolism of birds? 20 00:02:44.202 --> 00:02:55.979 More often, the moving heavenly bodies are identified as angels in the Revelation. 21 00:02:57.229 --> 00:03:02.613 So, why are they specifically mentioned as birds? 22 00:03:02.623 --> 00:03:06.468 We have particularly birds of prey. 23 00:03:06.478 --> 00:03:18.002 Well, if we look at the news that has been coming out around this time of the eclipse, one headline says, 24 00:03:18.012 --> 00:03:28.319 a virus 100 times worse than the previous one puts the world dangerously close to a pandemic. 25 00:03:30.870 --> 00:03:45.041 And specifically, it refers to cases of avian flu, or bird flu, that are rising among humans, which includes one recently found in Texas, 26 00:03:45.051 --> 00:03:53.110 leading to concerns among medical professionals about the deadly H5N1 strain. 27 00:03:53.740 --> 00:04:07.715 So, there's already been, or recently been, a case found in Texas of somebody who contracted this bird flu virus. 28 00:04:07.725 --> 00:04:19.097 Another headline from yesterday, in fact, April 19th, H5N1 strain of bird flu found in milk, 29 00:04:19.107 --> 00:04:26.019 says a representative of the World Health Organization. 30 00:04:27.100 --> 00:04:39.360 This strain has led to the deaths of tens of millions of poultry, with wild birds, and land and marine mammals are also infected. 31 00:04:40.649 --> 00:04:53.515 So, it's been transferred to cattle, and that was how this person in Texas got infected, he was a farmer, and he got it through the milk, 32 00:04:53.525 --> 00:04:54.548 or rather, 33 00:04:54.558 --> 00:04:56.238 through the cows, 34 00:04:56.248 --> 00:05:01.215 and they find it especially in the milk of the cows. 35 00:05:01.225 --> 00:05:07.319 They're still learning about how it transmits itself and spreads. 36 00:05:08.529 --> 00:05:17.708 Cows and goats joined the list last month, the list of mammals that can get this bird flu, 37 00:05:17.718 --> 00:05:29.129 a surprising development for experts because they were not thought to be susceptible to this type of influenza. 38 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:33.124 So, it's a possibility. 39 00:05:33.134 --> 00:05:48.977 It could be that it's pointing to a bird flu, a deadly bird flu, and in fact, this bird flu, from 2003 until April 1 of this year, 40 00:05:48.987 --> 00:05:56.656 the World Health Organization said it had recorded 463 deaths, 41 00:05:56.666 --> 00:05:58.362 human deaths, 42 00:05:58.372 --> 00:06:02.750 from 889 cases across 23 countries. 43 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:17.129 Now, that's a long span of time, about 21 years, but it puts the fatality rate at about 52 percent, which is quite high. 44 00:06:17.189 --> 00:06:30.800 So, for those who have contracted this bird flu, most of them, or about half of them, have actually been fatal. 45 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:46.136 Now, granted, in the more recent cases, the fatality has not been quite as high, but still, 46 00:06:46.146 --> 00:07:04.310 it is a possible fulfillment of this prophecy and the reason why God would use birds to represent the planets in this case. 47 00:07:05.790 --> 00:07:11.870 So, we'll have to see what the future holds in that regard. 48 00:07:13.610 --> 00:07:27.473 But what I want to look at here is the dual nature of this sign because I just read the one verse, 49 00:07:27.483 --> 00:07:40.629 but it speaks of the Lord's call to the birds to come and gather to the Great Supper of God. 50 00:07:43.089 --> 00:07:57.680 But what we see in the heavens is we have Pons Brooks and the Lamb, the Devil Comet and the Lamb of God, the contrasting symbolism. 51 00:07:58.699 --> 00:08:09.101 And then the exact location where the eclipse was on April 8th happens to be exactly 52 00:08:09.111 --> 00:08:18.264 on this constellation line of the fish that is lying down on the equator, 53 00:08:18.274 --> 00:08:20.369 on the ecliptic, 54 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:21.360 rather, 55 00:08:21.370 --> 00:08:22.970 if you will. 56 00:08:23.620 --> 00:08:26.473 See how there's two fish? 57 00:08:26.483 --> 00:08:34.814 One is straight up, perpendicular to the ecliptic, and one is lying down. 58 00:08:34.824 --> 00:08:47.364 And this represents, as fish, they represent the Christians, those who ascend in the end without seeing death, 59 00:08:47.374 --> 00:08:51.240 and those who pass through death. 60 00:08:52.139 --> 00:09:00.596 And so, what this symbolism is showing is it's marking those who pass through death, 61 00:09:00.606 --> 00:09:07.441 as though the Devil Comet as that angel who is standing in the sun, 62 00:09:07.451 --> 00:09:10.159 according to the prophecy. 63 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:18.372 Like I said, I only read one verse today, but if you look at the whole prophecy like we did before, 64 00:09:18.382 --> 00:09:21.677 it speaks of the angel who stands in the sun, 65 00:09:21.687 --> 00:09:25.269 and we connected that with the Comet Pons Brooks. 66 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:38.441 And it's pointing, or highlighting, this lying fish as though to highlight God's people and their death. 67 00:09:38.451 --> 00:09:52.049 We have the two contrasting aspects, the Devil and the Lamb, and then the attack against God's people, putting them to death. 68 00:09:52.730 --> 00:10:04.792 But it's also, like I pointed out before, it's the vengeance of God for those who have been put to death, of his people. 69 00:10:04.802 --> 00:10:10.030 Now, this contrast relates to Revelation chapter 17. 70 00:10:10.040 --> 00:10:15.750 I'll just read a few verses here, starting with verse 12. 71 00:10:16.669 --> 00:10:24.343 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet. 72 00:10:24.353 --> 00:10:27.457 These are horns on this beast power. 73 00:10:27.467 --> 00:10:32.620 But they receive power as kings for one hour with the beast. 74 00:10:35.950 --> 00:10:43.682 These have one mind and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 75 00:10:43.692 --> 00:10:47.301 These shall make war with the Lamb. 76 00:10:47.311 --> 00:10:52.240 There's that key part, making war with the Lamb. 77 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:56.102 And the Lamb shall overcome them. 78 00:10:56.112 --> 00:10:59.907 For he is Lord of lords and King of kings. 79 00:10:59.917 --> 00:11:05.500 And they that are with him are called and chosen and faithful. 80 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:20.370 So, first of all, they receive power as kings for one hour with the beast. 81 00:11:20.380 --> 00:11:29.699 The Horologium clock, one hour on that clock represents one year. 82 00:11:29.709 --> 00:11:41.159 Because you can think of the comet as the minute hand of the clock, if you will. 83 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:49.884 And in one hour, it makes a revolution around the clock, like one hour. 84 00:11:49.894 --> 00:12:03.759 And from the beginning, when we began to study the Horologium, we recognized this hourly pattern with the years in sequence. 85 00:12:05.750 --> 00:12:12.590 And in fact, the numbers Roman numeral 10, 10 o'clock pointing to 2010. 86 00:12:13.029 --> 00:12:24.477 And so, each number going up, 2011, 12, 2013, all the way up until 2024 is the midnight hour. 87 00:12:24.487 --> 00:12:30.888 And that's where we're at now with the midnight cry. 88 00:12:30.898 --> 00:12:43.679 So, it is at this time when we have this hour, when they're given power to reign as kings for this hour. 89 00:12:44.279 --> 00:12:50.905 That's when this war with the Lamb takes place. 90 00:12:50.915 --> 00:12:53.734 That's in blue here. 91 00:12:53.744 --> 00:12:55.980 That's the hour. 92 00:12:55.980 --> 00:13:06.088 This is the year from May 28th until just shortly after in June 4th of 2025. 93 00:13:06.098 --> 00:13:12.083 So, beginning shortly after the present time. 94 00:13:12.093 --> 00:13:21.649 It mentions not just that it's a war with the Lamb, but also His people. 95 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:23.959 He has people with Him. 96 00:13:23.969 --> 00:13:29.416 They that are with Him are called and chosen and faithful. 97 00:13:29.426 --> 00:13:35.509 Now, this war, certainly in some sense, takes place on the earth. 98 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:46.662 And therefore, the people who are with Him are also here with Him on the earth. 99 00:13:46.672 --> 00:14:00.500 But I want to look especially at these expressions, these words, that they are called, chosen, and faithful. 100 00:14:01.549 --> 00:14:13.085 Because those who are called, if you're called, what are we called to? 101 00:14:13.095 --> 00:14:25.940 To be like Christ, to give a testimony, and to serve Him, okay, on this earth. 102 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:32.445 And then, what are we called, what event are we called to? 103 00:14:32.455 --> 00:14:37.591 The supper in heaven, the wedding supper, right? 104 00:14:37.601 --> 00:14:40.811 So, we're given an invitation. 105 00:14:40.821 --> 00:14:44.245 And that invitation is our call. 106 00:14:44.255 --> 00:14:50.100 That invitation was given when Jesus died on the cross. 107 00:14:50.789 --> 00:14:52.569 He died on the cross. 108 00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:56.899 He gave His life as an invitation to all the world. 109 00:14:56.909 --> 00:15:06.809 Just as it says in the most famous verse of the Bible, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, 110 00:15:06.819 --> 00:15:11.125 that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, 111 00:15:11.135 --> 00:15:13.409 but have everlasting life. 112 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.690 That's the invitation. 113 00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:23.177 Come and believe in Him and have everlasting life. 114 00:15:23.187 --> 00:15:28.350 They are the called who are with Christ. 115 00:15:30.620 --> 00:15:35.188 But it continues and says they are chosen. 116 00:15:35.198 --> 00:15:39.331 What does it mean that they're chosen? 117 00:15:39.341 --> 00:15:46.412 We have the invitation has gone out to everyone, the whole world. 118 00:15:46.422 --> 00:15:48.350 But who is chosen? 119 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:55.251 Does God now just say, okay, you, you, you, and you, and you? 120 00:15:55.261 --> 00:15:57.738 He only chooses a select few? 121 00:15:57.748 --> 00:15:59.628 Or how does that work? 122 00:15:59.638 --> 00:16:03.879 Because He gave the invitation to the whole world. 123 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:13.557 So, what is it that causes one to be among the chosen? 124 00:16:13.567 --> 00:16:21.968 Yes, He chose His 12 disciples and they gathered many others. 125 00:16:21.978 --> 00:16:32.149 Keep in mind, Jesus Himself said that though He chose 12, one was a devil. 126 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:39.179 So, even in that sense, we see that that's not exactly what it's referring to. 127 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:46.120 That's not what it's referring to when He says they are the chosen. 128 00:16:46.130 --> 00:16:58.139 In keeping with the wedding theme, the wedding invitation, the invitation was given at the cross and in formal gatherings. 129 00:16:58.220 --> 00:17:09.392 It's customary to, when you get your invitation from the bride and groom, inside the invitation, 130 00:17:09.402 --> 00:17:15.327 there will be a card where you can answer and say, 131 00:17:15.337 --> 00:17:15.909 yes, 132 00:17:15.919 --> 00:17:17.305 I'm coming, 133 00:17:17.315 --> 00:17:18.120 or no, 134 00:17:18.130 --> 00:17:19.982 I'm not coming. 135 00:17:19.992 --> 00:17:22.309 That's the response. 136 00:17:24.549 --> 00:17:30.718 And that is what governs whether we are chosen or not. 137 00:17:30.728 --> 00:17:42.599 Because the invitation, you send out many invitations to the wedding, but not everybody responds, right? 138 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:49.450 But those who respond favorably, they're chosen. 139 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:50.963 You understand? 140 00:17:50.973 --> 00:17:58.970 So, it's simply those who respond to the invitation are the ones who are chosen. 141 00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:07.522 It's their response that makes it so that they are chosen. 142 00:18:07.532 --> 00:18:15.765 We'll look a little bit later at why it's phrased in that way. 143 00:18:15.775 --> 00:18:24.519 But in the heavenly sign, this corresponds to the baptismal scene. 144 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:33.960 That's when we make our decision for the Lord and we say, yes, I'm coming. 145 00:18:33.970 --> 00:18:36.326 I want to be a part. 146 00:18:36.336 --> 00:18:47.039 I accept the invitation of the cross and in baptism, I commit to come to the wedding feast. 147 00:18:49.589 --> 00:18:54.791 So, the invitation points to those who are called. 148 00:18:54.801 --> 00:18:58.858 Baptism points to those who are chosen. 149 00:18:58.868 --> 00:19:02.490 Let's look at a Bible passage here. 150 00:19:04.450 --> 00:19:13.609 In this story, Jesus makes a point that relates also to this aspect of being chosen. 151 00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:28.220 Now, it came to pass as they went that he entered into a certain village and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 152 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:41.609 So, Jesus went to the house of Martha and she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word. 153 00:19:43.309 --> 00:19:49.460 But Martha was cumbered about with much serving and came to him and said, Lord, 154 00:19:49.470 --> 00:19:54.365 doth thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? 155 00:19:54.375 --> 00:19:57.089 Bid her therefore that she help me. 156 00:19:59.710 --> 00:20:08.091 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things, 157 00:20:08.101 --> 00:20:16.390 but one thing is needful and Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her. 158 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:30.250 Now, in Jesus' response, we can understand how it works with the chosen because we have the two sisters, Mary and Martha. 159 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:48.904 And Martha is busy preparing things and not really paying so much attention to Jesus, whereas Mary is sitting, as it were, at Jesus' feet. 160 00:20:48.914 --> 00:20:52.324 She's here and there's Jesus. 161 00:20:52.334 --> 00:20:57.369 You can imagine it in that way in the sign. 162 00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:02.998 So, what did she do? 163 00:21:03.008 --> 00:21:05.616 She made a choice. 164 00:21:05.626 --> 00:21:11.277 She chose to sit at Jesus' feet, right? 165 00:21:11.287 --> 00:21:14.620 And what did Jesus say? 166 00:21:14.630 --> 00:21:18.542 He said, she's chosen well. 167 00:21:18.552 --> 00:21:21.980 She chose the good part. 168 00:21:22.990 --> 00:21:33.978 She, instead of being encumbered with preparations for physical food, she wanted the spiritual food from Jesus. 169 00:21:33.988 --> 00:21:39.037 And Jesus said, it will not be taken away from her. 170 00:21:39.047 --> 00:21:43.680 So, in other words, he agrees with that choice. 171 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:54.367 She made the choice to sit at Jesus' feet to learn from him, and Jesus, in turn, agreed with that. 172 00:21:54.377 --> 00:22:04.835 He chose Mary because she was the one that was interested and put his words above the earthly things. 173 00:22:04.845 --> 00:22:08.450 So, let's look now at the faithful. 174 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:18.529 They're called with the invitation, chosen with their response in baptism. 175 00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:32.420 And the faithful are those who follow through because you can receive the invitation and give your answer, yes, I will come. 176 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:41.428 But then maybe between that time and the time of the wedding, something happens and you change your plans and you decide, no, 177 00:22:41.438 --> 00:22:42.730 I'm not going to go. 178 00:22:43.609 --> 00:22:56.019 So, the faithful are those who actually follow through and they do, in the end, come to the wedding supper. 179 00:22:56.720 --> 00:23:15.521 And this we see represented in Orion where our Lord is represented and it also represents that ascension, as we saw in the past. 180 00:23:15.531 --> 00:23:16.265 Amen. 181 00:23:16.275 --> 00:23:21.250 He's the faithful witness as well. 182 00:23:21.250 --> 00:23:24.908 I will get to that in a second. 183 00:23:24.918 --> 00:23:30.820 So, let's look at this in the context of the sign. 184 00:23:30.830 --> 00:23:36.240 In Revelation 22, verse 16, Jesus is speaking. 185 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:45.827 He says, I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. 186 00:23:45.837 --> 00:23:53.377 I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star. 187 00:23:53.387 --> 00:23:57.029 So, Jesus is represented in Orion. 188 00:23:58.670 --> 00:24:08.148 Remember, like we talked about last week, we talked about the angel, his messenger. 189 00:24:08.158 --> 00:24:23.681 He's the angel of the covenant and he sent his messenger angel, represented by the horologium, to testify these things in the which are, 190 00:24:23.691 --> 00:24:24.936 of course, 191 00:24:24.946 --> 00:24:29.160 represented in the body of the fish. 192 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:35.970 And then he says, I am the root and the offspring of David. 193 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:55.663 The root, you can think of this as the river, the source of the river and the outflow, the root and the offspring, 194 00:24:55.673 --> 00:25:00.895 and that puts David in the middle. 195 00:25:00.905 --> 00:25:06.287 If this is David, Jesus is the root. 196 00:25:06.297 --> 00:25:17.640 He is the lamb slain from the foundation of the world and that led to David. 197 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:26.239 And then he's also the offspring of David, the root and the offspring of David. 198 00:25:26.249 --> 00:25:39.740 And, of course, here we have represented the church of Philadelphia, where Jesus also presents himself as he who has the key of David. 199 00:25:40.950 --> 00:25:53.619 And so, that's where we see David being represented in the sign, is in that position of the baptism. 200 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:03.609 And David was known as a man after God's own heart. 201 00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:15.037 And, of course, we've seen how the heart is represented at or by the river, the river of blood. 202 00:26:15.047 --> 00:26:23.319 And Jesus also identifies himself as the bright and the morning star. 203 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:38.780 We talked about last time how the morning star is this angel, his messenger, preparing the way represented by the Horologium. 204 00:26:38.790 --> 00:26:44.579 The passage continues, And the Spirit and the Bride. 205 00:26:45.970 --> 00:26:58.813 So the Spirit and the Bride, Philadelphia, say, Come, and let him that heareth say, Come, and let him that is athirst come, 206 00:26:58.823 --> 00:27:04.869 and whosoever will let him take the water of life freely. 207 00:27:05.789 --> 00:27:16.714 So, here we have the Spirit, the Bride, and those who hear what the Spirit and the Bride are saying, 208 00:27:16.724 --> 00:27:23.160 giving that call to come and drink from the water of life. 209 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:41.503 So, those who are faithful are those who come and they drink from that water, as we've seen is marked out by the Greek letter Mu, 210 00:27:41.513 --> 00:27:44.811 that seal of the Holy Spirit, 211 00:27:44.821 --> 00:27:48.559 as it is represented in the sign. 212 00:27:49.490 --> 00:28:05.046 Particularly, this last year, the time when the comet passes the sign of the Son of Man, which comes up to here, 213 00:28:05.056 --> 00:28:09.908 and then the last year after that, 214 00:28:09.918 --> 00:28:13.797 where the waters are drunk, 215 00:28:13.807 --> 00:28:16.714 and then at the end, 216 00:28:16.724 --> 00:28:19.769 coming to the supper. 217 00:28:21.849 --> 00:28:41.233 So, this also, you mentioned about the being faithful, the faithful witness, and here we see Jesus with the oath, making that oath, 218 00:28:41.243 --> 00:28:45.228 and he's committing to it, 219 00:28:45.238 --> 00:28:48.779 though it harm himself. 220 00:28:49.480 --> 00:29:01.253 Looking back at the story, and she, Martha, had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet and heard his word. 221 00:29:01.263 --> 00:29:08.079 So, she sat at his feet and heard his word, ate his food, as it were. 222 00:29:08.589 --> 00:29:21.595 We've seen how the Spirit, the dove, represents that heavenly food that was given to the children of Israel in the wilderness, the manna, 223 00:29:21.605 --> 00:29:29.000 because that's the bowl of manna that was put inside the Ark of the Covenant. 224 00:29:30.170 --> 00:29:42.962 Last week, we talked about the Ark of the Covenant with the two angels on either side, and inside that ark is the bowl of manna, 225 00:29:42.972 --> 00:29:46.160 as well as the tables of stone, 226 00:29:46.170 --> 00:29:46.660 etc. 227 00:29:49.230 --> 00:30:03.839 So, Mary was taking her part from that portion in the ark that God provided, and if we look in the Old Testament, where this is mentioned, 228 00:30:03.849 --> 00:30:04.792 it says, 229 00:30:04.802 --> 00:30:06.062 Moses said, 230 00:30:06.072 --> 00:30:10.826 This is the thing which the Lord commandeth. 231 00:30:10.836 --> 00:30:17.920 Fill an omer of it, that is, the manna, that was one day's portion. 232 00:30:19.430 --> 00:30:27.789 Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, 233 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:31.119 when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 234 00:30:34.049 --> 00:30:44.261 So, it's this bowl of manna, that one day's portion, that corresponds to this additional time of the Spirit, 235 00:30:44.271 --> 00:30:47.854 when we will be using or eating from, 236 00:30:47.864 --> 00:30:50.407 like Mary was eating from, 237 00:30:50.417 --> 00:30:52.298 that bowl of manna, 238 00:30:52.308 --> 00:30:53.433 as it were, 239 00:30:53.443 --> 00:31:00.430 that's what we have for this final year after the sign of the Son of Man. 240 00:31:03.109 --> 00:31:09.804 And it's connected with the coming out of the land of Egypt, 241 00:31:09.814 --> 00:31:23.529 and we've seen how that is represented from the clock coming out like they came out at midnight when the midnight sounded, 242 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:26.765 then they came out of Egypt, 243 00:31:26.775 --> 00:31:32.344 it was at midnight that they had the last plague, 244 00:31:32.354 --> 00:31:36.250 the slaughtering of the firstborn. 245 00:31:36.950 --> 00:31:52.041 And then early in the morning they left Egypt, and that's what the Passover and the Spring Feasts were commemorating, was that event, 246 00:31:52.051 --> 00:32:02.480 the passing over of the angel at that time when their firstborn were otherwise slaughtered. 247 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:19.083 So, this corresponds to the time of the Spring Feasts, and what I want to do is just briefly show you a little study, 248 00:32:19.093 --> 00:32:26.387 it's an old study from 2011 that we've had on our website, 249 00:32:26.397 --> 00:32:31.710 because it is where we find this 372 days. 250 00:32:33.329 --> 00:32:44.177 It comes from a study of the feasts and particularly the sacrifices that they made during those feast times. 251 00:32:44.187 --> 00:32:51.509 So, at the time of the Passover, that was when God instituted the feasts. 252 00:32:51.960 --> 00:33:04.672 And after that, when they came into the land, they would always celebrate those feasts in remembrance of the Passover event, 253 00:33:04.682 --> 00:33:15.539 and he gave particular instructions for how it was to be celebrated and what sacrifices were to be given, 254 00:33:15.549 --> 00:33:20.049 and it's insightful what comes out of that. 255 00:33:20.309 --> 00:33:29.150 So, I'm just going to read this one passage that shows us what sacrifices were specified. 256 00:33:29.150 --> 00:33:31.642 It says in Numbers chapter 28, ". 257 00:33:31.652 --> 00:33:31.727 . 258 00:33:31.737 --> 00:33:31.813 . 259 00:33:31.823 --> 00:33:42.289 but ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord, two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year. 260 00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:48.472 They shall be unto you without blemish." 261 00:33:48.482 --> 00:33:59.428 So, ten animals here, two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year. 262 00:33:59.438 --> 00:34:03.980 So, this was for the spring feasts. 263 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:16.428 And then, for each of those animal sacrifices, there was a meat or a grain offering that would be offered, and it says, ". 264 00:34:16.438 --> 00:34:16.523 . 265 00:34:16.533 --> 00:34:16.618 . 266 00:34:16.628 --> 00:34:19.956 it shall be of flour mingled with oil." 267 00:34:19.966 --> 00:34:26.409 So, there we have the symbolism that points to the dove, wherever it is now. 268 00:34:26.409 --> 00:34:39.029 I have it hidden in my sign, but it points to the dove, which represents oil as well as the bread, the bread of heaven, manna. 269 00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:52.949 So, the flour mingled with oil points to those portions, and we want to know how many portions do we have, and this is where it comes from. 270 00:34:53.619 --> 00:35:13.340 It's about how much was specified to be offered with those sacrifices, how much flour and oil was to be offered with the sacrifices. 271 00:35:13.350 --> 00:35:15.591 And it says, ". 272 00:35:15.601 --> 00:35:15.751 . 273 00:35:15.761 --> 00:35:15.910 . 274 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:23.500 three-tenths deal shalt thou offer for every lamb." 275 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:34.655 So, a different proportion for each animal that they would offer, and so every time they offered a bull, 276 00:35:34.665 --> 00:35:39.130 they offered the three-tenths of a portion. 277 00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:45.130 And then, for the seven lambs, they had the one-tenth part. 278 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:52.394 And one goat for a sin offering, there was no flour or oil offered with that. 279 00:35:52.404 --> 00:35:56.788 The one goat for a sin offering to make an atonement for you. 280 00:35:56.798 --> 00:36:05.260 So, these are the animals, and with each one except for the goat, there was the grain offering flour mingled with oil. 281 00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.562 ". 282 00:36:08.572 --> 00:36:08.644 . 283 00:36:08.654 --> 00:36:08.725 . 284 00:36:08.735 --> 00:36:13.238 ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning," 285 00:36:13.248 --> 00:36:15.820 which is a continual burnt offering. 286 00:36:15.830 --> 00:36:22.570 So, that was separate from the morning and the evening offering that they would make every day. 287 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.591 And finally, it says, ". 288 00:36:26.601 --> 00:36:26.671 . 289 00:36:26.681 --> 00:36:26.750 . 290 00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:32.929 after this manner ye shall offer every day throughout the seven days of the spring feast. 291 00:36:33.469 --> 00:36:39.586 The meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord, it shall 292 00:36:39.596 --> 00:36:45.023 be offered beside the continual burnt offering and his drink offering." 293 00:36:45.033 --> 00:36:51.139 So, we see that through the spring feasts, they would offer all of these animals. 294 00:36:51.369 --> 00:36:58.005 And with the animals they would have the grain offering, which was flour mingled with oil, 295 00:36:58.015 --> 00:37:03.830 pointing to portions of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God combined together, 296 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:07.369 as in studying God's Word with the Holy Spirit. 297 00:37:08.650 --> 00:37:19.602 And these portions were given by number, and so you can add up how much did it amount to, 298 00:37:19.612 --> 00:37:26.616 how many portions were there in the spring feast season. 299 00:37:26.626 --> 00:37:36.963 And when you do that, you'll find that there were 51 portions, because it specifies. 300 00:37:36.973 --> 00:37:37.096 . 301 00:37:37.106 --> 00:37:37.199 . 302 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:44.530 I'm not going to go through all the calculations, that's not the point, but I just wanted you to see how it's set up, how God set it up. 303 00:37:45.590 --> 00:37:59.461 And in the end, it turned out there was enough flour and oil portions to last for 51 days for those who took part in them. 304 00:37:59.471 --> 00:38:03.564 Now, it's interesting because, well, 305 00:38:03.574 --> 00:38:16.640 51 days was exactly the amount of time from the crucifixion of Jesus until the Spirit was poured out in Pentecost. 306 00:38:16.650 --> 00:38:17.539 51 days. 307 00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:27.922 There was 49 days, and then the next day was Pentecost, and then one day before the resurrection also. 308 00:38:27.932 --> 00:38:40.059 So, right from the crucifixion all the way until the Holy Spirit was given in the early reign at Pentecost on the disciples, 309 00:38:40.069 --> 00:38:41.820 that was 51 days. 310 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:50.523 So, it corresponds to a particular period of time when those portions would be needed, 311 00:38:50.533 --> 00:38:59.500 and it's related to the cross and to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the early reign. 312 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:13.625 The spring sacrifices corresponded to the early reign at the time of Jesus' crucifixion, but there were also autumn sacrifices. 313 00:39:13.635 --> 00:39:16.832 So, first of all, in the sign, 314 00:39:16.842 --> 00:39:30.690 the April 8th solar eclipse was right in the middle when comet E3 was right in the middle of these two crossings of the pendulum. 315 00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:44.429 And it turns out that there's exactly 51 days also from April 8th until May 28th when it crosses the pendulum. 316 00:39:44.429 --> 00:39:54.020 I think that is interesting, and we'll see a little bit more about that going forward as well. 317 00:39:54.030 --> 00:40:05.559 Now, let's look at the autumn feasts because the spring feasts pointed to Jesus' first coming, and the time in A. 318 00:40:05.569 --> 00:40:05.773 D. 319 00:40:05.783 --> 00:40:15.139 31 in anticipation of the outpouring of the early reign, the Holy Spirit in the early reign. 320 00:40:15.949 --> 00:40:21.519 And now, the autumn feasts, they point to his second coming. 321 00:40:22.489 --> 00:40:29.871 And so, when we look at, this is now Numbers chapter 29 beginning with verse 13, 322 00:40:29.881 --> 00:40:40.483 let's look briefly at this passage where it describes the same sort of thing as we read for the spring sacrifices, 323 00:40:40.493 --> 00:40:43.989 but you'll notice the key difference. 324 00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:54.930 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord, thirteen young bullocks, two rams, 325 00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:57.685 and fourteen lambs of the first year. 326 00:40:57.695 --> 00:40:59.860 They shall be without blemish. 327 00:41:00.710 --> 00:41:04.425 So, what do you notice right off the bat? 328 00:41:04.435 --> 00:41:06.792 There's a lot more, right? 329 00:41:06.802 --> 00:41:14.142 It went from instead of, what was it, two young bullocks to now we have thirteen. 330 00:41:14.152 --> 00:41:16.690 So, that's a big difference. 331 00:41:16.700 --> 00:41:22.369 And then from one ram to two, and from seven lambs to fourteen. 332 00:41:22.369 --> 00:41:32.760 So, everything is much more, a lot more animals were offered, and correspondingly more flour mingled with oil. 333 00:41:35.130 --> 00:41:45.695 So, just quickly going through this, and their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three-tenths deals unto each bullock, 334 00:41:45.705 --> 00:41:47.588 and so on and so forth, 335 00:41:47.598 --> 00:41:50.505 as all the same like we read before. 336 00:41:50.515 --> 00:41:52.949 But that was for the first day. 337 00:41:54.079 --> 00:42:04.315 Then for the second day of the feast, instead of being like in the spring where every day was the same, here we see a difference. 338 00:42:04.325 --> 00:42:13.291 On the second day, ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot. 339 00:42:13.301 --> 00:42:18.360 And on the third day, eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs. 340 00:42:18.949 --> 00:42:22.083 On the fourth day, ten bullocks. 341 00:42:22.093 --> 00:42:24.932 The fifth day, nine bullocks. 342 00:42:24.942 --> 00:42:27.860 The sixth day, eight bullocks. 343 00:42:28.190 --> 00:42:39.095 And finally, on the seventh day of the feast, the last day, seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish. 344 00:42:39.105 --> 00:42:48.039 So we see this countdown from 13 to 12, 11, 10, all the way down to 7, and we'll talk about that in just a second. 345 00:42:48.769 --> 00:43:02.499 But first, all of the portions that come out of all these many animals and each one having its grain offering, 346 00:43:02.509 --> 00:43:11.860 there were a total of 372 portions that come out of the autumn sacrifices. 347 00:43:12.309 --> 00:43:27.506 And so that's exactly the number of days that we see represented there from one crossing of the pendulum to the next. 348 00:43:27.516 --> 00:43:28.685 372 days. 349 00:43:28.695 --> 00:43:35.429 Just exactly the 372 portions that God provided for. 350 00:43:36.510 --> 00:43:50.999 So he provided from the spring feasts, he provided from the cross until the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 351 00:43:51.009 --> 00:43:54.690 That was the spring feasts. 352 00:43:55.869 --> 00:44:07.663 Then the autumn feasts, they provide from the latter rain, from the outpouring of the latter rain, 353 00:44:07.673 --> 00:44:13.320 372 portions covering that time until the end. 354 00:44:14.440 --> 00:44:16.303 So you see the symmetry. 355 00:44:16.313 --> 00:44:25.550 We go from the spring feasts, you have from the time of the cross until the outpouring of the Spirit in the early rain. 356 00:44:25.560 --> 00:44:34.079 That was when the disciples were all gathered together and they received the Holy Spirit like tongues of fire. 357 00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:44.950 That was 51 days after the cross as it came from the spring feasts. 358 00:44:44.960 --> 00:45:02.560 Then now in our day we have first comes the latter rain and then 372 days until represented in Orion we have Jesus' second coming. 359 00:45:02.570 --> 00:45:05.413 Does that make sense? 360 00:45:05.423 --> 00:45:06.070 Good. 361 00:45:07.269 --> 00:45:16.776 And those 372 days are exactly what we see in the remainder of that sign as marked by the horologium. 362 00:45:16.786 --> 00:45:25.530 So on one side you have the 51 days from the solar eclipse to the pendulum line of the cross. 363 00:45:26.130 --> 00:45:38.469 Then you have another 372 days on the other side pointing to the spring and the autumn feasts, the portions. 364 00:45:39.929 --> 00:45:44.424 So let's look at this countdown from 13 down to 7. 365 00:45:44.434 --> 00:45:56.469 If you just look at the symbolism, biblical symbolism of the numbers, every number has a certain symbol, it represents certain things. 366 00:45:57.219 --> 00:46:08.020 Now this is maybe not hard and fast, but you have a general impression that that 13 represents rebellion, 367 00:46:08.030 --> 00:46:12.649 putting oneself above the government of God, 368 00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:16.764 whereas 12 represents God's government, 369 00:46:16.774 --> 00:46:19.130 his covenant with man. 370 00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:34.010 Similarly, 11 represents chaos, instability, one more than the order and stability of God's law. 371 00:46:36.190 --> 00:46:41.196 So in this countdown we see a progression. 372 00:46:41.206 --> 00:46:51.458 Number nine represents a finality or making a decision, eight is like a new beginning. 373 00:46:51.468 --> 00:47:04.679 Children were circumcised on the eighth day, and after a week of seven days begins the eighth, a new beginning. 374 00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:13.440 And then finally the completion or rest, that Sabbath rest in Christ. 375 00:47:13.450 --> 00:47:26.887 And so we have this progression from rebellion coming into order with God's covenant, giving up that chaos and instability, 376 00:47:26.897 --> 00:47:30.055 and submitting to God's law, 377 00:47:30.065 --> 00:47:33.551 making a decision for the Lord, 378 00:47:33.561 --> 00:47:36.282 finding a new beginning, 379 00:47:36.292 --> 00:47:40.980 and completing that in the rest of Christ. 380 00:47:42.510 --> 00:47:58.448 Now this progression should relate to the 372 days of this time in the end, because that's from those sacrifices that were offered, 381 00:47:58.458 --> 00:48:02.949 it should correspond to that period. 382 00:48:05.630 --> 00:48:12.069 And if we look at the church of Smyrna, Jesus' letter to the church of Smyrna, 383 00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:18.756 they're the ones who are especially featured in this time because of the trials, 384 00:48:18.766 --> 00:48:20.159 the tribulation. 385 00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:30.679 And that's what Jesus counseled them and encouraged them and comforted them regarding especially those trials. 386 00:48:32.130 --> 00:48:41.191 And so let's just look at his letter to them, it's short, just a few verses, beginning in Revelation 2 verse 8. 387 00:48:41.201 --> 00:48:51.070 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write, these things saith the first and the last, which was dead and is alive. 388 00:48:51.070 --> 00:49:05.651 So first of all we have the first, the lamb slain from the foundation of the world, and the last at the horologium, the time of judgment, 389 00:49:05.661 --> 00:49:10.121 which was dead on the cross and is alive, 390 00:49:10.131 --> 00:49:12.570 he's been resurrected. 391 00:49:12.570 --> 00:49:21.083 And he says, I know thy works and thy tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. 392 00:49:21.093 --> 00:49:31.699 And I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 393 00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:46.479 Now this synagogue of Satan, if we were to represent them with a number, what number would you choose? 394 00:49:46.489 --> 00:49:55.400 Okay, it could be six I suppose, but 13, the government of Satan. 395 00:49:55.400 --> 00:50:05.075 These are those who are his kingdom as it were, his government, they abide by his rules. 396 00:50:05.085 --> 00:50:08.604 So they're the rebellion, right? 397 00:50:08.614 --> 00:50:18.380 So if we continue, we see this countdown represented in the whole sequence of the letter. 398 00:50:19.079 --> 00:50:23.219 Jesus continues and he says, fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. 399 00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:30.137 So Jesus said that he always cast out fear, right? 400 00:50:30.147 --> 00:50:39.360 And he told his people always when they were afraid, fear not, it's okay. 401 00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:52.044 And so he says again, fear none of those things which you shall suffer because they're in his kingdom. 402 00:50:52.054 --> 00:50:58.730 And his kingdom of love, and perfect love casts out fear. 403 00:50:59.429 --> 00:51:03.385 So you could connect that with the covenant. 404 00:51:03.395 --> 00:51:12.116 And then he continues, behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison that he may be tried. 405 00:51:12.126 --> 00:51:18.219 So there's that chaos, that instability, not sure what is happening. 406 00:51:18.599 --> 00:51:22.039 There's the war aspect there. 407 00:51:22.049 --> 00:51:26.674 And you shall have tribulation 10 days. 408 00:51:26.684 --> 00:51:31.289 So that one's even written in the text. 409 00:51:33.429 --> 00:51:47.500 Incidentally, to understand that prophetically, what those 10 days are, we should understand that here we have one day represented. 410 00:51:47.989 --> 00:51:56.221 It's one day's portion that was held in the ark and that corresponds to one year. 411 00:51:56.231 --> 00:52:01.710 So the tribulation for 10 days would suggest 10 years. 412 00:52:03.489 --> 00:52:10.152 And this is just the last of it, going from 2024 to 2025. 413 00:52:10.162 --> 00:52:15.530 So if you subtract 10 years, you come to 2015. 414 00:52:16.289 --> 00:52:18.990 And what happened in 2015? 415 00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:27.926 The image of the beast was established in the United States when on June 26th of 2015, 416 00:52:27.936 --> 00:52:34.880 the Supreme Court ruled that gay marriage was the law of the land. 417 00:52:36.239 --> 00:52:46.404 And that began what really has come to be quite a chaotic and problematic environment it has created for the 418 00:52:46.414 --> 00:52:56.380 United States and the whole world because the United States more or less leads the world in those things. 419 00:52:56.820 --> 00:53:04.953 And so this whole woke movement has come about really since that time in 2015. 420 00:53:04.963 --> 00:53:17.570 That's the 10 days of tribulation that culminates in this last year when it's really a physical and grueling tribulation. 421 00:53:19.989 --> 00:53:24.577 The passage continues, be thou faithful unto death. 422 00:53:24.587 --> 00:53:31.063 So there's that finality, that decision, making the commitment to death. 423 00:53:31.073 --> 00:53:36.090 And I will give thee a crown of life, the new beginning. 424 00:53:37.179 --> 00:53:43.106 So we see the countdown in the text of his letter to the Church of Smyrna. 425 00:53:43.116 --> 00:53:50.484 And it concludes, he that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 426 00:53:50.494 --> 00:53:55.039 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. 427 00:53:55.039 --> 00:54:05.653 And of course, overcoming is the completion, you've come to the rest. 428 00:54:05.663 --> 00:54:13.507 And so we have these 372 days that are represented. 429 00:54:13.517 --> 00:54:26.110 And that countdown from rebellion to rest in Christ, all corresponds to this time. 430 00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:35.168 The 372 days come from that autumn sacrifices, and so does that countdown. 431 00:54:35.178 --> 00:54:37.898 It's a purification process. 432 00:54:37.908 --> 00:54:44.980 Just like we saw before, he sits as a refiner purifying the sons of Levi. 433 00:54:46.800 --> 00:55:02.062 Now there's one other confirmation that I would like to consider for this 372 days, and it comes from a very different source. 434 00:55:02.072 --> 00:55:05.827 It is an artifact from history. 435 00:55:05.837 --> 00:55:13.570 It's actually the most studied artifact in all of human history. 436 00:55:16.000 --> 00:55:29.610 The only problem is that you've probably heard of it, but you've written it off, at least if you're anything like I was. 437 00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:38.369 You never even gave it a second thought, because when you were introduced to it, 438 00:55:38.379 --> 00:55:44.645 it was introduced as a Catholic deception and medieval fakery, 439 00:55:44.655 --> 00:55:53.809 something from the Middle Ages where they faked this artifact to make money for the church. 440 00:55:55.940 --> 00:56:10.421 And this is how it came to my understanding, and therefore I never considered it until by happenstance, if you can call it that, 441 00:56:10.431 --> 00:56:15.060 this week a video had come into my feed, 442 00:56:15.070 --> 00:56:19.019 and it talked about this artifact. 443 00:56:20.889 --> 00:56:30.616 And it wasn't from a Catholic perspective, but a Protestant perspective, and they were supporting it, and I was like, really? 444 00:56:30.626 --> 00:56:40.420 And so, I listened to the evidence for the first time, and that's what I want to show first, because I have to introduce this. 445 00:56:40.719 --> 00:56:47.860 It's not really necessarily a big point that I want to make, but in order to get to that, 446 00:56:47.870 --> 00:56:53.637 I have to talk about this artifact a little bit first for some minutes. 447 00:56:53.647 --> 00:56:58.130 And what I'm referring to is called the Shroud of Turin. 448 00:57:00.360 --> 00:57:05.390 Has anybody heard of this, first of all? 449 00:57:05.400 --> 00:57:05.777 No? 450 00:57:05.787 --> 00:57:08.428 No one's heard of it? 451 00:57:08.438 --> 00:57:09.067 Okay. 452 00:57:09.077 --> 00:57:16.749 Well, it was first photographed, let me start there, in 1898. 453 00:57:16.759 --> 00:57:30.039 And what it is, it is a cloth, a linen cloth, and it has in it, if you can see it, a faint image of a man. 454 00:57:30.039 --> 00:57:31.792 Do you see it? 455 00:57:31.802 --> 00:57:38.562 There's a front side of the man, and then a back side. 456 00:57:38.572 --> 00:57:39.949 You see it? 457 00:57:39.959 --> 00:57:42.713 You see the face here? 458 00:57:42.723 --> 00:57:57.079 There are the arms, there's a hand, another hand crossing over, and then the legs, very faint, in this linen cloth. 459 00:57:57.860 --> 00:58:04.989 And on this side, there's the back of his head, and then his back and legs. 460 00:58:06.769 --> 00:58:17.301 And this has gathered a lot of attention over the years because of what it purports to be. 461 00:58:17.311 --> 00:58:30.289 Can you guess, based on this, what it has said, what the claim is of this linen cloth with this image of a man? 462 00:58:35.719 --> 00:58:48.711 It's proposed that this is the very linen cloth that Jesus was laid in, in his tomb. 463 00:58:48.722 --> 00:58:58.920 And it's based on this faint image of the front and back of a man. 464 00:59:00.619 --> 00:59:11.537 So, many people, of course, being skeptical, say, oh, that's just artwork, it's sketched in there, or whatever, 465 00:59:11.547 --> 00:59:16.159 and the church used it for their own purposes. 466 00:59:16.869 --> 00:59:23.400 By the way, it was only in the possession of the church since 1983, or thereabouts. 467 00:59:23.410 --> 00:59:28.199 Before that, it had changed hands, and it has a long history. 468 00:59:30.559 --> 00:59:41.688 But in 1978, there was a team of 33 scientists that got together to study this Shroud of Turin. 469 00:59:41.698 --> 00:59:52.944 It's called the Shroud of Turin, by the way, because that's where it's located, in Turin, Italy. 470 00:59:52.954 --> 00:59:59.260 And these images come from the video that I mentioned. 471 01:00:01.079 --> 01:00:04.528 And so, this is where they gathered. 472 01:00:04.538 --> 01:00:16.130 They brought 10 tons of equipment in 70 crates to analyze this shroud in different ways, trying to understand what is it? 473 01:00:16.140 --> 01:00:19.090 Where did this image come from? 474 01:00:19.769 --> 01:00:26.546 And they did various testing on it using various types of equipment. 475 01:00:26.556 --> 01:00:38.409 I'll spare you reading all of the names from everything, but you see they did a variety of different kinds of analysis, 476 01:00:38.419 --> 01:00:40.600 looking at particles, 477 01:00:40.610 --> 01:00:45.679 looking at the blood that was on the linen shroud. 478 01:00:48.360 --> 01:01:01.960 And in the conclusion of this study that they did in 1978, some of the people who were studying it, the scientists, 479 01:01:01.970 --> 01:01:05.508 they had a change of opinion. 480 01:01:05.518 --> 01:01:09.530 Not all of them, but some of them. 481 01:01:10.800 --> 01:01:21.861 For example, one from the Nuclear Technologies Corporation said, we all thought we'd find a forgery and we'd be packing our bags, job done, 482 01:01:21.871 --> 01:01:22.737 it's fake, 483 01:01:22.747 --> 01:01:24.090 in half an hour. 484 01:01:25.440 --> 01:01:34.840 But they had a period of five days to study it that they had it available to them, and they worked around the clock during that time. 485 01:01:35.769 --> 01:01:49.002 Another person said, I was convinced it was forgery, but now there's no question in my mind that there was a scourged, 486 01:01:49.012 --> 01:01:52.254 crucified man in the shroud. 487 01:01:52.264 --> 01:02:00.440 So, again, these scientists who studied it recognized this is not a fake. 488 01:02:01.139 --> 01:02:03.406 It's not just artwork. 489 01:02:03.416 --> 01:02:14.955 We can't figure out how this image came to be, but the person we see here fits only one person known to history. 490 01:02:14.965 --> 01:02:18.860 Of course, that would be Jesus Christ. 491 01:02:20.070 --> 01:02:28.068 So, among the tests that they did, they looked at, for example, the pollen. 492 01:02:28.078 --> 01:02:42.039 These are samples of some of the pollens that had collected on this linen shroud, and they analyzed them using electron microscopy. 493 01:02:43.309 --> 01:02:54.503 And they found there were quite a number of different plants that they came from, many of which came from the land of Jerusalem, 494 01:02:54.513 --> 01:02:57.214 even though the shroud itself, 495 01:02:57.224 --> 01:02:59.401 after hundreds of years, 496 01:02:59.411 --> 01:03:01.849 had not been in that place. 497 01:03:03.210 --> 01:03:15.361 Also, they found some limestone particles all over the cloth, and when they analyzed the chemical nature of that limestone, 498 01:03:15.371 --> 01:03:26.920 they found it had the exact same characteristics as limestone that is found in the tombs and caves around Jerusalem. 499 01:03:30.139 --> 01:03:44.510 As far as how the image appeared, you can look up close to the fibers, and you see here is a part where it's stained with the blood. 500 01:03:46.420 --> 01:03:56.624 And you see it, when you look at it up close, you see the red color of the blood, and you can see how it affects the fibers a little bit, 501 01:03:56.634 --> 01:03:58.710 making them stick together. 502 01:03:59.760 --> 01:04:07.720 Whereas here, this is part of the image, and when you look at it up close, you don't see anything. 503 01:04:07.730 --> 01:04:13.818 This is one of the more prominent, more visible parts, the tip of the nose, 504 01:04:13.828 --> 01:04:19.500 and you don't see any image there when you look at the actual fibers. 505 01:04:19.500 --> 01:04:22.205 It's just the fibers. 506 01:04:22.215 --> 01:04:39.475 Here is an even closer view of the fibers, and you can see it's just a little bit of discoloration on the fibers of this linen shroud. 507 01:04:39.485 --> 01:04:45.519 It's even only on the very top layer of fibers. 508 01:04:45.699 --> 01:04:51.405 It doesn't even go deep into the cloth. 509 01:04:51.415 --> 01:04:56.682 Just on the top layer of the fibers. 510 01:04:56.692 --> 01:05:06.619 Another interesting aspect is if you look at the shade of the image. 511 01:05:07.019 --> 01:05:19.685 You know, there are lighter parts and darker parts, and if you relate that to depth, you see that it forms a clear, a nice, 512 01:05:19.695 --> 01:05:24.010 ordinary looking three-dimensional image. 513 01:05:24.440 --> 01:05:27.837 So, it's proportional to the depth. 514 01:05:27.847 --> 01:05:34.544 The intensity of the color of the image is proportional to the depth. 515 01:05:34.554 --> 01:05:46.280 Whereas, if you take any ordinary image and you apply the same test to it, it's all distorted and it doesn't look normal. 516 01:05:47.349 --> 01:05:59.476 So, that shows that however this image was made, it reflects the depth, the actual, it has 3D information in that image. 517 01:05:59.486 --> 01:06:04.437 And furthermore, the image, it's like a negative. 518 01:06:04.447 --> 01:06:18.070 Like when you take a picture with a film camera, and you have the negative and then you have to develop the film to make it a positive. 519 01:06:20.030 --> 01:06:32.026 But the thing is, this, even if it were from the Middle Ages, that was long before photography was ever invented. 520 01:06:32.036 --> 01:06:35.646 They had no concept of a negative. 521 01:06:35.656 --> 01:06:40.519 They wouldn't do artwork in the negative form. 522 01:06:42.619 --> 01:06:47.556 Besides that, there's no trace of any pigments, 523 01:06:47.566 --> 01:06:59.739 there's no chemicals found on the cloth that were ever used in any kind of artwork from anything else in that time. 524 01:07:01.579 --> 01:07:13.244 And therefore, in their report, after three years of analyzing the data that they gathered from this shroud, 525 01:07:13.254 --> 01:07:22.749 they conclude for now that the shroud image is that of a real human form of a scourged, 526 01:07:22.759 --> 01:07:24.369 crucified man. 527 01:07:24.379 --> 01:07:28.150 It is not the product of an artist. 528 01:07:29.320 --> 01:07:38.002 The blood stains are composed of hemoglobin and give a positive test for serum albumin. 529 01:07:38.012 --> 01:07:46.694 In other words, it's real blood that it is stained with and not just some red coloring. 530 01:07:46.704 --> 01:07:53.469 And so, this is the conclusion from these scientists who studied it. 531 01:07:56.139 --> 01:08:03.837 So, it's an authentic shroud of a crucified and scourged person. 532 01:08:03.847 --> 01:08:15.148 Now, one other detail about this linen cloth, it's a very high quality and expensive material, 533 01:08:15.158 --> 01:08:21.880 one that only a wealthy person would be able to afford. 534 01:08:22.770 --> 01:08:31.361 And somebody who was a criminal and crucified would not be the same class 535 01:08:31.371 --> 01:08:40.069 that would be able to afford such an expensive cloth such as that shroud. 536 01:08:41.180 --> 01:08:44.510 But you know the story of Jesus. 537 01:08:44.520 --> 01:08:47.642 Who was it that gave his tomb? 538 01:08:47.652 --> 01:09:00.140 It was Joseph of Arimathea, and it was his linen cloth, his shroud that he had and that he wrapped the body of Jesus in. 539 01:09:00.150 --> 01:09:02.409 And he was a rich man. 540 01:09:02.439 --> 01:09:03.961 Yes, thank you. 541 01:09:03.971 --> 01:09:07.927 There are many wounds that you can see. 542 01:09:07.937 --> 01:09:12.380 You can see the scourge marks on both sides. 543 01:09:12.380 --> 01:09:19.068 That's the backside of the man. 544 01:09:19.078 --> 01:09:24.473 And here's a closer view. 545 01:09:24.483 --> 01:09:38.920 And you see the many scourge marks in different angles on his back. 546 01:09:40.409 --> 01:09:44.323 Not just his back, but also on his front. 547 01:09:44.333 --> 01:09:54.920 And this is where it connects to what we've been talking about with these 372 days in a rather interesting way. 548 01:09:57.000 --> 01:10:06.630 A 2010 study of the shroud called New Image Processing of the Turin Shroud Scourge Marks. 549 01:10:06.750 --> 01:10:13.345 So they're just looking at the scourge marks, not the other wounds. 550 01:10:13.355 --> 01:10:22.902 It also has blood stain from his side wound, his feet, his hands, and his head all on the shroud. 551 01:10:22.912 --> 01:10:33.130 But looking just at the scourge marks, and this was the type of Roman scourge that would have been used. 552 01:10:34.239 --> 01:10:36.913 And the marks, they come, 553 01:10:36.923 --> 01:10:50.065 you see them in sets of two or three similar to something like this that would have two or three of these weighted straps. 554 01:10:50.075 --> 01:10:56.159 They would slap it on the person's back with great force. 555 01:10:56.750 --> 01:11:08.739 And depending on the nature of what they used to weight it down, how jagged it was, it would inflict wounds or bruises. 556 01:11:09.579 --> 01:11:13.776 And it was quite a severe punishment. 557 01:11:13.786 --> 01:11:19.685 Therefore, Pilate wanted to do that as a compromise. 558 01:11:19.695 --> 01:11:28.542 The priests surrendered Jesus or asked that he be crucified, and he said, why? 559 01:11:28.552 --> 01:11:30.480 What has he done? 560 01:11:30.490 --> 01:11:37.369 And then in the end, he decided, okay, I'll just scourge him. 561 01:11:38.770 --> 01:11:40.653 That leaves him already half dead. 562 01:11:40.663 --> 01:11:43.710 That should suffice and they should be happy with that. 563 01:11:43.720 --> 01:11:47.189 But they weren't happy with that and they wanted him crucified. 564 01:11:47.189 --> 01:12:00.755 And therefore, it was very rare for somebody who had endured such a scourging to additionally be crucified on top of that. 565 01:12:00.765 --> 01:12:12.329 But in this study of 2010, they counted the most prominent of the scourge marks, which they highlighted. 566 01:12:12.339 --> 01:12:16.100 This is a picture from that study. 567 01:12:17.010 --> 01:12:23.851 And they highlighted those scourge marks that were the most prominent. 568 01:12:23.861 --> 01:12:31.279 And what they found was there were 159 bloodstains on the front of his body. 569 01:12:32.920 --> 01:12:39.794 That would be where it wrapped around his legs or arms to the front, 570 01:12:39.804 --> 01:12:50.409 because they would have them put their hands up on a pole and then they would whip them on the backside. 571 01:12:51.949 --> 01:13:02.485 159 bloodstains on the front and 213 bloodstains on the back. 572 01:13:02.495 --> 01:13:16.140 And when you add those together, which they do in the article, 372 bloodstains. 573 01:13:16.150 --> 01:13:33.229 These were the most evident bloodstains from the scourge marks that have been marked in this study. 574 01:13:35.390 --> 01:13:39.399 There's a verse in Isaiah chapter 53. 575 01:13:39.409 --> 01:13:44.935 It says, but he was wounded for our transgressions. 576 01:13:44.945 --> 01:13:48.609 He was bruised for our iniquities. 577 01:13:50.340 --> 01:13:55.369 The chastisement of our peace was upon him. 578 01:13:55.379 --> 01:13:59.591 And with his stripes, we are healed. 579 01:13:59.601 --> 01:14:04.260 So this just makes it a very real image. 580 01:14:06.510 --> 01:14:10.374 He was beaten 372 times. 581 01:14:10.384 --> 01:14:25.360 That's the most evident ones pointing to this year of tribulation during which we are healed. 582 01:14:25.370 --> 01:14:30.020 That's what it's pointing to. 583 01:14:30.579 --> 01:14:38.231 By his stripes, we are healed in that period of 372 days. 584 01:14:38.241 --> 01:14:45.757 Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows. 585 01:14:45.767 --> 01:14:54.069 Yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 586 01:14:56.130 --> 01:14:59.591 But it was on our account. 587 01:14:59.601 --> 01:15:05.459 And it brings our mind to the Lord's Supper. 588 01:15:05.469 --> 01:15:16.100 Paul says, for I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you. 589 01:15:17.819 --> 01:15:25.264 That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, his body. 590 01:15:25.274 --> 01:15:29.848 The bread represents his body like we see in Orion. 591 01:15:29.858 --> 01:15:35.399 And when he had given thanks, he break it and said, take, eat. 592 01:15:35.869 --> 01:15:41.015 This is my body, which is broken for you. 593 01:15:41.025 --> 01:15:44.664 This do in remembrance of me. 594 01:15:44.674 --> 01:15:49.800 We see Jesus's body represented in Orion. 595 01:15:50.229 --> 01:15:58.970 We see the winepress represented in the Horologium, the body and the blood of Jesus. 596 01:15:58.980 --> 01:16:10.946 After the same manner, also, he took the cup when he had supped, saying, this cup is the New Testament in my blood. 597 01:16:10.956 --> 01:16:16.659 This do ye, as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me. 598 01:16:20.510 --> 01:16:31.145 For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till ye come. 599 01:16:31.155 --> 01:16:36.305 And now we are at that time when he is coming. 600 01:16:36.315 --> 01:16:39.430 This is the day of the Lord. 601 01:16:39.430 --> 01:16:43.500 It's the day of his coming, the year. 602 01:16:43.510 --> 01:16:53.739 And Jesus himself, in Matthew chapter 26, he said, for this is my blood of the New Testament, 603 01:16:53.750 --> 01:16:59.239 which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 604 01:16:59.250 --> 01:17:03.630 There we have that healing aspect again. 605 01:17:05.699 --> 01:17:07.128 But I say unto you, 606 01:17:07.138 --> 01:17:16.300 I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my father's kingdom. 607 01:17:18.319 --> 01:17:22.024 And so with that remembrance, 608 01:17:22.034 --> 01:17:38.756 I just want to formally invite everyone to participate in a Lord's Supper Communion service on May 24th of this year after sunset. 609 01:17:38.766 --> 01:17:45.270 We choose this day because that is the anniversary. 610 01:17:46.289 --> 01:18:05.591 It was May 24th of AD 31 when Jesus had his last supper with his disciples, when he last drank of the fruit of the vine. 611 01:18:05.601 --> 01:18:18.619 And so that's also in remembrance of his death, his burial, and his resurrection. 612 01:18:19.909 --> 01:18:29.868 His body and his blood that were given for us that we might enter this time, 613 01:18:29.878 --> 01:18:40.090 this final year with all of our portions from that manna in the heavenly ark. 614 01:18:43.279 --> 01:18:55.220 And so with that, I conclude and just want to reflect on the significance of what Jesus did for us. 615 01:18:55.230 --> 01:19:08.618 And we can always reflect on his sacrifice because it's always relevant to us even today and in all that we do. 616 01:19:08.628 --> 01:19:12.949 So let's stand for a word of prayer. 617 01:19:14.000 --> 01:19:33.586 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for giving your Son as a sacrifice for our sin, that he bore the punishment, 618 01:19:33.596 --> 01:19:39.762 he took the scourging for our sin, 619 01:19:39.772 --> 01:19:47.350 that we might be healed even in this time. 620 01:19:53.199 --> 01:20:06.157 It's a time that is a very painful time and we see that vividly depicted in the sign 621 01:20:06.167 --> 01:20:18.960 and in the historical artifact that records the lashes that Jesus received for us. 622 01:20:23.039 --> 01:20:46.119 And we thank you for that precious gift, for the life, because he was raised from the dead to give life to all, to give that invitation, 623 01:20:46.130 --> 01:20:57.659 the call that we might come to you to be chosen and to be faithful. 624 01:21:00.390 --> 01:21:15.044 So Father, we praise you for all that you do, for your work in us and for orchestrating all things from the beginning of time until the end. 625 01:21:15.054 --> 01:21:18.823 You know the end from the beginning. 626 01:21:18.833 --> 01:21:24.779 You were the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 627 01:21:25.819 --> 01:21:29.977 And we just praise your name. 628 01:21:29.987 --> 01:21:40.883 It is in the name of Jesus, Alnitak, the wounded one of Orion, that we pray. 629 01:21:40.893 --> 01:21:41.590 Amen. 630 01:21:43.489 --> 01:21:53.050 Before I go, one thing I mentioned, the called, the chosen, and the faithful. 631 01:21:54.409 --> 01:21:59.081 The called, the chosen, and the faithful. 632 01:21:59.091 --> 01:22:13.779 It's Jesus who calls us, it's he who chooses us, and it's he who makes us faithful so that we also can be faithful until the end. 633 01:22:13.979 --> 01:22:20.140 Though it is to our own hurt, just like we talked about with Jesus before. 634 01:22:20.680 --> 01:22:24.195 So it's just from his perspective. 635 01:22:24.205 --> 01:22:38.569 For him, we are the called, we are the chosen, and we are the faithful, because that's what we see in Christ in the sign of the Son of Man. 636 01:22:39.180 --> 01:22:44.489 Called, the chosen, the faithful, coming from him as a gift to us. 637 01:22:45.020 --> 01:23:03.803 He calls us, he chooses us, and he makes us faithful. 638 01:23:03.813 --> 01:23:05.585 Amen. 639 01:23:05.595 --> 01:23:09.119 Thank you.