WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.477 --> 00:00:13.594 Welcome. 2 00:00:13.604 --> 00:00:22.121 Thanks for coming and look forward to this time that we have. 3 00:00:22.131 --> 00:00:30.210 I want to learn a little bit about the language of heaven. 4 00:00:32.789 --> 00:00:40.360 So, first of all, I'm really more of a teacher than I am a preacher. 5 00:00:40.370 --> 00:00:46.383 So, I like to have a little bit of feedback sometimes. 6 00:00:46.393 --> 00:00:56.950 So feel free if I ask a question, even if it's a silly question, to answer, call out an answer. 7 00:00:58.429 --> 00:01:00.898 I would appreciate that. 8 00:01:00.908 --> 00:01:10.369 All right, so today we're going to learn some basic principles about the language of heaven. 9 00:01:10.379 --> 00:01:21.260 And we'll look at some examples of how that works in the Bible and how God speaks from heaven, especially. 10 00:01:23.609 --> 00:01:34.308 And we've already had a little bit of a hint to how God speaks from the children's story. 11 00:01:34.318 --> 00:01:38.045 Maybe we'll mention that again. 12 00:01:38.055 --> 00:01:46.569 But we will look especially at what God is speaking today to the world. 13 00:01:47.620 --> 00:01:53.855 We'll see a little bit of that. 14 00:01:53.865 --> 00:02:02.312 But especially how God speaks from heaven. 15 00:02:02.322 --> 00:02:13.184 So, what comes to your mind when I say the word apple? 16 00:02:13.194 --> 00:02:18.021 What comes to your mind? 17 00:02:18.031 --> 00:02:23.020 Okay, maybe one of these. 18 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:31.327 Okay, you have a picture in your mind, right? 19 00:02:31.337 --> 00:02:39.507 You say apple, and then in your mind you're thinking, right? 20 00:02:39.517 --> 00:02:48.912 Okay, so we have words, and the words bring up something to our mind. 21 00:02:48.922 --> 00:02:55.185 But is the word apple, is it the apple itself? 22 00:02:55.195 --> 00:02:55.604 No. 23 00:02:55.614 --> 00:03:00.330 We say apple, and there's no apple. 24 00:03:02.659 --> 00:03:10.985 But the word apple teaches us, or it represents the real thing. 25 00:03:10.995 --> 00:03:15.356 So, that's true for any language. 26 00:03:15.366 --> 00:03:22.349 We all have our own words for apple, or for anything. 27 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:32.595 That's part of the language, and the language of heaven is similar. 28 00:03:32.605 --> 00:03:43.081 There are words, and there are sentences, and it's based on our experiences. 29 00:03:43.091 --> 00:03:51.479 Just like for me, I grew up calling this an apple in English. 30 00:03:53.949 --> 00:03:57.052 You call it a manzana. 31 00:03:57.062 --> 00:04:01.152 Some others call it an apple. 32 00:04:01.162 --> 00:04:06.360 But they all point to the same thing. 33 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:11.025 They all bring to mind the same thing. 34 00:04:11.035 --> 00:04:15.087 So, it's based on our experience. 35 00:04:15.097 --> 00:04:30.670 And in the Bible, there's a recording of a lot of experience that God has with his people, that he had over thousands of years. 36 00:04:31.970 --> 00:04:40.082 And it's that experience that gives meaning to the words that he uses. 37 00:04:40.092 --> 00:04:49.711 Just like it's our experience that teaches us that the word apple means that fruit. 38 00:04:49.721 --> 00:04:50.880 All right? 39 00:04:50.890 --> 00:04:51.439 Good. 40 00:04:54.819 --> 00:05:06.784 Is it only words that can have that representation of something else? 41 00:05:06.794 --> 00:05:11.129 What if I drew something? 42 00:05:11.139 --> 00:05:12.006 Yeah? 43 00:05:12.016 --> 00:05:16.177 There's no words, right? 44 00:05:16.187 --> 00:05:23.643 But it still brings to mind the same thing. 45 00:05:23.653 --> 00:05:25.387 All right. 46 00:05:25.397 --> 00:05:32.620 A little smelling, if you smell something. 47 00:05:32.990 --> 00:05:33.479 Sure. 48 00:05:33.489 --> 00:05:35.642 Many different things. 49 00:05:35.652 --> 00:05:38.393 Just the lines point to the. 50 00:05:38.403 --> 00:05:38.500 . 51 00:05:38.510 --> 00:05:38.608 . 52 00:05:38.618 --> 00:05:40.819 It brings that to mind. 53 00:05:40.819 --> 00:05:45.736 So, we would call this a symbol. 54 00:05:45.746 --> 00:05:52.966 But effectively, it's the same thing as a word. 55 00:05:52.976 --> 00:05:59.870 You could even use emojis on your cell phone. 56 00:06:00.769 --> 00:06:06.502 You can just put the picture in there, and it replaces the word. 57 00:06:06.512 --> 00:06:08.304 It's the same thing. 58 00:06:08.314 --> 00:06:13.399 And this is a lot about how the language of heaven works. 59 00:06:14.610 --> 00:06:16.676 It works on symbols. 60 00:06:16.686 --> 00:06:18.753 These are the words. 61 00:06:18.763 --> 00:06:28.250 It's not as much in the words that we use, but they're in symbols that we see with our eyes. 62 00:06:30.189 --> 00:06:31.077 Okay. 63 00:06:31.087 --> 00:06:39.077 So, for example, the Bible talks about sheep. 64 00:06:39.087 --> 00:06:46.170 And it talks about fish caught in a net. 65 00:06:46.970 --> 00:06:50.863 What do these represent? 66 00:06:50.873 --> 00:06:54.766 What do sheep represent? 67 00:06:54.776 --> 00:06:57.371 Christians, yes. 68 00:06:57.381 --> 00:06:59.814 How about fish? 69 00:06:59.824 --> 00:07:04.528 The same, Christians as well. 70 00:07:04.538 --> 00:07:05.300 Yeah. 71 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:13.984 So, we can have two different things that also say more or less the same thing. 72 00:07:13.994 --> 00:07:18.044 But that's true in any language, right? 73 00:07:18.054 --> 00:07:25.532 You have more than one word that you can use to describe the same thing. 74 00:07:25.542 --> 00:07:29.769 Now, there's one important point to make. 75 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:43.005 So, say we understand that sheep represent people or Christians. 76 00:07:43.015 --> 00:07:43.660 Why? 77 00:07:43.670 --> 00:07:52.060 Is it because Christians are really hairy and wooly? 78 00:07:52.070 --> 00:07:58.201 No, but there's something about sheep. 79 00:07:58.211 --> 00:08:02.850 Who do Christians look up to? 80 00:08:04.569 --> 00:08:06.832 Who is their example? 81 00:08:06.842 --> 00:08:08.350 Christ, right? 82 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:15.449 That's why they're called Christians, because they look to Christ. 83 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.336 And what do sheep do? 84 00:08:19.346 --> 00:08:23.107 They're known for following, right? 85 00:08:23.117 --> 00:08:26.449 And so Christians follow Jesus. 86 00:08:26.459 --> 00:08:28.286 We follow Christ. 87 00:08:28.296 --> 00:08:31.480 And sheep follow the shepherd. 88 00:08:33.809 --> 00:08:41.681 So, it's important to understand that there's always something that connects. 89 00:08:41.691 --> 00:08:46.086 Something about the behavior of the animal. 90 00:08:46.096 --> 00:08:48.141 What about the fish? 91 00:08:48.151 --> 00:08:51.524 What relates to Christians there? 92 00:08:51.534 --> 00:08:53.129 About fishermen. 93 00:08:55.330 --> 00:09:02.164 Jesus told his disciples, I will make you fishers of men. 94 00:09:02.174 --> 00:09:06.251 So, what do you do as a fisherman? 95 00:09:06.261 --> 00:09:08.899 You catch fish, right? 96 00:09:08.909 --> 00:09:20.149 So, that's talking about especially the aspect that Christians have of reaching out to others. 97 00:09:23.490 --> 00:09:25.629 So, these are all things that are captured in there. 98 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:36.550 But it's very important to understand that when we're speaking in the language of pictures, 99 00:09:36.560 --> 00:09:47.210 it's never the case that everything about it is important for what we're trying to describe. 100 00:09:49.809 --> 00:10:01.862 There's other characteristics, but there's usually one thing or a few things that are important, 101 00:10:01.872 --> 00:10:08.014 and the rest is less important or not important. 102 00:10:08.024 --> 00:10:09.269 All right. 103 00:10:09.269 --> 00:10:14.370 So, these would represent like words in our language, right? 104 00:10:14.379 --> 00:10:19.394 But we want to put those words together to make a sentence. 105 00:10:19.404 --> 00:10:22.379 It's not enough just to know apple. 106 00:10:22.389 --> 00:10:26.440 You have to be able to put that into a sentence. 107 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:32.676 And one example of that. 108 00:10:32.686 --> 00:10:32.788 . 109 00:10:32.798 --> 00:10:32.899 . 110 00:10:32.909 --> 00:10:37.580 By the way, these would be called then a sign. 111 00:10:37.590 --> 00:10:47.032 In the heavenly language, when you have more than one symbol working together, that's a sign. 112 00:10:47.042 --> 00:10:51.460 So, let's look at an example from the Bible. 113 00:10:53.509 --> 00:10:57.852 And this comes from 2 Kings 13. 114 00:10:57.862 --> 00:11:09.347 And I put it on the screen in both languages so we can reference it there quickly. 115 00:11:09.357 --> 00:11:13.960 But this is a story about Elisha. 116 00:11:15.309 --> 00:11:18.524 And he was talking with the king of Israel. 117 00:11:18.534 --> 00:11:22.122 And so, he does a little demonstration with him. 118 00:11:22.132 --> 00:11:25.700 He takes him to the window with a bow and arrow. 119 00:11:27.340 --> 00:11:29.527 And he shoots the arrow. 120 00:11:29.537 --> 00:11:31.998 And then he says something. 121 00:11:32.008 --> 00:11:36.090 He says, the arrow of the Lord's deliverance. 122 00:11:38.529 --> 00:11:41.991 And the arrow of deliverance from Syria. 123 00:11:42.001 --> 00:11:45.376 So, he's saying, this is what it means. 124 00:11:45.386 --> 00:11:50.299 This arrow means you're going to be delivered from Syria. 125 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:57.009 And then, he takes him outside. 126 00:11:57.019 --> 00:12:04.457 He says, take the arrows and smite them on the ground. 127 00:12:04.467 --> 00:12:07.340 And so, the king did. 128 00:12:07.549 --> 00:12:12.964 He took the arrows and he struck the ground three times. 129 00:12:12.974 --> 00:12:15.488 Now, what would that mean? 130 00:12:15.498 --> 00:12:20.332 If you're taking arrows, he explained what it was. 131 00:12:20.342 --> 00:12:25.919 He said, this is the arrow of your deliverance from Syria. 132 00:12:26.980 --> 00:12:29.888 And he smote the ground. 133 00:12:29.898 --> 00:12:32.444 He struck the ground. 134 00:12:32.454 --> 00:12:39.100 And that would represent him striking his enemy, Syria. 135 00:12:39.340 --> 00:12:43.474 The land that he was fighting against. 136 00:12:43.484 --> 00:12:51.427 And then, the prophet was upset with him that he only did it three times. 137 00:12:51.437 --> 00:13:03.929 Because, if he did it more, five or six times, then that would represent how many times he would strike the nation. 138 00:13:05.870 --> 00:13:11.001 So, that's an example of the symbols in action. 139 00:13:11.011 --> 00:13:13.303 He was making a sign. 140 00:13:13.313 --> 00:13:17.769 He was speaking in the heavenly language. 141 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:24.806 By striking the land with the arrows of deliverance. 142 00:13:24.816 --> 00:13:25.986 All right. 143 00:13:25.996 --> 00:13:33.350 And we have symbols all the time in our lives, in our language. 144 00:13:35.490 --> 00:13:42.924 For example, here are a couple that we're accustomed to. 145 00:13:42.934 --> 00:13:48.244 What's the difference between these two? 146 00:13:48.254 --> 00:13:52.502 One has the person, what person? 147 00:13:52.512 --> 00:13:55.035 Jesus on the cross. 148 00:13:55.045 --> 00:14:00.049 And one is without Jesus on the cross. 149 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:02.914 So, what's the difference? 150 00:14:02.924 --> 00:14:05.219 They're both the cross? 151 00:14:05.229 --> 00:14:07.424 What do these tell us? 152 00:14:07.434 --> 00:14:09.630 What do they point to? 153 00:14:09.640 --> 00:14:13.531 Do they both point to the resurrection? 154 00:14:13.541 --> 00:14:19.080 If you're resurrected, that means you come back to life. 155 00:14:19.649 --> 00:14:23.356 He wasn't on the cross when he was resurrected. 156 00:14:23.366 --> 00:14:27.072 But, hanging on the cross, that points to when? 157 00:14:27.082 --> 00:14:28.659 When he died, right? 158 00:14:28.669 --> 00:14:34.080 So, these point to two times very close to each other in Jesus' life. 159 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:38.865 When he was dying for us. 160 00:14:38.875 --> 00:14:44.965 And afterward, when he was raised to life. 161 00:14:44.975 --> 00:14:52.350 And therefore, we like the one without Jesus there. 162 00:14:52.769 --> 00:14:58.041 Because it reminds us that he is alive. 163 00:14:58.051 --> 00:14:59.267 Even now. 164 00:14:59.277 --> 00:15:05.070 Whereas the other one celebrates his death. 165 00:15:05.529 --> 00:15:10.075 And that was very saddening for the disciples. 166 00:15:10.085 --> 00:15:11.666 And also for us. 167 00:15:11.676 --> 00:15:16.299 But the joy of the cross is in the empty cross. 168 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:27.793 Some other interesting symbols that maybe you don't recognize so often. 169 00:15:27.803 --> 00:15:31.695 These are kind of secret symbols. 170 00:15:31.705 --> 00:15:36.777 What do you notice in common between these? 171 00:15:36.787 --> 00:15:39.470 They're all stone, yes. 172 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:46.686 They're doing this funny little sign with their fingers. 173 00:15:46.696 --> 00:15:50.215 But notice, these are all very different. 174 00:15:50.225 --> 00:15:52.179 These aren't Christian. 175 00:15:52.529 --> 00:15:54.493 Okay, this one is Christian. 176 00:15:54.503 --> 00:15:56.255 That's a statue of Jesus. 177 00:15:56.265 --> 00:15:58.840 And there he's making this hand sign. 178 00:15:59.830 --> 00:16:00.841 Who's this? 179 00:16:00.851 --> 00:16:02.138 That's Buddha. 180 00:16:02.148 --> 00:16:04.355 And that's very ancient. 181 00:16:04.365 --> 00:16:06.450 Thousands of years old. 182 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:09.784 And yet he's doing the same sign. 183 00:16:09.794 --> 00:16:11.529 And then who's this? 184 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.494 Billy Goat. 185 00:16:12.504 --> 00:16:13.950 Billy Goat, yeah. 186 00:16:14.750 --> 00:16:17.432 That's Baphomet, they call him. 187 00:16:17.442 --> 00:16:19.692 Still doing the same sign. 188 00:16:19.701 --> 00:16:22.970 Now, I don't know what the sign means. 189 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:35.040 But it's interesting because it shows you that it's older than all of those together. 190 00:16:35.050 --> 00:16:39.414 The meaning, something very, very old. 191 00:16:39.424 --> 00:16:45.490 And that tells us that there is something in society. 192 00:16:45.490 --> 00:16:47.107 There's a language. 193 00:16:47.117 --> 00:16:50.011 Somebody is trying to communicate. 194 00:16:50.021 --> 00:16:52.639 Somebody knows what that means. 195 00:16:55.509 --> 00:16:59.735 And there is a kind of unity between those. 196 00:16:59.745 --> 00:17:07.605 So sometimes you can see from things like that who is really behind it, perhaps. 197 00:17:07.615 --> 00:17:12.410 Anyway, I'm not going to talk so much about that. 198 00:17:14.210 --> 00:17:17.163 But it's kind of interesting. 199 00:17:17.173 --> 00:17:22.877 But for us, we're more interested in what God is saying. 200 00:17:22.887 --> 00:17:26.839 This would be maybe what man is saying. 201 00:17:27.710 --> 00:17:30.113 Or maybe what the devil is saying. 202 00:17:30.123 --> 00:17:35.001 Because he was cast to the earth and he inspires people to do things. 203 00:17:35.011 --> 00:17:37.698 And it seems like there might be some. 204 00:17:37.708 --> 00:17:37.779 . 205 00:17:37.789 --> 00:17:37.859 . 206 00:17:37.869 --> 00:17:39.869 Yeah, it's a hidden language. 207 00:17:39.869 --> 00:17:43.400 There's some deception going on there. 208 00:17:43.410 --> 00:17:51.214 Normally we wouldn't make a connection between these three very different religions. 209 00:17:51.224 --> 00:17:57.150 So there's something secret, something deceptive going on there. 210 00:17:58.549 --> 00:18:05.278 But we want to see what God has to say and how he speaks. 211 00:18:05.288 --> 00:18:06.469 All right. 212 00:18:06.479 --> 00:18:13.069 So we can learn from nature, because God is the creator. 213 00:18:14.769 --> 00:18:20.058 And let's look at Genesis 1. 214 00:18:20.068 --> 00:18:22.523 And verse 14. 215 00:18:22.533 --> 00:18:24.611 Here we go. 216 00:18:24.621 --> 00:18:31.579 So this is the creation of the world. 217 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:40.975 And it's said that God made lights and divided the day and the night. 218 00:18:40.985 --> 00:18:49.131 And then he said, let them be for signs and for seasons and days and years. 219 00:18:49.141 --> 00:18:54.009 So this is about the lights in the firmament. 220 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:57.372 Or on this side. 221 00:18:57.382 --> 00:19:00.890 Which are the lights? 222 00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:02.236 Exactly. 223 00:19:02.246 --> 00:19:08.230 We have the sun that gives us light. 224 00:19:09.170 --> 00:19:13.728 We have the moon at night most of the time. 225 00:19:13.738 --> 00:19:16.071 And we have the stars. 226 00:19:16.081 --> 00:19:19.559 And those are for various things. 227 00:19:20.410 --> 00:19:24.686 For signs, that means they're for God speaking. 228 00:19:24.696 --> 00:19:29.610 He speaks with the stars, with the sun, with the moon. 229 00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:34.079 And they're also for what are these other things? 230 00:19:34.089 --> 00:19:35.970 Seasons, days, years. 231 00:19:36.410 --> 00:19:38.658 Those are measurements of what? 232 00:19:38.668 --> 00:19:39.031 Time. 233 00:19:39.041 --> 00:19:41.144 They're measurements of time. 234 00:19:41.154 --> 00:19:41.849 All right. 235 00:19:42.910 --> 00:19:46.739 So for time and for signs. 236 00:19:46.749 --> 00:19:47.485 Good. 237 00:19:47.495 --> 00:19:51.599 Let's also look at Psalm 19. 238 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:59.514 It says, the heavens declare the glory of God. 239 00:19:59.524 --> 00:20:01.140 The heavens. 240 00:20:01.150 --> 00:20:05.170 That means the sky, the stars. 241 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:11.325 I won't read everything. 242 00:20:11.335 --> 00:20:20.046 But it says, there's no speech or language where their voice is not heard. 243 00:20:20.056 --> 00:20:22.980 So everybody can hear it. 244 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:26.101 Because you can see it. 245 00:20:26.111 --> 00:20:31.159 If you see it, you don't have to know those words. 246 00:20:31.169 --> 00:20:33.369 You can understand it. 247 00:20:37.970 --> 00:20:39.292 All right. 248 00:20:39.302 --> 00:20:46.047 And verse 5 says, well, let me get that in context. 249 00:20:46.057 --> 00:20:56.220 He's talking about their language, the voice of the sun, the moon, the stars. 250 00:20:56.890 --> 00:21:02.022 But especially for the sun in this case. 251 00:21:02.032 --> 00:21:09.218 He's saying, in the heavens, he put a place for the sun. 252 00:21:09.228 --> 00:21:15.240 And then he says, the sun is like a bridegroom. 253 00:21:17.849 --> 00:21:21.799 So there he's saying what the word means. 254 00:21:21.809 --> 00:21:24.314 We see the sun in the sky. 255 00:21:24.324 --> 00:21:26.058 What does it mean? 256 00:21:26.068 --> 00:21:28.349 It means the bridegroom. 257 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:32.130 Who is the bridegroom? 258 00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:35.380 Jesus is the bridegroom. 259 00:21:35.390 --> 00:21:36.470 Exactly. 260 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:40.230 So the sun represents Jesus. 261 00:21:46.109 --> 00:21:50.827 Can a word mean, in our language, can a word mean more than one thing? 262 00:21:50.837 --> 00:21:51.174 Sure. 263 00:21:51.184 --> 00:21:51.521 Sure. 264 00:21:51.531 --> 00:21:55.680 Sometimes we have the same word and it means different things. 265 00:21:56.230 --> 00:22:01.437 And you know what it means based on how you use it. 266 00:22:01.447 --> 00:22:02.673 The context. 267 00:22:02.682 --> 00:22:05.420 Yeah, based on the context. 268 00:22:05.970 --> 00:22:12.534 So the bridegroom is one example of what the sun means. 269 00:22:12.544 --> 00:22:17.796 It doesn't mean it can't mean anything else. 270 00:22:17.806 --> 00:22:18.980 All right. 271 00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:31.854 So Jesus told us when his disciples asked him a question. 272 00:22:31.864 --> 00:22:35.955 Let me get the question. 273 00:22:35.965 --> 00:22:45.660 They were looking at the temple and how beautiful it was. 274 00:22:47.369 --> 00:22:52.914 And then Jesus said, they said, they were talking about the temple. 275 00:22:52.924 --> 00:22:58.468 It was beautiful with all these stones, precious stones and things. 276 00:22:58.478 --> 00:23:03.009 And then Jesus said something that really shocked them. 277 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:08.004 He said not one stone would be left on another. 278 00:23:08.014 --> 00:23:12.897 It means the whole place would be broken down and destroyed. 279 00:23:12.907 --> 00:23:15.980 And that really shocked the disciples. 280 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:18.839 And you can tell by their question. 281 00:23:18.849 --> 00:23:22.770 Then they're like, when is that going to happen? 282 00:23:22.780 --> 00:23:25.619 But they didn't ask just one thing. 283 00:23:26.410 --> 00:23:28.925 They said, when is that going to happen? 284 00:23:28.935 --> 00:23:31.011 And when is the end of the world? 285 00:23:31.021 --> 00:23:34.460 Because they thought that must be the end of the world. 286 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:43.595 And that's actually, I'm quoting that from Matthew. 287 00:23:43.605 --> 00:23:45.545 But here it's in Luke. 288 00:23:45.555 --> 00:23:50.559 It talks about what sign will there be when this happens. 289 00:23:54.400 --> 00:24:01.335 So they're expecting a sign for the end when this terrible thing would happen. 290 00:24:01.345 --> 00:24:02.234 All right. 291 00:24:02.244 --> 00:24:05.069 So Jesus answers their question. 292 00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:07.475 But Jesus knows better. 293 00:24:07.485 --> 00:24:12.558 He knows that when the temple would be destroyed was not the end of the world. 294 00:24:12.568 --> 00:24:15.410 So he actually answers their first question. 295 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:19.903 And then he answers their second question separately. 296 00:24:19.913 --> 00:24:24.336 And their second question was about what sign there would be. 297 00:24:24.346 --> 00:24:27.589 And then he tells them something interesting. 298 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:37.418 He says, when you see these things beginning to come to pass, what should you do? 299 00:24:37.428 --> 00:24:38.196 Look up. 300 00:24:38.206 --> 00:24:41.740 And what do you see when you look up? 301 00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.592 You see the sun. 302 00:24:46.602 --> 00:24:50.869 You see the moon, the stars, depending on what time of day it is. 303 00:24:52.170 --> 00:24:55.698 And what do those things tell us? 304 00:24:55.708 --> 00:24:56.671 The time. 305 00:24:56.681 --> 00:24:59.675 They tell us about the time. 306 00:24:59.685 --> 00:25:02.650 And also they give us signs. 307 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.222 All right. 308 00:25:04.232 --> 00:25:06.687 That's what we learned from Genesis. 309 00:25:06.697 --> 00:25:07.359 All right. 310 00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:10.468 Good. 311 00:25:10.478 --> 00:25:20.763 So when we look into heaven, let me go here. 312 00:25:20.773 --> 00:25:30.569 In Amos chapter 5, he's giving a prophecy. 313 00:25:30.569 --> 00:25:38.836 And he says, seek him, that is God, who made the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death. 314 00:25:38.846 --> 00:25:45.475 And he says some other things there, but I just want to focus on that first part. 315 00:25:45.485 --> 00:25:48.329 He makes the seven stars and Orion. 316 00:25:49.730 --> 00:25:52.274 What is Orion? 317 00:25:52.284 --> 00:25:54.646 Is it a star? 318 00:25:54.656 --> 00:25:55.383 Yes. 319 00:25:55.393 --> 00:25:55.938 No. 320 00:25:55.948 --> 00:26:00.269 Orion has several stars. 321 00:26:00.829 --> 00:26:03.331 What do we call that? 322 00:26:03.341 --> 00:26:05.842 It's a constellation. 323 00:26:05.852 --> 00:26:16.334 So here he's saying, seek or look after God, who makes the stars and the constellations. 324 00:26:16.344 --> 00:26:16.910 Okay. 325 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:25.127 So in fact, the word that is used there also means constellations. 326 00:26:25.137 --> 00:26:34.881 So in the heavens, there's lots and lots of different stars, and they're grouped into constellations. 327 00:26:34.891 --> 00:26:37.089 And those have meaning. 328 00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:39.822 They're like more words. 329 00:26:39.832 --> 00:26:45.390 And so, and Orion is just one constellation, but there are many others. 330 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:53.667 But how do you know what God is saying with those? 331 00:26:53.677 --> 00:26:54.227 Right? 332 00:26:54.237 --> 00:26:57.999 We need some way to point to them, right? 333 00:26:58.009 --> 00:27:01.190 Because they're there all the time. 334 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:10.927 So it's like you have a book full of words, but when you read it, you read line by line, right? 335 00:27:10.937 --> 00:27:15.279 So you need something to point to a specific place. 336 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:23.116 So what moves in the heavens that would serve to point? 337 00:27:23.126 --> 00:27:25.716 The stars, they stay put. 338 00:27:25.726 --> 00:27:28.710 They're the same every night. 339 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.934 Planets, okay? 340 00:27:32.944 --> 00:27:38.147 Planets, every night you look out, they moved a little bit. 341 00:27:38.157 --> 00:27:39.304 Also the sun. 342 00:27:39.314 --> 00:27:42.900 The sun is like a big bright star, right? 343 00:27:44.349 --> 00:27:54.680 But we can also, especially with the computers today, but even in ancient times, they knew about where it was in the sky. 344 00:27:56.960 --> 00:28:06.006 And so that's a big, because it's bright, it's a big bright pointer that says, look here. 345 00:28:06.016 --> 00:28:12.013 And that's kind of like where you're reading in God's book. 346 00:28:12.023 --> 00:28:13.019 All right. 347 00:28:15.289 --> 00:28:21.049 Now here's an interesting thing. 348 00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:25.379 In the Bible, let's see. 349 00:28:25.389 --> 00:28:30.589 Well, I'll come back to that. 350 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.634 Okay. 351 00:28:32.644 --> 00:28:39.878 But for now, let's look at what Jesus was saying in Matthew 24. 352 00:28:39.888 --> 00:28:54.910 This is the same story that I was just talking about before, where the disciples were asking him about the buildings of the temple. 353 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:03.096 And then they're like, when is that going to be that the temple will be destroyed? 354 00:29:03.106 --> 00:29:07.240 What's the sign of thy coming and the end of the world? 355 00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:13.765 And Jesus said to look up. 356 00:29:13.775 --> 00:29:20.546 But he also said something else that is interesting. 357 00:29:20.556 --> 00:29:22.750 Watch, therefore. 358 00:29:22.970 --> 00:29:24.570 This is part of his answer. 359 00:29:24.580 --> 00:29:27.010 It's just later down in the same chapter. 360 00:29:27.020 --> 00:29:27.890 He says, watch. 361 00:29:28.670 --> 00:29:30.755 And where do you watch? 362 00:29:30.765 --> 00:29:33.303 Which direction do you look? 363 00:29:33.313 --> 00:29:35.127 You watch the stars. 364 00:29:35.137 --> 00:29:36.769 You watch the sky. 365 00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:39.549 You watch the sun and the moon, 366 00:29:40.150 --> 00:29:46.418 to understand, what does he say you should understand? 367 00:29:46.428 --> 00:29:53.973 Watch, therefore, for you know not what hour your Lord does come. 368 00:29:53.983 --> 00:29:55.144 All right? 369 00:29:55.154 --> 00:29:57.329 So why do we watch? 370 00:29:58.789 --> 00:30:01.213 Because we don't know the time. 371 00:30:01.223 --> 00:30:04.350 Now, isn't that why you look at a clock? 372 00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:06.315 You say, what time is it? 373 00:30:06.325 --> 00:30:09.218 Oh, and then you get the time, right? 374 00:30:09.228 --> 00:30:11.690 So the clock tells you the time. 375 00:30:11.849 --> 00:30:14.437 It answers your question. 376 00:30:14.447 --> 00:30:20.141 If you know the time, do you need to look at the watch? 377 00:30:20.151 --> 00:30:20.461 No. 378 00:30:20.471 --> 00:30:31.000 So Jesus says, watch, look at these timekeepers, because you don't know what hour your Lord is coming. 379 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:36.482 Now, what happens when you watch? 380 00:30:36.492 --> 00:30:38.122 What do you see? 381 00:30:38.132 --> 00:30:39.864 You see the hour. 382 00:30:39.874 --> 00:30:41.606 You see the time. 383 00:30:41.616 --> 00:30:42.635 All right? 384 00:30:42.645 --> 00:30:46.059 So many people misunderstand this. 385 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:50.249 They think, oh, you have to look. 386 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:59.341 They think it's just poetic that you wait for Jesus to come, and you're looking every day. 387 00:30:59.351 --> 00:31:05.890 But they don't really believe that they will understand the time. 388 00:31:07.650 --> 00:31:17.200 But Jesus says, the reason you watch is because you don't know the time, and therefore you will. 389 00:31:17.210 --> 00:31:21.687 And he even clarifies that in the next verse. 390 00:31:21.697 --> 00:31:25.160 He gives a little example, a story. 391 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:41.690 He says, know this, that if the good man of the house you know, the owner of a house, if he knew when the thief was going to come, 392 00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.829 what would he do? 393 00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:47.781 What would you do if you knew a thief was going to come tonight at 2 a. 394 00:31:47.791 --> 00:31:47.897 m. 395 00:31:47.907 --> 00:31:47.940 ? 396 00:31:49.289 --> 00:31:52.295 You're going to be standing at your door. 397 00:31:52.305 --> 00:31:53.184 Where is he? 398 00:31:53.194 --> 00:31:53.854 You know? 399 00:31:53.864 --> 00:31:55.550 You would watch, right? 400 00:31:55.560 --> 00:32:03.289 And then when the thief comes, you're not going to let him break your house, break into your house, right? 401 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:08.020 That's the point of watching. 402 00:32:08.030 --> 00:32:15.849 When we watch, when we see the signs in heaven, we learn the time so that he doesn't surprise us. 403 00:32:15.890 --> 00:32:24.382 When Jesus comes, he won't come for us, he won't come like a thief, because we're going to be expecting him, because we know the time. 404 00:32:24.392 --> 00:32:26.220 That's the point of watching. 405 00:32:35.930 --> 00:32:50.711 Yes, he says, I don't want to lose my place to find it on the screen, but that's when he says, he gives a blessing, and then he says, 406 00:32:50.721 --> 00:32:52.490 I come quickly. 407 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:59.269 Can someone read it for me? 408 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:03.127 Read it in Spanish. 409 00:33:03.137 --> 00:33:17.317 Yeah, so that's another example of Jesus calling us to watch, as well. 410 00:33:17.327 --> 00:33:18.309 Good. 411 00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.953 And it's about the thief. 412 00:33:19.963 --> 00:33:25.825 Jesus relates it again to the thief, and says, if you're watching, he won't come as a thief. 413 00:33:25.835 --> 00:33:27.089 You will expect him. 414 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:30.907 Could you show us verse 44? 415 00:33:30.917 --> 00:33:31.459 Sure. 416 00:33:31.469 --> 00:33:40.794 Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man comes. 417 00:33:40.804 --> 00:33:44.569 So, again, it's the same principle. 418 00:33:45.529 --> 00:33:46.846 He's comparing watch. 419 00:33:46.856 --> 00:33:54.754 He says, watch, because you don't know the hour, and then here he says, be ready, for the same reason, because you don't know. 420 00:33:54.764 --> 00:33:56.750 You're not going to expect that. 421 00:33:57.589 --> 00:34:00.920 So, it's important to watch the whole time. 422 00:34:00.930 --> 00:34:10.533 And it's not, okay, one time you've seen on the watch, okay, now I know the time, and then it's just, I can just look it up. 423 00:34:10.543 --> 00:34:11.530 Right, right. 424 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:15.677 But remember the disciples' question. 425 00:34:15.687 --> 00:34:25.229 In the beginning, if we look back at their question, they asked him, when shall these things be? 426 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:31.679 So they asked about the time, when the temple would be destroyed. 427 00:34:32.090 --> 00:34:38.764 And they also asked, what shall be the sign of thy coming? 428 00:34:38.774 --> 00:34:43.607 What's another way you would express that? 429 00:34:43.617 --> 00:34:47.280 Yeah, when would you come, okay. 430 00:34:48.860 --> 00:35:01.016 And we look to his clock, we look to the heavens with the sun, the moon, and the stars, to learn that time, to see the sign of his coming. 431 00:35:01.026 --> 00:35:02.700 They expect a sign. 432 00:35:02.710 --> 00:35:04.539 They expected a sign. 433 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:16.026 They knew there would be a sign that says, okay, when you see this, I'm coming. 434 00:35:16.036 --> 00:35:27.866 And Jesus also pointed that out, when he said, I think it's around 30, yes, thank you. 435 00:35:27.876 --> 00:35:31.570 Then shall appear the sign. 436 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.556 That's what they were looking for. 437 00:35:34.566 --> 00:35:36.952 They were looking for the sign. 438 00:35:36.962 --> 00:35:45.639 He talks about some signs that they would see in heaven, the sun would be darkened, like an eclipse, for example. 439 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:49.710 The moon wouldn't give her light. 440 00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:55.236 And all these things in the heavens would be happening. 441 00:35:55.246 --> 00:35:59.639 And then would appear what they asked about. 442 00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:02.428 What is the sign of your coming? 443 00:36:02.438 --> 00:36:06.220 Then would appear the sign of the Son of Man. 444 00:36:06.230 --> 00:36:11.420 So the sign of the Son of Man is the answer to their question. 445 00:36:12.090 --> 00:36:14.169 What is the sign of thy coming? 446 00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:18.003 They could have said, what is the sign of the Son of Man? 447 00:36:18.013 --> 00:36:21.079 And Jesus said, you need to look up and watch. 448 00:36:22.289 --> 00:36:27.030 And that means, and be ready, yeah, look up to heaven, and it's going to appear. 449 00:36:27.570 --> 00:36:33.104 Yeah, Jesus said, the sign will appear, the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. 450 00:36:33.114 --> 00:36:42.519 So he made it clear, this isn't going to be an earthly sign, those will happen also, but it's something that will happen in heaven. 451 00:36:44.699 --> 00:36:52.324 So that means, we need to acquaint ourselves with God's language in the heavens, so that we understand, 452 00:36:52.334 --> 00:36:55.359 what does it mean that the sun is there, 453 00:36:55.369 --> 00:36:57.357 and the planets are there, 454 00:36:57.367 --> 00:36:58.320 or whatever. 455 00:36:58.469 --> 00:37:00.550 You know, we need to understand those things. 456 00:37:02.269 --> 00:37:08.962 So that we can know when Jesus will come, and then, because he comes as a thief, and if we're not waiting for him, 457 00:37:08.972 --> 00:37:11.427 if we're not standing at the door saying, 458 00:37:11.437 --> 00:37:12.543 when is he coming? 459 00:37:12.553 --> 00:37:13.599 when is he coming? 460 00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:20.176 Then he's going to come when we're asleep, and he breaks into the house, that's not a good thing. 461 00:37:20.186 --> 00:37:22.659 You don't want Jesus to break into your house. 462 00:37:23.949 --> 00:37:27.857 It's never good to have a thief break into your house. 463 00:37:27.867 --> 00:37:33.076 You want to be waiting for him, and then, he comes actually as a friend. 464 00:37:33.086 --> 00:37:33.789 All right. 465 00:37:36.090 --> 00:37:48.000 So, let me look at a couple of examples from the heavens that we have seen. 466 00:37:48.010 --> 00:37:55.791 And I think it illustrates very nicely the point. 467 00:37:55.801 --> 00:38:02.471 So, one, here is one place in the heavens. 468 00:38:02.481 --> 00:38:06.451 What are we seeing there? 469 00:38:06.461 --> 00:38:09.280 Let me explain it. 470 00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:14.900 So, this line is the path of the sun. 471 00:38:14.910 --> 00:38:25.230 Every day, the sun moves a little bit further along in the sky, and it goes like that. 472 00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:28.699 In this picture, there it is. 473 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.678 So, this would be in the broad daylight. 474 00:38:30.688 --> 00:38:33.881 If you actually physically looked out there, you wouldn't see anything. 475 00:38:33.891 --> 00:38:35.309 It would just be the bright sky. 476 00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:51.495 But, because we have the computer with the star program that shows us the stars, then we can see exactly where the sun is. 477 00:38:51.505 --> 00:38:55.635 And then, these are constellations. 478 00:38:55.646 --> 00:39:00.699 You can see we've just connected the lines. 479 00:39:02.670 --> 00:39:05.258 These are very ancient. 480 00:39:05.268 --> 00:39:09.433 These have been known from old times. 481 00:39:09.443 --> 00:39:11.449 Oh, this is Virgo. 482 00:39:12.429 --> 00:39:14.264 This is Leo. 483 00:39:14.274 --> 00:39:20.390 There's 12 of them around the whole sky. 484 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.909 All right. 485 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:30.329 So, this is what the sky looked like at a particular date. 486 00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:37.041 This was several years ago in 2017, and it was really popular. 487 00:39:37.051 --> 00:39:46.219 Many people saw this, and the reason they saw that is because of what the Bible says. 488 00:39:49.090 --> 00:39:55.808 There appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun. 489 00:39:55.818 --> 00:40:04.349 So, there was the constellation of Virgo, who is a woman, and she's clothed with the sun. 490 00:40:05.090 --> 00:40:11.889 So, the sun was in Virgo, and the moon was under her feet. 491 00:40:12.309 --> 00:40:16.043 So, this is describing a particular point in time. 492 00:40:16.053 --> 00:40:22.847 When the sun was in Virgo, the moon is at her feet, and on her head is a crown of 12 stars. 493 00:40:22.857 --> 00:40:25.599 So, let's look at that picture again. 494 00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:30.031 Here's the sun, okay, in Virgo. 495 00:40:30.041 --> 00:40:32.097 It's like her clothing. 496 00:40:32.107 --> 00:40:42.818 Remember, if you were actually to look at this, she's so clothed you don't see anything, because the sun is very bright, 497 00:40:42.828 --> 00:40:45.050 and it hides everything. 498 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:49.399 But there's the moon at her feet, okay? 499 00:40:49.409 --> 00:40:52.473 Now, there's some other things here. 500 00:40:52.483 --> 00:41:01.660 Jupiter there, that has other meaning, but for the sign, the sun is like her clothing, the moon at her feet, 501 00:41:01.670 --> 00:41:04.889 and what about the crown of 12 stars? 502 00:41:07.670 --> 00:41:10.390 Here are the stars of Leo. 503 00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:13.110 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 504 00:41:14.570 --> 00:41:21.920 So, normally, you know, the sun comes to Virgo every year, and the moon every month. 505 00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:34.124 So, at least one or two times every year, at least once every year, you're going to have the sun in Virgo and the moon at her feet, 506 00:41:34.134 --> 00:41:35.088 every year. 507 00:41:35.098 --> 00:41:36.384 Nothing special. 508 00:41:36.394 --> 00:41:40.070 But, normally, there's only nine stars in Leo. 509 00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:48.432 But at this time, there's Venus, Mars, and Mercury, three planets. 510 00:41:48.442 --> 00:41:50.040 Those ones move. 511 00:41:50.050 --> 00:41:58.320 And so, when you would look at this, then you say, okay, nine stars in their place. 512 00:41:58.909 --> 00:42:03.843 But then three have come into their place, and nine plus three is what? 513 00:42:03.853 --> 00:42:04.329 Twelve. 514 00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:12.249 So, there is the crown, and, of course, the crown is on the head. 515 00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:16.281 So, there's the crown of 12 stars. 516 00:42:16.291 --> 00:42:21.239 And this fulfills that verse in the Bible. 517 00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:25.637 It's describing that particular date. 518 00:42:25.647 --> 00:42:29.765 It's a date that is written in that verse. 519 00:42:29.775 --> 00:42:34.559 That's what the heavenly language is pointing to. 520 00:42:39.150 --> 00:42:39.487 Yes. 521 00:42:39.497 --> 00:42:44.805 It's so rare that the planets would come directly at that time. 522 00:42:44.815 --> 00:42:49.429 It's so rare, it wouldn't happen in thousands of years. 523 00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:54.733 And, of course, you can check that also. 524 00:42:54.743 --> 00:42:57.715 So, many, many people saw that. 525 00:42:57.725 --> 00:43:01.059 It was a big thing in Christianity. 526 00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:09.548 And everybody was so excited, they were like, oh, what could that mean? 527 00:43:09.558 --> 00:43:11.821 It must mean the rapture. 528 00:43:11.831 --> 00:43:15.724 And so everybody was expecting the rapture. 529 00:43:15.734 --> 00:43:16.610 Except us. 530 00:43:18.130 --> 00:43:20.084 And why not us? 531 00:43:20.094 --> 00:43:23.090 Because we had a clock. 532 00:43:23.100 --> 00:43:26.096 We had the Orion clock. 533 00:43:26.106 --> 00:43:32.199 And in the Orion clock, here's the Orion clock. 534 00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:36.273 It was our trumpet cycle. 535 00:43:36.283 --> 00:43:38.832 These are trumpets. 536 00:43:38.842 --> 00:43:42.309 I just drew them that way. 537 00:43:42.610 --> 00:43:45.369 But this is the constellation of Orion. 538 00:43:45.379 --> 00:43:51.170 You can see the three stars in the middle, and then the four stars on the outside. 539 00:43:54.420 --> 00:44:05.475 And I won't go into detail about how we came to that, but every star, and this one is along the line of the belt, 540 00:44:05.485 --> 00:44:08.900 every star corresponded to a date. 541 00:44:10.530 --> 00:44:14.288 And that was part of the trumpets of Revelation. 542 00:44:14.298 --> 00:44:18.762 Because there's a series of seven trumpets in Revelation. 543 00:44:18.772 --> 00:44:22.590 And so we understood when they would be sounding. 544 00:44:26.530 --> 00:44:30.044 And this was September 23rd. 545 00:44:30.054 --> 00:44:31.309 This sign. 546 00:44:31.319 --> 00:44:38.829 And we knew that that was in the time of the fourth trumpet. 547 00:44:40.449 --> 00:44:40.979 Right? 548 00:44:40.989 --> 00:44:42.314 September 14th. 549 00:44:42.324 --> 00:44:48.506 So it was a little bit after the beginning of the fourth trumpet time. 550 00:44:48.516 --> 00:44:52.460 So we knew there was still more time to come. 551 00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:56.524 It wasn't going to be the rapture. 552 00:44:56.534 --> 00:44:59.155 Now, that's nice, but we. 553 00:44:59.165 --> 00:44:59.270 . 554 00:44:59.280 --> 00:44:59.384 . 555 00:44:59.394 --> 00:45:06.628 One thing that's important is we need to have not just a random idea. 556 00:45:06.638 --> 00:45:11.829 See, that's the problem with most of Christianity. 557 00:45:11.829 --> 00:45:17.058 They saw the sign, and they said, wow, that never happened before. 558 00:45:17.068 --> 00:45:18.890 It must be the rapture. 559 00:45:18.900 --> 00:45:25.059 But there was nothing in the Bible to directly say that should be the rapture. 560 00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:33.176 We understood that it was in the fourth trumpet time. 561 00:45:33.186 --> 00:45:44.174 Now, look what happens when you compare what we see here, where the sign is described with the sun, the moon, and the stars. 562 00:45:44.184 --> 00:45:47.619 And then we look at the fourth trumpet. 563 00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:55.089 What does the Bible say about the fourth trumpet? 564 00:45:55.099 --> 00:46:08.491 Here in Revelation chapter 8, verse 12, the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and the third part of what? 565 00:46:08.501 --> 00:46:09.522 The sun. 566 00:46:09.532 --> 00:46:13.486 And the third part of the moon. 567 00:46:13.496 --> 00:46:17.409 And the third part of the star. 568 00:46:17.489 --> 00:46:26.266 So in this trumpet, it's talking about the sun, the moon, the stars, just like it was with the woman. 569 00:46:26.276 --> 00:46:28.275 So it's a relationship. 570 00:46:28.285 --> 00:46:39.039 It shows, hey, there's something similar between this trumpet time frame and this woman sign that's in that same time frame. 571 00:46:40.789 --> 00:46:48.780 That's a relationship that we can see because we have the clock, the Orion clock. 572 00:46:48.790 --> 00:46:51.739 But there's a little bit more. 573 00:46:53.940 --> 00:47:08.918 In the next verse, still of the trumpet, he says, I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven and saying with a loud voice, woe, 574 00:47:08.928 --> 00:47:09.469 woe, 575 00:47:09.479 --> 00:47:10.019 woe. 576 00:47:10.170 --> 00:47:22.056 And this woman, by the way, in the previous picture, in the Bible, it describes her as being pregnant. 577 00:47:22.066 --> 00:47:25.562 And she's about to give birth. 578 00:47:25.572 --> 00:47:32.097 And what does a woman do when she's going to give birth? 579 00:47:32.107 --> 00:47:33.010 Exactly. 580 00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:39.186 There are woes, there's pain, birth pains. 581 00:47:39.196 --> 00:47:45.393 So you can see how this time frame of the fourth trumpet, 582 00:47:45.403 --> 00:47:56.264 the description of it in the Bible is very similar or compatible with this sign that everybody saw. 583 00:47:56.274 --> 00:48:00.059 So the two need to be put together. 584 00:48:02.929 --> 00:48:08.926 The Christian world saw the sign of the woman, but they didn't have the clock. 585 00:48:08.936 --> 00:48:12.165 Only we had the clock to go with the sign. 586 00:48:12.175 --> 00:48:16.000 And unfortunately, many people dismissed the sign. 587 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:19.473 They said, ah, it wasn't the rapture. 588 00:48:19.483 --> 00:48:21.735 It was just imagination. 589 00:48:21.745 --> 00:48:23.039 But it wasn't. 590 00:48:23.349 --> 00:48:25.725 It was really, truly the sign. 591 00:48:25.735 --> 00:48:29.932 But it needed to be understood in terms of the clock. 592 00:48:29.942 --> 00:48:36.019 Only those who were watching, who would know the time, could understand that. 593 00:48:41.619 --> 00:48:42.582 All right. 594 00:48:42.592 --> 00:48:50.096 There are some other things that I wanted to talk about, but for another time. 595 00:48:50.106 --> 00:48:57.880 But the big question that the disciples had was about the sign of the Son of Man. 596 00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:11.474 And because we have been watching, we've been looking at the stars, and comparing that to the Bible. 597 00:49:11.484 --> 00:49:13.745 That's the important thing. 598 00:49:13.755 --> 00:49:20.099 You know, you can read the daily horoscope, and that's looking at the stars. 599 00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:25.693 But it's just imagination as to what that means. 600 00:49:25.703 --> 00:49:27.952 We need it from the Bible. 601 00:49:27.962 --> 00:49:31.489 Otherwise, it tends to be just astrology. 602 00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:39.751 If you just make up stuff, you can imagine, you know, you have a lion and a woman. 603 00:49:39.761 --> 00:49:42.866 You can imagine a story behind that. 604 00:49:42.876 --> 00:49:44.150 But it's silly. 605 00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:49.615 It's just, that would be like reading the horoscope. 606 00:49:49.625 --> 00:49:55.611 But we have the Bible, and the Bible tells us what the signs mean. 607 00:49:55.621 --> 00:49:59.409 It's a lot like putting together a puzzle. 608 00:50:00.730 --> 00:50:03.569 You know the jigsaw puzzles? 609 00:50:03.579 --> 00:50:08.345 You find where the piece goes, and you do that. 610 00:50:08.355 --> 00:50:14.338 That's how, especially the Revelation, that's how it works. 611 00:50:14.348 --> 00:50:18.070 This sign is one piece of the puzzle. 612 00:50:18.150 --> 00:50:23.650 Now we understand where Revelation 12:1, what it points to. 613 00:50:23.660 --> 00:50:26.270 We have that piece in place. 614 00:50:26.280 --> 00:50:32.880 And this gives us confidence in that, because we see that relationship. 615 00:50:34.369 --> 00:50:37.125 So we know, yes, that was right. 616 00:50:37.135 --> 00:50:42.734 We weren't just imagining things, because it fits with the clock. 617 00:50:42.744 --> 00:50:48.150 The clock and the Bible, and what it says, it fits it together. 618 00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:59.112 So let me skip forward some, sadly, to another sign. 619 00:50:59.122 --> 00:51:04.576 Now this is the sign of the Son of Man. 620 00:51:04.586 --> 00:51:10.860 This is what the disciples were asking about. 621 00:51:14.159 --> 00:51:20.995 Now, this is very different, because we're looking at something else. 622 00:51:21.005 --> 00:51:22.689 It's not the sun. 623 00:51:22.699 --> 00:51:24.760 It's not the planets. 624 00:51:27.489 --> 00:51:28.817 What is this? 625 00:51:28.827 --> 00:51:32.094 Where did these lines come from? 626 00:51:32.104 --> 00:51:33.635 They're comets. 627 00:51:33.645 --> 00:51:35.279 What is a comet? 628 00:51:35.289 --> 00:51:36.106 A comet. 629 00:51:36.116 --> 00:51:36.218 . 630 00:51:36.228 --> 00:51:36.330 . 631 00:51:36.340 --> 00:51:42.364 Okay, when you look at a comet, it looks a lot like a star. 632 00:51:42.374 --> 00:51:45.969 They're even called stars sometimes. 633 00:51:46.909 --> 00:51:49.086 They're a little bit fuzzy. 634 00:51:49.096 --> 00:51:51.514 They have a cloud around them. 635 00:51:51.524 --> 00:51:56.179 And remember, Jesus said he would be coming in the clouds. 636 00:51:58.150 --> 00:52:03.501 So the comets, they're like a star with a cloud. 637 00:52:03.511 --> 00:52:12.653 And these lines, that's showing us the path of the comet, how it moves in the sky. 638 00:52:12.663 --> 00:52:16.880 There are two comets we're looking at. 639 00:52:18.480 --> 00:52:27.609 One comes from the clock, and it goes this way, and then comes down to the head of Orion. 640 00:52:27.619 --> 00:52:30.697 What's the name of this clock? 641 00:52:30.707 --> 00:52:33.579 The Horologium, it's called. 642 00:52:33.589 --> 00:52:37.150 Or in Spanish, it's just the reloj. 643 00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:51.393 The other comet comes the opposite direction from the river and travels to the clock. 644 00:52:51.403 --> 00:53:04.447 Now you remember the Orion constellation, this is the clock that told us when the woman sign fits. 645 00:53:04.457 --> 00:53:05.255 Right? 646 00:53:05.265 --> 00:53:08.429 So this is a clock also. 647 00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:14.943 So we have a clock on one side, and we have a clock on the other side. 648 00:53:14.953 --> 00:53:19.516 In fact, many people since ancient times have seen this. 649 00:53:19.526 --> 00:53:23.010 It has the shape kind of like an hourglass. 650 00:53:25.250 --> 00:53:27.607 So it is very much a literal clock. 651 00:53:27.617 --> 00:53:30.446 It's like an hourglass, draining the sand. 652 00:53:30.456 --> 00:53:36.230 You can even see some of the sand draining down into the bottom part of the hourglass. 653 00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:47.140 So this is also about the time, specifically about the end of the world. 654 00:53:47.150 --> 00:54:05.263 Now, if you look at the shape of that, because God uses shapes, he draws, and this is his artwork, if you will, the path of the comets. 655 00:54:05.273 --> 00:54:08.224 What do you see there? 656 00:54:08.234 --> 00:54:10.619 It's not an apple. 657 00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:13.049 A fish. 658 00:54:13.059 --> 00:54:20.079 Yeah, it looks a lot like a fish. 659 00:54:20.089 --> 00:54:24.344 What kind of a fish? 660 00:54:24.354 --> 00:54:27.090 Like a whale. 661 00:54:28.159 --> 00:54:30.397 It looks a lot like a whale. 662 00:54:30.407 --> 00:54:36.561 It's got that big body, and then you can imagine the fin kind of being there. 663 00:54:36.571 --> 00:54:38.389 Yeah, you can see that. 664 00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:40.268 A smiling whale. 665 00:54:40.278 --> 00:54:42.505 That smiling one, even. 666 00:54:42.515 --> 00:54:46.290 But okay, is that just our imagination? 667 00:54:46.300 --> 00:54:49.882 Did Jesus say anything about a whale? 668 00:54:49.892 --> 00:54:56.668 Is there any Bible story that comes to mind when you think of a whale? 669 00:54:56.678 --> 00:54:58.323 What about Jonah? 670 00:54:58.333 --> 00:55:00.210 Jonah and the whale. 671 00:55:00.210 --> 00:55:06.004 It's a common Bible story, especially for children. 672 00:55:06.014 --> 00:55:14.639 Did Jesus say anything about that in relation to the sign of the Son of Man? 673 00:55:18.679 --> 00:55:20.027 Yes, thank you. 674 00:55:20.037 --> 00:55:25.960 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly, 675 00:55:25.970 --> 00:55:33.320 so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 676 00:55:35.030 --> 00:55:50.587 So this was talking about the sign that Jesus would experience at the cross, but it has a greater significance also because it points. 677 00:55:50.597 --> 00:55:50.713 . 678 00:55:50.723 --> 00:55:50.820 . 679 00:55:53.389 --> 00:56:00.431 He prefaces it saying, an evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, 680 00:56:00.441 --> 00:56:07.286 but there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah. 681 00:56:07.296 --> 00:56:12.114 So he's saying Jonah and the whale, that was a sign. 682 00:56:12.124 --> 00:56:14.050 And he connects that. 683 00:56:14.050 --> 00:56:18.135 He says an evil and adulterous generation. 684 00:56:18.146 --> 00:56:21.356 Does that explain our generation? 685 00:56:21.366 --> 00:56:22.436 I think so. 686 00:56:22.446 --> 00:56:27.670 I would say this is an evil and adulterous generation. 687 00:56:28.010 --> 00:56:31.509 We live in a time that that accurately describes us. 688 00:56:31.519 --> 00:56:31.855 Amen. 689 00:56:31.865 --> 00:56:34.469 Not us, hopefully, but this generation. 690 00:56:37.489 --> 00:56:44.919 And he connects that with the sign of the prophet Jonah. 691 00:56:44.929 --> 00:56:46.256 All right. 692 00:56:46.266 --> 00:56:46.909 Sure. 693 00:56:47.039 --> 00:56:59.878 It connects also to the time, but it relates the shape, it relates this whale to the sign of Jesus' coming, of the end of the world, 694 00:56:59.888 --> 00:57:05.130 because it's that last generation that has this sign. 695 00:57:06.550 --> 00:57:07.529 All right. 696 00:57:07.539 --> 00:57:15.760 So that tells us that it's not just our imagination that God drew this like a whale. 697 00:57:17.670 --> 00:57:18.287 Okay. 698 00:57:18.297 --> 00:57:35.213 There's a lot more to that, but I don't have time for everything, but I just want to point out one key aspect, and that is in Revelation, 699 00:57:35.223 --> 00:57:38.423 Jesus identifies himself. 700 00:57:38.433 --> 00:57:41.130 Chapter 1 and verse 8. 701 00:57:44.269 --> 00:57:50.509 If Jesus wanted to say, this is my sign, how would he do that? 702 00:57:50.519 --> 00:58:01.684 Normally, in ancient times, when they wanted to say, this is mine, they had a little ring called a signet ring, 703 00:58:01.694 --> 00:58:09.429 and they would have some symbol or their initials or something on that ring. 704 00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:16.159 And they would press that into wax, and they would seal whatever it was that they wanted to claim as their own. 705 00:58:17.139 --> 00:58:24.851 So it was kind of like a little signature on whatever they put that on. 706 00:58:24.861 --> 00:58:29.423 And Jesus says here, I am Alpha and Omega. 707 00:58:29.433 --> 00:58:30.500 All right. 708 00:58:30.760 --> 00:58:37.281 We don't need to read the whole thing, but he says, I am Alpha and Omega. 709 00:58:37.291 --> 00:58:39.435 What is Alpha and Omega? 710 00:58:39.445 --> 00:58:39.981 Right. 711 00:58:39.991 --> 00:58:42.820 They're letters in the alphabet. 712 00:58:44.000 --> 00:58:46.860 This was written in Greek. 713 00:58:46.870 --> 00:58:52.590 That was the language that was common in Jesus' day. 714 00:58:52.600 --> 00:58:56.560 So what did those letters look like? 715 00:58:56.570 --> 00:59:05.230 And if we actually look at the Greek manuscript, this is what Greek looks like. 716 00:59:07.820 --> 00:59:08.928 Very different. 717 00:59:08.938 --> 00:59:13.891 But this is what the Bible, the New Testament, was translated from. 718 00:59:13.901 --> 00:59:22.900 This was the original Greek, and it was translated into English, into German, into Spanish, into many different languages. 719 00:59:25.199 --> 00:59:26.379 All right. 720 00:59:26.389 --> 00:59:35.473 So looking at verse 8, right at the beginning, it said, I am Alpha and Omega. 721 00:59:35.483 --> 00:59:38.432 This says, ego, that's I. 722 00:59:38.442 --> 00:59:40.300 eimi, that's am. 723 00:59:40.940 --> 00:59:44.378 And then to is the. 724 00:59:44.389 --> 00:59:45.474 Alpha. 725 00:59:45.485 --> 00:59:46.369 Okay. 726 00:59:47.940 --> 00:59:49.824 and the Omega. 727 00:59:49.834 --> 00:59:51.987 Alpha and Omega. 728 00:59:51.997 --> 00:59:53.209 See that? 729 00:59:53.219 --> 00:59:56.150 So it's just a letter. 730 00:59:57.280 --> 01:00:03.560 And they wrote out the word because we don't have Alpha as a letter. 731 01:00:03.570 --> 01:00:07.726 But it's just a letter in the original Greek. 732 01:00:07.736 --> 01:00:08.639 All right. 733 01:00:09.050 --> 01:00:11.332 Kind of like a W. 734 01:00:11.342 --> 01:00:16.712 And it looks a lot like an A, lowercase. 735 01:00:16.722 --> 01:00:18.065 All right. 736 01:00:18.075 --> 01:00:28.949 So if Jesus wanted to tell us that this sign belonged to him, how would he do it? 737 01:00:28.959 --> 01:00:35.230 We should expect to see his signature in there. 738 01:00:37.349 --> 01:00:40.581 And that's exactly what we see. 739 01:00:40.591 --> 01:00:42.467 There's the Alpha. 740 01:00:42.477 --> 01:00:43.500 All right. 741 01:00:44.369 --> 01:00:47.112 You see the shape of that? 742 01:00:47.122 --> 01:00:49.442 And there's the Omega. 743 01:00:49.452 --> 01:00:51.245 Has both of them. 744 01:00:51.255 --> 01:00:52.280 All right. 745 01:00:52.639 --> 01:00:57.468 So together, they are the Alpha and Omega. 746 01:00:57.478 --> 01:00:59.892 It's like a monogram. 747 01:00:59.902 --> 01:01:05.400 This is his signet ring that says, this is mine. 748 01:01:05.480 --> 01:01:07.189 This is my sign. 749 01:01:07.199 --> 01:01:10.940 This is the sign of the Son of Man. 750 01:01:10.950 --> 01:01:18.090 And he presses his signet ring with that Alpha and Omega signature. 751 01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:21.445 Yes. 752 01:01:21.455 --> 01:01:28.082 There are many different symbols inside also, and around. 753 01:01:28.092 --> 01:01:31.559 It says many different things. 754 01:01:31.909 --> 01:01:34.567 Many different things. 755 01:01:34.577 --> 01:01:42.791 But I just want to point out that he signs it with his own initials. 756 01:01:42.802 --> 01:01:43.989 All right. 757 01:01:47.820 --> 01:01:50.752 Lastly, what are initials? 758 01:01:50.762 --> 01:01:59.222 If you were to use initials to sign something, what initials would you use? 759 01:01:59.232 --> 01:02:02.052 Just any random initials? 760 01:02:02.062 --> 01:02:02.965 You use. 761 01:02:02.975 --> 01:02:03.088 . 762 01:02:03.098 --> 01:02:03.210 . 763 01:02:03.220 --> 01:02:06.830 No, my first name and last name. 764 01:02:06.840 --> 01:02:07.742 Exactly. 765 01:02:07.752 --> 01:02:10.380 It comes from your name. 766 01:02:10.980 --> 01:02:12.942 It's about who you are. 767 01:02:12.952 --> 01:02:15.427 So my initials would be R, D. 768 01:02:15.437 --> 01:02:18.680 That's my first name and my last name. 769 01:02:18.690 --> 01:02:21.050 So the first letter of each. 770 01:02:22.329 --> 01:02:36.590 So that means that in the language of heaven, Jesus' name, his first name, should start with an A, or an Alpha, 771 01:02:36.600 --> 01:02:42.500 and his last name should start with an Omega. 772 01:02:45.860 --> 01:02:54.677 How can we understand that in the heavenly symbolism? 773 01:02:54.687 --> 01:02:56.350 All right. 774 01:02:56.360 --> 01:02:57.359 If we. 775 01:02:57.369 --> 01:02:57.535 . 776 01:02:57.545 --> 01:02:57.711 . 777 01:02:57.721 --> 01:03:02.329 look at the last name first. 778 01:03:02.809 --> 01:03:03.270 Okay? 779 01:03:03.280 --> 01:03:05.676 Let's start with that one. 780 01:03:05.686 --> 01:03:06.238 Omega. 781 01:03:06.248 --> 01:03:09.012 That's the family name, right? 782 01:03:09.022 --> 01:03:15.340 So if you look in the heavens, we have many different constellations. 783 01:03:17.079 --> 01:03:21.775 They're like little families of stars. 784 01:03:21.785 --> 01:03:27.098 So what families of stars start with Omega? 785 01:03:27.108 --> 01:03:38.949 If we were to write the names of the constellations in Greek, which ones would start with Omega? 786 01:03:43.010 --> 01:03:48.422 There are 88 different constellations in the whole sky. 787 01:03:48.432 --> 01:03:52.849 Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, 88. 788 01:03:52.969 --> 01:03:54.543 That's a lot. 789 01:03:54.553 --> 01:03:57.700 Only two start with Omega. 790 01:03:57.710 --> 01:03:58.780 Only two. 791 01:03:59.090 --> 01:04:00.361 Interesting. 792 01:04:00.371 --> 01:04:04.927 What's more interesting, these are the two. 793 01:04:04.937 --> 01:04:07.989 The very two that are clocks. 794 01:04:09.409 --> 01:04:12.496 These are the only clocks in heaven. 795 01:04:12.506 --> 01:04:13.706 The only ones. 796 01:04:13.716 --> 01:04:15.239 88 constellations. 797 01:04:16.269 --> 01:04:20.776 There's one hourglass, and there's one clock. 798 01:04:20.786 --> 01:04:25.693 Orion, when you write it in Greek, this is Omega. 799 01:04:25.703 --> 01:04:30.190 This is a capital, because it's a first name. 800 01:04:31.539 --> 01:04:38.990 It's a pronoun, and they started with a capital letter like we do in English and Spanish. 801 01:04:39.000 --> 01:04:40.759 But that's the Omega. 802 01:04:40.769 --> 01:04:41.187 Okay? 803 01:04:41.197 --> 01:04:41.670 Orion. 804 01:04:42.349 --> 01:04:44.745 You see the O sound. 805 01:04:44.755 --> 01:04:45.474 Orion. 806 01:04:45.484 --> 01:04:47.739 It's also an Omega. 807 01:04:48.679 --> 01:04:53.116 And Horologium is Orologium in Greek. 808 01:04:53.126 --> 01:04:54.684 The only two. 809 01:04:54.694 --> 01:05:00.550 And there they are in the sign of the Son of Man. 810 01:05:03.199 --> 01:05:04.192 Wow. 811 01:05:04.202 --> 01:05:07.178 What's that? 812 01:05:07.188 --> 01:05:09.916 Yeah, amen. 813 01:05:09.926 --> 01:05:13.150 That's great. 814 01:05:13.160 --> 01:05:14.360 Amen. 815 01:05:16.260 --> 01:05:25.094 So when Jesus says, I'm Alpha and Omega, he's saying, this is my family, the time. 816 01:05:25.104 --> 01:05:30.383 He's identifying himself with the family of time. 817 01:05:30.393 --> 01:05:31.019 Right? 818 01:05:32.219 --> 01:05:41.871 So if the family is a collection of stars, then each star would be like the member of the family, 819 01:05:41.881 --> 01:05:46.250 and they would have a different first name. 820 01:05:47.679 --> 01:05:48.283 Right? 821 01:05:48.293 --> 01:05:54.127 Now, not every star has a name, at least not that we know. 822 01:05:54.137 --> 01:05:57.154 Maybe God has a name for them. 823 01:05:57.164 --> 01:06:03.170 For example, these stars, they're not really big and bright. 824 01:06:03.769 --> 01:06:04.918 They're dim. 825 01:06:04.928 --> 01:06:07.705 And they don't have any name. 826 01:06:07.715 --> 01:06:15.929 They just have symbols, numbers, and letters that the scientists use to identify them. 827 01:06:16.199 --> 01:06:18.318 But there's no name. 828 01:06:18.328 --> 01:06:22.778 But with Orion, they're very bright stars. 829 01:06:22.788 --> 01:06:27.429 And they've had names for a long, long time. 830 01:06:29.070 --> 01:06:33.234 The ancient people, they named them. 831 01:06:33.244 --> 01:06:46.546 There are two stars among all of these, but among these, there are two stars that start with an alpha in the Greek. 832 01:06:46.556 --> 01:06:51.510 And they're both right here, in the middle. 833 01:06:52.869 --> 01:06:59.707 One is Alnitak, and the other one is Alnilam, in the middle. 834 01:06:59.717 --> 01:07:01.769 And you know what? 835 01:07:01.779 --> 01:07:08.503 In the Bible, it says that Jesus would write on his people. 836 01:07:08.513 --> 01:07:12.699 It's a promise to those who overcome. 837 01:07:14.159 --> 01:07:17.357 In Revelation 3:12, if you want to look at it. 838 01:07:17.367 --> 01:07:20.564 And he says, I will write on them my new name. 839 01:07:20.574 --> 01:07:22.570 It's at the end of the verse. 840 01:07:25.809 --> 01:07:29.187 You can switch to that. 841 01:07:29.197 --> 01:07:41.385 He writes several things, and the last, he says, I will write upon him my new name. 842 01:07:41.395 --> 01:07:44.900 So Jesus has a new name. 843 01:07:47.199 --> 01:07:48.089 Alright? 844 01:07:48.099 --> 01:07:54.662 Many people today like to use Jesus' authentic Hebrew name. 845 01:07:54.672 --> 01:07:55.451 Yeshua. 846 01:07:55.461 --> 01:08:08.889 You know, you hear a lot of people talking about Yeshua, HaMashiach, and as though saying it in Hebrew is somehow better. 847 01:08:09.260 --> 01:08:10.669 I don't know. 848 01:08:10.679 --> 01:08:15.231 But Jesus himself says, I have a new name. 849 01:08:15.241 --> 01:08:23.350 That's something, not an old name like Yeshua, for example, but a new name. 850 01:08:25.149 --> 01:08:28.752 And this is where that comes from. 851 01:08:28.762 --> 01:08:34.166 His new name is from this star that represents him. 852 01:08:34.176 --> 01:08:41.680 There's a lot that can be said about that, but that's for another time. 853 01:08:43.960 --> 01:08:46.479 So we know Jesus. 854 01:08:46.489 --> 01:08:49.156 He's Jesus Christ. 855 01:08:49.166 --> 01:09:02.779 But we understand that he's represented by that star that begins with the letter A, Alnitak. 856 01:09:04.569 --> 01:09:06.724 That's his new name. 857 01:09:06.734 --> 01:09:09.535 And I said there were two. 858 01:09:09.545 --> 01:09:11.680 Alnitak and Alnilam. 859 01:09:13.159 --> 01:09:16.638 What do the names mean? 860 01:09:16.648 --> 01:09:21.639 Alnilam means a string of pearls. 861 01:09:21.649 --> 01:09:27.093 Kind of like the three pearls there. 862 01:09:27.103 --> 01:09:27.829 Nice. 863 01:09:29.600 --> 01:09:33.612 Alnitak means the wounded one. 864 01:09:33.622 --> 01:09:37.100 So who was wounded for us? 865 01:09:37.110 --> 01:09:37.912 Jesus. 866 01:09:37.922 --> 01:09:39.229 Jesus was. 867 01:09:39.850 --> 01:09:45.832 And that's how we know, that's one reason how we know that that represents Jesus. 868 01:09:45.842 --> 01:09:47.763 Jesus was the wounded one. 869 01:09:47.773 --> 01:09:51.520 He was the lamb who was wounded from the beginning. 870 01:09:54.439 --> 01:09:55.728 Alright. 871 01:09:55.738 --> 01:09:57.027 So yeah. 872 01:09:57.037 --> 01:10:01.850 I think that's pretty amazing. 873 01:10:04.199 --> 01:10:06.258 Jesus' new name. 874 01:10:06.268 --> 01:10:10.256 Alnitak of the family of Orion. 875 01:10:10.266 --> 01:10:12.819 That's his new name. 876 01:10:13.050 --> 01:10:15.034 Alpha and Omega. 877 01:10:15.044 --> 01:10:28.068 Now you know what that actually means when he says several times in the Revelation, I am Alpha and Omega. 878 01:10:28.078 --> 01:10:32.399 He's saying, I am Alnitak of Orion. 879 01:10:32.489 --> 01:10:35.521 He's pointing directly to the heavens. 880 01:10:35.531 --> 01:10:37.526 He's pointing to a clock. 881 01:10:37.536 --> 01:10:39.829 He wants us to know the time. 882 01:10:41.350 --> 01:10:54.432 And so that is our study, is to understand the time, to understand the sign of the Son of Man, so that we can know when Jesus will come. 883 01:10:54.442 --> 01:10:57.135 Because that's what he said. 884 01:10:57.145 --> 01:11:00.300 So that he won't come as a thief. 885 01:11:00.949 --> 01:11:03.396 We're watching for him. 886 01:11:03.406 --> 01:11:07.128 And by watching, we learn the time. 887 01:11:07.138 --> 01:11:11.159 And learning, of course, is a process. 888 01:11:11.159 --> 01:11:13.551 It doesn't happen all at once. 889 01:11:13.561 --> 01:11:15.873 He doesn't tell us like that. 890 01:11:15.883 --> 01:11:16.899 But we learn. 891 01:11:17.739 --> 01:11:24.384 And sometimes in that process of learning, we say, no, that's not him yet, but okay. 892 01:11:24.394 --> 01:11:25.580 We still watch. 893 01:11:25.590 --> 01:11:26.520 And we look. 894 01:11:27.420 --> 01:11:33.099 We understand the clock until we know and we see him really coming. 895 01:11:33.109 --> 01:11:33.787 Alright. 896 01:11:33.797 --> 01:11:40.390 So I hope that you've learned a little bit about the language of heaven today. 897 01:11:44.229 --> 01:11:45.359 Good. 898 01:11:45.369 --> 01:11:48.532 And that's it. 899 01:11:48.542 --> 01:11:50.329 Alright. 900 01:11:50.739 --> 01:11:53.207 So let's close with a little prayer. 901 01:11:53.217 --> 01:11:54.451 And then we'll go. 902 01:11:54.461 --> 01:11:54.989 Alright. 903 01:11:57.439 --> 01:12:00.571 Let's stand for prayer. 904 01:12:00.581 --> 01:12:18.270 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you for directing our attention to the heavens where you have written from creation about the time. 905 01:12:20.819 --> 01:12:33.689 And you've put many symbols in the heavens to show us different things at different times to guide us along the way because it's a journey. 906 01:12:35.420 --> 01:12:37.990 And we're walking with you. 907 01:12:38.000 --> 01:12:48.939 And ultimately at the end of our journey, we will continue to walk with you, but directly, to see you face to face. 908 01:12:50.560 --> 01:12:59.130 And that is our hope, our joy, our expectation, because we love you and we want to see you coming. 909 01:13:00.810 --> 01:13:16.003 And we trust in what you're showing us, that it is indeed your sign marked with your signature. 910 01:13:16.013 --> 01:13:23.680 And so we are full of hope to see you very soon. 911 01:13:24.779 --> 01:13:39.359 And we ask that you will help us to share this with others who are also hopeful and expectant, waiting for your return. 912 01:13:41.579 --> 01:13:46.305 And we thank you for all that you do in our lives. 913 01:13:46.315 --> 01:13:57.930 And we ask for your protection, as you have promised even through this sign, through these challenging times on this earth. 914 01:13:59.840 --> 01:14:09.551 And we pray these things in the name of Jesus, who is the wounded one. 915 01:14:09.561 --> 01:14:10.671 Alnitak. 916 01:14:10.681 --> 01:14:11.375 Amen. 917 01:14:11.385 --> 01:14:12.743 All right.