WEBVTT 1 00:00:15.390 --> 00:00:22.109 Good morning, once again, and it's good to see you. 2 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:28.829 A few weeks ago, we were talking about the harvest. 3 00:00:29.620 --> 00:00:34.579 We looked at the harvest passage, and we compared that with what we see in the heavens. 4 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:49.022 So today, we're going to look at that again, a little bit, in a different light, and you'll see some of that again, 5 00:00:49.032 --> 00:00:54.991 but we're going to focus on one part in particular, 6 00:00:55.001 --> 00:00:58.091 and I titled today's talk, 7 00:00:58.101 --> 00:01:01.649 Cast into the Furnace of Fire. 8 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:13.269 Jesus gave us the parable of the wheat and the tares, and this is about the harvest. 9 00:01:13.569 --> 00:01:22.790 And it's about the harvest of the wheat, and we find that in Matthew chapter 13, where he gives the parable. 10 00:01:22.879 --> 00:01:27.109 And then a little bit later, he explains more about it. 11 00:01:27.119 --> 00:01:29.569 We'll read some of those verses. 12 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:33.314 Jesus said, let both grow together. 13 00:01:33.324 --> 00:01:35.036 You know this story. 14 00:01:35.046 --> 00:01:46.920 It's about the wheat, and then somebody planted the tares in the fields, and then the servants came and said, there are tares in the field. 15 00:01:46.920 --> 00:01:49.267 Should we pull them out? 16 00:01:49.277 --> 00:01:52.505 And the field owner said, no, no. 17 00:01:52.515 --> 00:02:05.801 Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest, I will say to the reapers, gather ye together first the tares, 18 00:02:05.811 --> 00:02:08.830 and then bind them in bundles. 19 00:02:09.990 --> 00:02:14.419 Bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn. 20 00:02:14.610 --> 00:02:24.901 So, first the tares are gathered in bundles, and then the wheat is gathered into the barn. 21 00:02:24.911 --> 00:02:30.743 The enemy that sowed them, the tares, is the devil. 22 00:02:30.753 --> 00:02:34.849 The harvest is the end of the world. 23 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:45.562 So, now, if we're in the end of the world, which I believe we are, we should see this time of the harvest being fulfilled. 24 00:02:45.572 --> 00:02:49.442 And we've talked about that, as I said before. 25 00:02:49.452 --> 00:02:52.039 And the reapers are the angels. 26 00:02:52.669 --> 00:02:58.494 Now, what are angels in the context of the heavens? 27 00:02:58.504 --> 00:03:05.460 They are often the comets, because of the cloudy tail behind. 28 00:03:06.110 --> 00:03:14.262 And so, when we look at the sign of the Son of Man, which is formed from the comets, 29 00:03:14.272 --> 00:03:19.987 we have the two main comets that we talk frequently about, 30 00:03:19.997 --> 00:03:22.219 Comet E3 and Comet K2. 31 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:33.979 And then there's this additional comet that is especially relevant in terms of the harvest. 32 00:03:34.550 --> 00:03:36.522 That's Comet S4. 33 00:03:36.532 --> 00:03:44.300 These are just the abbreviations of their full scientific name. 34 00:03:44.310 --> 00:03:48.360 But we just go by those initials. 35 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:59.370 So, what we see here is this other comet is coming through, and it passes through the river. 36 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:13.847 And then it makes a little dip into another constellation there, the constellation of the Sculptor, and comes up through the furnace. 37 00:04:13.857 --> 00:04:20.660 And this time frame, where I have the marker there, that is today. 38 00:04:21.709 --> 00:04:33.347 So, right now, that comet is entering into the furnace, and it continues all the way until May 27th, 39 00:04:33.357 --> 00:04:39.050 when it crosses into the sign of the Son of Man. 40 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:46.827 That is the very end of the sign of the Son of Man. 41 00:04:46.837 --> 00:05:02.294 So, looking at the text, again, of the parable, Jesus said, As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, 42 00:05:02.304 --> 00:05:07.620 so shall it be in the end of this world. 43 00:05:08.509 --> 00:05:14.209 So, the tares are gathered and burned in the fire. 44 00:05:14.209 --> 00:05:18.327 And we see that in the oven of this time. 45 00:05:18.337 --> 00:05:25.660 So, that connects this time with this part of the parable of the harvest. 46 00:05:27.209 --> 00:05:37.120 The Son of Man shall send forth his angels, the comets, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend. 47 00:05:38.170 --> 00:05:44.917 So, again, burning the tares, and them which do iniquity. 48 00:05:44.927 --> 00:06:01.490 Of course, what we see in the heavens are symbols, the angels, the comets, and in reality, we have the people, the wicked and the righteous. 49 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.740 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire. 50 00:06:06.180 --> 00:06:09.798 So, it specifically mentions a furnace of fire. 51 00:06:09.808 --> 00:06:13.569 And there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 52 00:06:15.509 --> 00:06:32.240 So, here, again, we have this time of the furnace, and if you look closely at that, you will see that it's actually a chemical furnace. 53 00:06:34.949 --> 00:06:50.629 It was identified as the alchemist's furnace, which is a person who, in ancient times, they wanted to turn everything to gold. 54 00:06:51.019 --> 00:06:58.412 And the alchemist was one who would experiment in trying to turn different elements 55 00:06:58.422 --> 00:07:05.360 into gold so that they could produce more gold rather than having to mine it. 56 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:16.040 So, I just point that out because it relates to the present time. 57 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:30.677 There are some who today will take advantage of technology and the advances in technology, especially biotechnology, 58 00:07:30.687 --> 00:07:36.244 and manipulate it to produce gold or profits, 59 00:07:36.254 --> 00:07:40.480 as it would be in today's context. 60 00:07:41.990 --> 00:07:48.857 So, we see that a lot in the pharmaceutical industry, for example, 61 00:07:48.867 --> 00:08:01.759 that has gotten a big boost in the last few years as their products have been promoted by governments all around the world. 62 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:16.680 Essentially, they're doing the same thing as what the ancient alchemists did, manipulating God's creation to produce a profit. 63 00:08:17.470 --> 00:08:20.000 They wanted to get gold. 64 00:08:20.009 --> 00:08:30.334 So, this time, however, that we are entering and looking in this direction, coming from that side, 65 00:08:30.344 --> 00:08:35.179 we're entering into this time of the furnace. 66 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:40.041 What exactly does that mean? 67 00:08:40.051 --> 00:08:43.269 Well, we have some hints, like I mentioned. 68 00:08:44.070 --> 00:08:53.408 It could be related to more pharmaceutical concoctions being pushed on the population. 69 00:08:53.418 --> 00:08:57.100 That is a very likely possibility. 70 00:08:57.990 --> 00:09:10.720 But in general, when we're put into a furnace that is a symbol for affliction, for trials, for difficult circumstances, tribulation. 71 00:09:11.769 --> 00:09:17.428 So, that's also something that can be expected for this time, 72 00:09:17.438 --> 00:09:26.519 and that agrees also with what we see in the sign of the Son of Man for this same period of time. 73 00:09:28.889 --> 00:09:35.332 Looking at the harvest passage in Revelation chapter 14, in the end, it talks about, ". 74 00:09:35.342 --> 00:09:35.417 . 75 00:09:35.427 --> 00:09:35.501 . 76 00:09:35.511 --> 00:09:41.850 and the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth." 77 00:09:42.149 --> 00:09:47.050 So, talking about the grapes, the wicked, representing the wicked. 78 00:09:47.060 --> 00:09:47.209 ". 79 00:09:47.219 --> 00:09:47.293 . 80 00:09:47.303 --> 00:09:47.377 . 81 00:09:47.387 --> 00:09:51.580 and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 82 00:09:52.600 --> 00:10:03.883 And We see that winepress illustrated in the Horologium of the sign of the Son of Man, because it has the same shape, essentially, 83 00:10:03.893 --> 00:10:06.139 as the ancient winepress. 84 00:10:06.370 --> 00:10:11.939 So, we see that correspondence in the symbolism. 85 00:10:11.949 --> 00:10:23.309 And when we look at it in the sign, this comet crosses on February 20th, it crosses this pendulum. 86 00:10:24.610 --> 00:10:34.840 And then we continue, there's a solar eclipse right in the middle of this time period between February 20th and May 27th. 87 00:10:36.690 --> 00:10:48.470 And there's seven weeks on the one side, like we talked about in our last presentation, and seven weeks on this side. 88 00:10:48.470 --> 00:10:56.476 So, it's perfectly in the middle, symmetrical with that April 8th solar eclipse. 89 00:10:56.486 --> 00:11:00.480 We'll talk a little bit more about that. 90 00:11:03.230 --> 00:11:08.535 This comes from the symbolism from Revelation 19. 91 00:11:08.545 --> 00:11:20.230 And in verse 13, he says it's about Jesus coming, and he, Jesus, was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood. 92 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:24.451 Now, what does that symbolism represent? 93 00:11:24.461 --> 00:11:26.159 Treading the winepress. 94 00:11:26.299 --> 00:11:31.658 So, we're in that context, his vesture dipped in blood. 95 00:11:31.668 --> 00:11:44.910 In the old days, when they would tread the winepress with their feet, today there are some groups who will do that as a fun thing to do, 96 00:11:44.920 --> 00:11:47.149 to trample the grapes. 97 00:11:47.899 --> 00:11:55.100 And they usually, to prevent their clothes getting stained, they wear shorts or something along those lines. 98 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:06.139 But in the old days, they were still very modest, and they would just allow their clothes to be stained with the grapes. 99 00:12:06.789 --> 00:12:10.641 And so, that's what this is representing. 100 00:12:10.651 --> 00:12:22.481 It's somebody who has been treading out the winepress, and therefore, on the bottom of his garments, it is stained with blood, 101 00:12:22.491 --> 00:12:25.580 what the grape juice represents. 102 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:29.903 And his name is called the Word of God. 103 00:12:29.913 --> 00:12:34.450 And then it continues a little bit later in verse 15:. 104 00:12:34.450 --> 00:12:46.139 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron. 105 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:51.419 And he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 106 00:12:52.490 --> 00:13:06.250 So, here we have a few symbols, a sharp sword, an iron rod, and the winepress, all represented here in the Horologium. 107 00:13:07.889 --> 00:13:17.436 In the pendulum of the Horologium, it represents that sword that it describes as coming out of his mouth. 108 00:13:17.446 --> 00:13:22.799 It's also the iron rod, and as we saw, it is the winepress. 109 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:33.908 Now, I want to focus specifically on the sword, because it says, in Hebrews, we learn about the Word of God. 110 00:13:33.918 --> 00:13:41.740 Remember, it said his name is the Word of God, and that is connected with the sword. 111 00:13:42.730 --> 00:13:52.417 Hebrews says, for the Word of God is quick, that means living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, 112 00:13:52.427 --> 00:13:57.346 piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, 113 00:13:57.356 --> 00:13:59.896 and of the joints and marrow, 114 00:13:59.906 --> 00:14:05.080 and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 115 00:14:06.490 --> 00:14:10.531 Now, that's an interesting expression. 116 00:14:10.541 --> 00:14:24.250 It sounds, perhaps, just poetic, that it's very keen to get right to the core of an issue, discerning between the minute details. 117 00:14:25.870 --> 00:14:39.184 But, when we look at the sign of the Son of Man, and we understand that the sword is represented by the pendulum of the horologium, 118 00:14:39.194 --> 00:14:47.620 then it begins to make a lot more sense why these particular things are mentioned. 119 00:14:48.370 --> 00:14:57.811 There's the sword, and piercing, it says, piercing to the dividing asunder, separating between soul and spirit. 120 00:14:57.821 --> 00:15:03.850 Yeah, remember when we talked about the body, the soul, and the spirit? 121 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:16.970 We saw those three represented right here, with the body in the middle, separated from the soul, and the spirit with the dove. 122 00:15:18.049 --> 00:15:32.279 So, here we see the sword, extended from the horologium pendulum, is exactly fitting the passage, dividing between the soul and the spirit. 123 00:15:33.730 --> 00:15:39.209 But, it goes on, and it says, and of the joints and marrow. 124 00:15:39.219 --> 00:15:43.759 So, talking about the bones, that's part of what? 125 00:15:45.330 --> 00:15:50.301 That's the body, and where does it actually pierce through? 126 00:15:50.311 --> 00:15:54.524 It is that constellation that represents the body. 127 00:15:54.534 --> 00:15:56.789 It's the sculptor's chisel. 128 00:15:57.870 --> 00:16:11.904 That's like how God formed the body, and the word of God coming out of his mouth, out of the horologium, pierces, 129 00:16:11.914 --> 00:16:16.997 even separating the soul and the spirit, 130 00:16:17.007 --> 00:16:21.220 and of the joints and the marrow. 131 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:26.387 And, further, is a discerner of the thoughts. 132 00:16:26.397 --> 00:16:37.010 Remember, that's the thoughts of the mind that's in the spirit, represented by the dove, and the intents of the heart? 133 00:16:37.020 --> 00:16:37.720 Exactly. 134 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:42.693 The heart is represented by that part down below. 135 00:16:42.703 --> 00:16:50.799 We've talked about those things in previous weeks, so I'm not going to cover that again. 136 00:16:51.860 --> 00:17:03.110 But, just so you can see how, when we read the Bible, in comparison with the heavens, it gives it a whole new perspective. 137 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:20.972 Looking also at the book of Joel, chapter 3, I have several passages that we will connect with this time, as we see it in the sign. 138 00:17:20.982 --> 00:17:31.339 Here, in Joel, chapter 3, Let the heathen be wakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, 139 00:17:31.349 --> 00:17:37.839 for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 140 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:44.027 So, this time of judgment, and that's also what the horologium represents, 141 00:17:44.037 --> 00:17:49.400 also the discerning between the heart and the thoughts of the mind. 142 00:17:49.549 --> 00:17:51.600 That's an act of judgment. 143 00:17:51.610 --> 00:17:54.608 Discernment is necessary for judgment. 144 00:17:54.618 --> 00:17:59.410 So, we see that also represented, pointing to that same time. 145 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:06.004 And it continues, Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. 146 00:18:06.014 --> 00:18:12.400 So, again, we're in that context of the harvest in this passage as well. 147 00:18:13.849 --> 00:18:24.380 Come, get you down, for the press is full, the fats overflow, the wine fats, for their wickedness is great. 148 00:18:25.009 --> 00:18:31.703 So, again, this passage talking about the harvest of the grapes. 149 00:18:31.713 --> 00:18:40.604 And there is the kind of sickle that you would use to cut the clusters of the grapes. 150 00:18:40.614 --> 00:18:43.000 Multitudes, multitudes. 151 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:46.378 The same passage continuing on. 152 00:18:46.388 --> 00:18:55.652 In the valley of decision, for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 153 00:18:55.662 --> 00:19:02.289 So, we see also this deciding that is necessary at this time. 154 00:19:04.670 --> 00:19:06.148 Yeah, okay, right. 155 00:19:06.158 --> 00:19:07.800 That's a good point. 156 00:19:07.810 --> 00:19:12.059 The river is always flowing where there is a valley. 157 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:18.054 Continuing, the sun and the moon shall be darkened. 158 00:19:18.064 --> 00:19:22.289 Like the solar eclipse that we saw there. 159 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:26.710 And the stars shall withdraw their shining. 160 00:19:27.809 --> 00:19:33.975 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem. 161 00:19:33.985 --> 00:19:37.582 And the heavens and the earth shall shake. 162 00:19:37.592 --> 00:19:41.339 But the Lord will be the hope of his people. 163 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:46.471 And the strength of the children of Israel. 164 00:19:46.481 --> 00:19:50.308 So, here we see a contrast being made. 165 00:19:50.318 --> 00:20:01.680 Because until now, everything has just been doom and gloom and treading the grapes and the blood and not so nice. 166 00:20:02.529 --> 00:20:07.311 But he says the Lord will be the hope of his people. 167 00:20:07.321 --> 00:20:11.919 And of course, this is the sign of the Son of Man. 168 00:20:11.929 --> 00:20:16.140 And that's where we see these things depicted. 169 00:20:16.430 --> 00:20:24.750 Where we see the hope and the strength revealed. 170 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:28.390 In 1 Peter, he says:. 171 00:20:29.250 --> 00:20:34.105 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 172 00:20:34.115 --> 00:20:45.670 which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 173 00:20:45.670 --> 00:20:54.950 And of course, as we saw before, the end of this is May 27th. 174 00:20:55.789 --> 00:20:58.920 And that's a special anniversary. 175 00:20:58.930 --> 00:21:00.543 What anniversary? 176 00:21:00.553 --> 00:21:04.727 It's the anniversary of Jesus' resurrection. 177 00:21:04.737 --> 00:21:09.829 We know that from understanding the biblical calendar. 178 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:13.458 And it was May 27th in A. 179 00:21:13.468 --> 00:21:13.690 D. 180 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:17.367 31 when Jesus rose from the dead. 181 00:21:17.377 --> 00:21:29.490 And therefore, it's a very significant time when we see that depicted in the heavens again on that same date. 182 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:35.349 That's the anniversary of the resurrection of Christ. 183 00:21:35.349 --> 00:21:38.583 So it points to our hope. 184 00:21:38.593 --> 00:21:44.026 That's the end time also, at least almost. 185 00:21:44.036 --> 00:21:47.250 There's the resurrection. 186 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:56.434 And then the following day is when the comet actually crosses the line of the pendulum one more time. 187 00:21:56.444 --> 00:22:01.940 And then that represents the travel of the saints with Jesus. 188 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:16.269 Continuing, he says, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. 189 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.577 So again, the inheritance. 190 00:22:20.587 --> 00:22:23.446 What is our inheritance? 191 00:22:23.456 --> 00:22:25.838 The heavenly Canaan. 192 00:22:25.848 --> 00:22:27.009 Thank you. 193 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:39.012 And we've seen before how there are 12 constellations that make up the sign of the Son of Man. 194 00:22:39.022 --> 00:22:45.524 The comets cross through 12 different constellations. 195 00:22:45.534 --> 00:22:53.980 And those represent the 12 tribes of Israel and also the city of God. 196 00:22:55.269 --> 00:23:01.605 The inheritance incorruptible and undefiled that fadeth not away, 197 00:23:01.615 --> 00:23:10.378 reserved in heaven for you who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, 198 00:23:10.388 --> 00:23:14.180 ready to be revealed in the last time. 199 00:23:14.970 --> 00:23:22.651 So God's people are ready to be revealed in the last time. 200 00:23:22.661 --> 00:23:27.420 That's this time now that we are in. 201 00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:40.720 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. 202 00:23:41.150 --> 00:23:53.096 So again, referring to this time of heaviness that we are coming into, manifold temptations, that the trial of your faith, 203 00:23:53.106 --> 00:23:56.132 trial being tried in the fire, 204 00:23:56.142 --> 00:24:01.420 being much more precious than of gold that perisheth. 205 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:11.900 Though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 206 00:24:12.450 --> 00:24:20.890 So we see how he's describing the time leading up to the appearing of Jesus Christ. 207 00:24:22.630 --> 00:24:28.494 In the context that we see illustrated in the heavens. 208 00:24:28.504 --> 00:24:38.706 Looking at a passage in Isaiah, when thou passest through the waters, here we have the waters, 209 00:24:38.716 --> 00:24:46.630 I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee. 210 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:58.200 When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 211 00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:12.878 So again, we have, though it is a difficult time and it's a fiery trial that will try our faith, like Peter says, nevertheless, 212 00:25:12.888 --> 00:25:15.410 we will not be burned. 213 00:25:15.940 --> 00:25:30.944 What is good, the faith, the pure gold, that will resist and we won't be harmed, but we will be purified. 214 00:25:30.954 --> 00:25:43.519 This is a promise that was known to Daniel and his friends, and we'll come back to that. 215 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:54.054 I just wanted to point that out, but speaking of the refining in Malachi, he says, behold, 216 00:25:54.064 --> 00:26:01.619 I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me. 217 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:03.979 What is a messenger? 218 00:26:03.989 --> 00:26:04.862 An angel. 219 00:26:04.872 --> 00:26:07.180 Okay, keep that in mind. 220 00:26:09.269 --> 00:26:20.369 And the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger, the angel of the covenant, whom ye delight in. 221 00:26:21.210 --> 00:26:26.578 Behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts. 222 00:26:26.588 --> 00:26:35.259 So the messenger or angel of the covenant, who is the angel of the covenant? 223 00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:42.993 Let's continue reading, but who may abide the day of his coming? 224 00:26:43.003 --> 00:26:50.792 So the messenger of the covenant is coming, but who may abide the day of his coming? 225 00:26:50.802 --> 00:26:54.119 And who shall stand when he appears? 226 00:26:54.119 --> 00:27:04.740 This is a question that we see repeated in different forms throughout the scripture, and especially in the sixth seal. 227 00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:07.627 We see the same thing. 228 00:27:07.637 --> 00:27:14.759 Who shall be able to stand in the time of the wrath of the lamb? 229 00:27:14.769 --> 00:27:25.319 For he, that is the messenger of the covenant, is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap. 230 00:27:26.170 --> 00:27:37.155 So the soap to clean the garments or the refiner's fire to purify the silver or the gold just like in a furnace, 231 00:27:37.165 --> 00:27:40.490 as they would do it in a furnace. 232 00:27:43.289 --> 00:27:47.929 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. 233 00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:59.660 And he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. 234 00:28:00.339 --> 00:28:11.373 So this is the purpose of that process of cleansing, that trial to purify the faith, just like Peter said, 235 00:28:11.383 --> 00:28:15.849 that your faith may be tried and purified. 236 00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:21.451 That's the purpose that is stated. 237 00:28:21.461 --> 00:28:36.076 And the offering in righteousness is also represented here in the sign by the symbol of the baptism, 238 00:28:36.086 --> 00:28:45.430 this place where Jesus was baptized and the dove rested on him. 239 00:28:46.690 --> 00:28:56.660 And that baptism in the sign, it represents our baptism into his sacrifice, into Christ's sacrifice. 240 00:28:57.410 --> 00:29:03.439 And that is the offering made unto the Lord in righteousness. 241 00:29:03.449 --> 00:29:06.514 That's what God is waiting for. 242 00:29:06.524 --> 00:29:14.609 That's when the people of God shall be revealed like we read in the other passage. 243 00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:22.702 Well, certainly in the literal sense. 244 00:29:22.712 --> 00:29:27.769 In the heavens, which one is the angel of the covenant? 245 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:31.529 We talked once before about the covenant. 246 00:29:33.069 --> 00:29:43.819 And in the Bible, the covenant started out small and it grew in the time of the creation with Adam and Eve. 247 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:57.404 We connected that with the beginning and then with Noah in the waters, then with Moses, rather with Abraham, 248 00:29:57.414 --> 00:30:01.632 and then Moses both together there, 249 00:30:01.642 --> 00:30:13.259 and then at the top with David over the kingdom of Israel at each phase getting bigger and bigger. 250 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:22.559 And then you can't see it here in my picture, but in Orion by the throne of God, the covenant again renewed with Jesus himself. 251 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:25.402 And finally, at the end, 252 00:30:25.412 --> 00:30:31.851 the covenant of peace with the whole universe as God's family has grown 253 00:30:31.861 --> 00:30:38.200 from Adam and Eve in the beginning all the way through until the end. 254 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:49.037 So I would say, since that's following the path of Comet K2, it would make sense, at least in a symbolic way, 255 00:30:49.047 --> 00:30:57.019 that in the sign that the angel of the covenant would be represented by the Comet K2. 256 00:30:58.470 --> 00:31:09.269 K2 is associated with the constellation of Orion because that's where it goes to, whereas E3 goes the other direction to the Horologium. 257 00:31:11.049 --> 00:31:17.747 The covenant, of course, is embodied in the Ten Commandments, 258 00:31:17.757 --> 00:31:27.410 and we've seen how those are each represented in the symbolism of those constellations. 259 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:37.755 We had a sermon about that once before, but continuing in Malachi, he says, 260 00:31:37.765 --> 00:31:46.393 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, 261 00:31:46.403 --> 00:31:49.078 as in the days of old, 262 00:31:49.088 --> 00:31:52.230 as and as in former years. 263 00:31:52.740 --> 00:32:06.508 So the offering made in righteousness after this purifying process begins, then that can be a pleasant thing for the Lord, 264 00:32:06.518 --> 00:32:18.019 the offerings being pleasant and not a stench in his nostrils as he has described it in other places. 265 00:32:19.650 --> 00:32:30.865 And I will come near to you in judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, 266 00:32:30.875 --> 00:32:33.549 against the false swearers. 267 00:32:34.609 --> 00:32:43.930 You see some of this in the commandments, false swearing or bearing false witness, ninth commandment. 268 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:55.034 The adulterers in the seventh commandment, the sorcerers, maybe that's not directly one of the commandments, 269 00:32:55.044 --> 00:32:58.970 but we see that very relevant in our day today. 270 00:32:58.970 --> 00:33:06.558 Because the sorcerers in the Greek, the word for sorcery is pharmakia, 271 00:33:06.568 --> 00:33:18.700 same word that we have our pharmacies from and the pharmaceutical industry that produces their special potions. 272 00:33:20.549 --> 00:33:31.093 So several things here, and he continues, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, so they rob, 273 00:33:31.103 --> 00:33:34.387 they steal the eighth commandment, 274 00:33:34.397 --> 00:33:43.236 the widow and the fatherless and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not me, 275 00:33:43.246 --> 00:33:45.589 saith the Lord of hosts. 276 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:53.595 So these are those whom he will be a swift witness against. 277 00:33:53.605 --> 00:34:06.299 And then he continues, for I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. 278 00:34:06.890 --> 00:34:17.083 So again, showing the contrast between God's true people represented by Israel, the sons of Jacob, 279 00:34:17.093 --> 00:34:24.260 and those who don't repent against whom he comes as a swift witness. 280 00:34:27.030 --> 00:34:29.680 Yeah, that's a very good point. 281 00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:32.425 Thank you for bringing that out. 282 00:34:32.435 --> 00:34:41.989 It's, we experience the same time in different ways, but the righteous and the wicked both go through that time. 283 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:47.627 We're not raptured beforehand as many believe, 284 00:34:47.637 --> 00:34:59.714 but the Bible draws this contrast between how the wicked experience it and how the righteous experience it, 285 00:34:59.724 --> 00:35:05.309 refining to the one and destructive to the other. 286 00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:17.369 As it is often when, and just to repeat what you said, in Daniel's time with his three friends being cast into the fiery furnace. 287 00:35:17.369 --> 00:35:29.667 We'll talk about that a little bit later, but those who cast them in were themselves killed because they had made the furnace so hot, 288 00:35:29.677 --> 00:35:34.013 and yet those who were cast in were preserved. 289 00:35:34.023 --> 00:35:35.400 And here we go. 290 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:49.974 Here's the story of Daniel and his three friends in the fiery furnace, and the story, I don't have all of it here for the sake of time, 291 00:35:49.984 --> 00:36:01.760 but Nebuchadnezzar had made an image of gold and demanded that everybody would bow down to that image of gold. 292 00:36:03.170 --> 00:36:16.854 And, of course, there were at least a few Jews, Daniel and his friends of note were his friends, who refused to bow down to that. 293 00:36:16.864 --> 00:36:30.219 And so they were called before the king, Nebuchadnezzar, and then he, with them in front of him, he wants to see this himself. 294 00:36:30.289 --> 00:36:38.322 And so he calls them and says, all right, now, if you be ready, at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, the flute, harp, sackbut, 295 00:36:38.332 --> 00:36:38.913 psaltery, 296 00:36:38.923 --> 00:36:39.740 and bilsamer, 297 00:36:39.750 --> 00:36:40.921 all kinds of music, 298 00:36:40.931 --> 00:36:44.170 you fall down and worship the image which I have made. 299 00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:47.145 Well, notice the image. 300 00:36:47.155 --> 00:36:56.549 But if you worship not, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, 301 00:36:56.559 --> 00:37:02.300 and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? 302 00:37:03.070 --> 00:37:15.702 So he's being rather defiant toward God in this passage, but notice that this is in the context of an image, 303 00:37:15.712 --> 00:37:23.539 and so that also gives an idea of what we can expect at this time. 304 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:39.079 An image, because in Revelation, it's talking about the image to the beast that's given life and enforces worship to the image of the beast. 305 00:37:39.570 --> 00:37:49.961 So these are things that are likely to be prominent themes in this time. 306 00:37:49.971 --> 00:37:53.570 Okay, I hadn't seen that. 307 00:37:54.010 --> 00:38:01.811 I was just wanting to point out the sculpture there as the image, but yes, 308 00:38:01.821 --> 00:38:08.875 there is the upside-down fish representing a dead class of people, 309 00:38:08.885 --> 00:38:09.507 good, 310 00:38:09.517 --> 00:38:17.519 and in contrast with the fish of God's people or those who are in the fish. 311 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:23.761 Yes, yeah, exactly. 312 00:38:23.771 --> 00:38:33.289 That's this turning point corresponding with the time of the heating up of the furnace. 313 00:38:34.929 --> 00:38:41.581 And now Daniel, or rather his friends, are standing before the king, 314 00:38:41.591 --> 00:38:49.700 so it also shows that more intense time because they're not just among the people, 315 00:38:49.710 --> 00:38:53.320 but they're brought before the king. 316 00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:56.555 They're put in a special trial. 317 00:38:56.565 --> 00:39:06.304 But they answered, if it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace. 318 00:39:06.314 --> 00:39:14.590 They knew the promise that we read before, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 319 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:21.714 So they knew that they will be delivered whether through death or life. 320 00:39:21.724 --> 00:39:23.867 That's not the problem. 321 00:39:23.877 --> 00:39:33.079 But they knew also that he was able to deliver them even physically from the flames of the furnace. 322 00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:41.390 And so also God is able to deliver his people from whatever trials we may have to endure. 323 00:39:41.400 --> 00:39:45.179 It was still a trial for Daniel's friends. 324 00:39:45.670 --> 00:39:56.199 They still had to stand up before an angry king, and that wouldn't be a very pleasant experience to have to endure. 325 00:39:57.340 --> 00:40:00.113 But by faith, they did so. 326 00:40:00.123 --> 00:40:11.530 And they answered him and said, but if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods. 327 00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:21.730 So after he defied their gods, now they are defying, or after he defied their god, they are defying his gods. 328 00:40:23.050 --> 00:40:28.927 Nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 329 00:40:28.937 --> 00:40:36.398 So we have to have that resolve to stand for the right beforehand. 330 00:40:36.408 --> 00:40:45.769 Otherwise, when we're put in that situation, we will not have the strength we need. 331 00:40:48.079 --> 00:41:00.791 Now, I want to take a few minutes to look at the sign in the context of our time. 332 00:41:00.801 --> 00:41:12.090 And we mentioned specifically how God said his people would be revealed. 333 00:41:13.489 --> 00:41:26.431 So in this time, we should see with the refining of this time in the furnace, we should see the revealing of God's people, 334 00:41:26.441 --> 00:41:31.630 and that God wants to bring his people together. 335 00:41:33.170 --> 00:41:38.097 So I wanted to show you a clip from a video, 336 00:41:38.107 --> 00:41:49.744 and I'll stop it at different points and point out how here is somebody that God is communicating with, 337 00:41:49.754 --> 00:41:51.088 apparently, 338 00:41:51.098 --> 00:41:55.120 will give the benefit of the doubt, 339 00:41:55.130 --> 00:41:56.239 at least. 340 00:41:57.449 --> 00:42:05.900 Because you'll see how in many different ways it points to this sign in heaven. 341 00:42:07.409 --> 00:42:17.409 And this is somebody that is completely unassociated with our ministry, doesn't know anything about us, as far as I know. 342 00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:30.869 And therefore, you'll see how God is the one who is bringing people's attention, in a way, to this sign. 343 00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:33.010 So I'm going to play it. 344 00:42:33.020 --> 00:42:36.667 It's a few minutes long, about five minutes or so. 345 00:42:36.677 --> 00:42:39.940 And I will stop it when there are key points. 346 00:42:41.110 --> 00:42:43.327 February 8th, 2024. 347 00:42:43.337 --> 00:42:46.489 This is what the Lord said. 348 00:42:46.499 --> 00:43:00.260 I am he, he who was and who is and who is to come, he who is called the light, he who is not overcome by the darkness, 349 00:43:00.270 --> 00:43:03.292 he who is called the way, 350 00:43:03.302 --> 00:43:04.575 the truth, 351 00:43:04.585 --> 00:43:08.889 for there is no truth apart from me. 352 00:43:11.010 --> 00:43:20.425 Listen to me and heed my words while there is yet time, O man, O peoples, O nations. 353 00:43:20.435 --> 00:43:32.530 The time will come when you shall see the Lord standing on the Mount of Olives, for every eye shall see him. 354 00:43:32.739 --> 00:43:41.570 So first of all, you notice that he is talking about Jesus in the context of time. 355 00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:48.266 He who is, who was, and who is to come in the context of time. 356 00:43:48.276 --> 00:44:00.356 And so that itself is pointing to the two witnesses, the clock in the Horologium directly and also the clock in Orion, 357 00:44:00.366 --> 00:44:02.711 as we have studied it. 358 00:44:02.721 --> 00:44:09.559 And then he mentions this about the landing on the Mount of Olives. 359 00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:19.892 And this is illustrated in the time as we understand it from our studies. 360 00:44:19.902 --> 00:44:28.440 This is another comet, the first one that led us to the Horologium. 361 00:44:29.619 --> 00:44:51.920 And on June 4th, which is after the coming of Jesus, that is when we expect the city to land on the Mount of Olives in simplified terms. 362 00:44:53.010 --> 00:45:03.293 And the city we see represented in this illustration by the net that catches the Lord's fish. 363 00:45:03.303 --> 00:45:08.058 That's what this represents, the reticulum. 364 00:45:08.068 --> 00:45:16.010 It's a network, just like the network of the fishing, a fisherman's net. 365 00:45:17.070 --> 00:45:25.969 And where the comet is at that point, it forms a pyramid with the four stars of that. 366 00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:34.297 And so that's just a little illustration of how it is shown in the sign, 367 00:45:34.307 --> 00:45:45.889 the time when or a confirmation of the time when the city lands on the Mount of Olives after the millennium. 368 00:45:47.239 --> 00:45:50.489 And every knee shall bow before him. 369 00:45:52.079 --> 00:46:06.055 Prepare yourselves, O people, O nations, for the day, the great day of the Lord, is coming swiftly upon you. 370 00:46:06.065 --> 00:46:14.218 Make ready, O daughter of Zion, for your king is coming to you. 371 00:46:14.228 --> 00:46:18.219 His appearance is like the sun. 372 00:46:20.030 --> 00:46:23.496 For who has beheld his glory? 373 00:46:23.506 --> 00:46:26.614 Who among you could stand? 374 00:46:26.624 --> 00:46:33.438 Only he who has washed his robe in the blood of the Lamb. 375 00:46:33.448 --> 00:46:38.320 Washed his robe in the blood of the Lamb. 376 00:46:38.739 --> 00:46:52.510 We see that illustrated very succinctly in the river, because that river is the one that flows from the side of Orion, 377 00:46:52.520 --> 00:46:57.995 representing Jesus and his wound on the cross, 378 00:46:58.005 --> 00:46:59.862 his side wound, 379 00:46:59.872 --> 00:47:03.829 where out flowed water and blood. 380 00:47:05.139 --> 00:47:20.579 And so the river represents that washing, that's the water aspect, in the blood of the Lamb, both water and blood, the river represents. 381 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:27.592 And so it represents the washing in the water or in the blood of the Lamb. 382 00:47:27.602 --> 00:47:32.519 For he shall not be ashamed at the coming of the Lord. 383 00:47:33.929 --> 00:47:42.177 He shall come upon you like lightning and with terrible thunder. 384 00:47:42.187 --> 00:47:47.986 And the whole earth shall tremble before him. 385 00:47:47.996 --> 00:47:54.420 His day shall be a day of woe and terror for many. 386 00:47:57.070 --> 00:48:07.515 Corresponding to this time of trial, a time of woe and terror for many. 387 00:48:07.525 --> 00:48:17.519 For when he comes, he comes for judgment and a sword is in his hand. 388 00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:29.239 Turn to me, O you peoples of the earth, for the great day of the Lord is coming upon you. 389 00:48:30.760 --> 00:48:37.156 Turn to him and be saved while there is yet time for you. 390 00:48:37.166 --> 00:48:40.645 For time soon shall be no more. 391 00:48:40.655 --> 00:48:54.891 That is a reference to Revelation chapter 10, where the angel raises his hand and swears the oath that time shall be no longer, 392 00:48:54.901 --> 00:48:58.030 says time shall be no more. 393 00:48:59.010 --> 00:49:13.079 And there's also at the end of chapter 10, Revelation chapter 10, he says, the angel speaks to John and says, 394 00:49:13.089 --> 00:49:21.340 you must prophesy again to many nations and peoples in tongues. 395 00:49:22.250 --> 00:49:28.369 And he's also used that same language there pointing to Revelation 10. 396 00:49:30.789 --> 00:49:44.614 And that's where we see in that prophesying again is where we see the revealing of God's people who are to prophesy again, 397 00:49:44.624 --> 00:49:47.107 to prophesy the time, 398 00:49:47.117 --> 00:49:49.599 that time is no more. 399 00:49:50.510 --> 00:49:56.039 The oath of the angel, time shall be no longer. 400 00:49:56.049 --> 00:50:04.754 For he who is called faithful and true has declared this message unto you. 401 00:50:04.764 --> 00:50:08.980 Wise is the man who heeds this word. 402 00:50:11.369 --> 00:50:20.168 Listen to me, O you sleepers, sleeping in the house of the Lord. 403 00:50:20.178 --> 00:50:24.578 Wake up for the day is upon you. 404 00:50:24.588 --> 00:50:28.829 I would have you sleep no more. 405 00:50:30.000 --> 00:50:37.574 Awake, awake, O sleepers, sleeping in the house of the Lord. 406 00:50:37.584 --> 00:50:52.849 So this emphasis on sleeping and the house of the Lord, that brings our attention to the virgins in the parable of Jesus. 407 00:50:53.420 --> 00:51:02.546 There's the wise and the foolish, and all of them were sleeping in the house of the Lord, 408 00:51:02.556 --> 00:51:09.519 which we have seen is represented in this part of the sign as well. 409 00:51:09.769 --> 00:51:21.064 And the lamp of the wise is represented, let me turn the sign over, and I have this covering it, 410 00:51:21.074 --> 00:51:26.475 but right here we have the flame of the lamp, 411 00:51:26.485 --> 00:51:31.769 and that is where the Horologium is located. 412 00:51:31.769 --> 00:51:42.320 And so we see that the light of the wise virgins is the light of time that needs to be proclaimed at this time in history. 413 00:51:44.099 --> 00:51:46.458 Do you not know? 414 00:51:46.468 --> 00:51:49.121 Have you not seen? 415 00:51:49.131 --> 00:51:51.931 Have you not heard? 416 00:51:51.941 --> 00:51:58.250 The day is upon you where no man can sleep. 417 00:51:59.960 --> 00:52:04.434 Rise up, O peoples of the Lord. 418 00:52:04.444 --> 00:52:10.362 Shake off your dust, for the day is here. 419 00:52:10.372 --> 00:52:16.579 Would you have me spit you out of my mouth? 420 00:52:16.589 --> 00:52:24.210 O you lukewarm, remember the things you did at first. 421 00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:29.053 So now this is interesting. 422 00:52:29.063 --> 00:52:40.257 First, he mentions being spit out, being lukewarm, and that's a how the churches, the body of Christ, 423 00:52:40.267 --> 00:52:45.134 because this is the sign of the Son of Man, 424 00:52:45.144 --> 00:52:48.570 and in his body is the church. 425 00:52:49.090 --> 00:53:01.210 We have the seven churches represented here in the sign, and they're in the opposite order as they are in Revelation. 426 00:53:01.989 --> 00:53:11.190 In Revelation it starts with Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. 427 00:53:12.639 --> 00:53:23.800 But here in the sign, following the direction of the comets, Comet K2 is coming this way, Comet E3 is going that way. 428 00:53:24.380 --> 00:53:33.829 So it's actually going in the opposite direction, starting with Laodicea and going back to Ephesus, and of Ephesus, Jesus said, 429 00:53:33.839 --> 00:53:36.136 you have lost your first love, 430 00:53:36.146 --> 00:53:39.409 and that's what he's saying in the message. 431 00:53:39.719 --> 00:53:41.579 Remember your first love. 432 00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:43.877 Remember where you have fallen. 433 00:53:43.887 --> 00:53:47.741 That's what Jesus was telling the church of Ephesus. 434 00:53:47.751 --> 00:53:54.179 So he's going in the direction that we see in the sign, not as it is in the Revelation. 435 00:53:54.969 --> 00:54:00.391 Remember the zeal you felt when it began. 436 00:54:00.401 --> 00:54:06.087 Remember your first love, and return to me. 437 00:54:06.097 --> 00:54:12.159 Return to you, you backsliders, you prodigals. 438 00:54:12.340 --> 00:54:24.410 Return to me, because Ephesus, Jesus said, had lost their first love, and so now coming back to not just to Ephesus, 439 00:54:24.420 --> 00:54:27.739 but to where Ephesus came from. 440 00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:35.827 Ephesus had lost their first love, and so if you take that one step further, 441 00:54:35.837 --> 00:54:43.726 the next constellation here is the Horologium at the mouth of the fish right there. 442 00:54:43.736 --> 00:54:47.300 So after Ephesus comes the first love. 443 00:54:47.909 --> 00:54:56.187 That's the first love that is the light of the wise virgins. 444 00:54:56.197 --> 00:55:02.809 Return to me and do the things you did at first. 445 00:55:05.599 --> 00:55:18.746 I the Lord, he who took on flesh and dwelt among you, he who is called the Nazarene, he who was born of the virgin womb, 446 00:55:18.756 --> 00:55:22.580 he who was crucified for your sin, 447 00:55:22.590 --> 00:55:26.962 that an entrance might be made for you, 448 00:55:26.972 --> 00:55:30.139 he who was buried in a tomb. 449 00:55:31.610 --> 00:55:33.289 He who was crucified. 450 00:55:33.300 --> 00:55:42.489 We've seen how the Horologium, that was one of the first things we recognized, was that it points to three o'clock. 451 00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:53.625 And that's exactly the hour of Jesus' death on the cross, and so in the Horologium, we see represented the cross of Jesus. 452 00:55:53.635 --> 00:56:01.130 He who died, and he says, to make an entrance for you, and that's exactly what we see. 453 00:56:01.360 --> 00:56:07.392 This is the entrance into the sheepfold of the Lord. 454 00:56:07.402 --> 00:56:22.011 He who was risen on the third day, and of course, died, buried, and risen, fulfilled the sign of Jonah, the sign who is risen, 455 00:56:22.021 --> 00:56:23.982 he who appeared, 456 00:56:23.992 --> 00:56:25.953 he who ascended, 457 00:56:25.963 --> 00:56:28.619 he who is coming soon. 458 00:56:30.070 --> 00:56:37.309 It is he who speaks to you, wise is the man who listens to me. 459 00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:39.476 Amen. 460 00:56:39.486 --> 00:56:51.719 So, he even mentions the sign of Jonah in this context that otherwise seems a bit out of place in his message. 461 00:56:51.909 --> 00:56:59.630 But when we understand these things in the light of the heavens, and the sign of the Son of Man, it brings it all together. 462 00:57:00.230 --> 00:57:09.403 And so I believe God is giving messages like this to different people to ultimately 463 00:57:09.413 --> 00:57:16.588 bring the attention of his people to the sign of the Son of Man, 464 00:57:16.598 --> 00:57:23.219 so that every one of his people can come into his sheepfol. 465 00:57:23.619 --> 00:57:28.069 Because he has one sheepfold. 466 00:57:28.079 --> 00:57:36.969 One last passage I'd like to look at in Isaiah chapter 33. 467 00:57:39.230 --> 00:57:50.556 He says, now will I rise, saith the Lord, now will I be exalted, now will I lift up myself. 468 00:57:50.566 --> 00:58:00.139 So, looking at Orion, and this time going through the legs, he's standing up. 469 00:58:00.739 --> 00:58:12.440 He's rising, being exalted, lifting himself up, and the people shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut up, 470 00:58:12.450 --> 00:58:15.929 shall they be burned in the fire. 471 00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:30.541 So, looking then on this side of the sign, at the time of the furnace, have a standing up, and then the time of the furnace, 472 00:58:30.551 --> 00:58:38.068 when the wicked shall be as thorns cut up and burned in the fire, 473 00:58:38.078 --> 00:58:42.059 like the tears in Jesus's parable. 474 00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:53.653 Hear ye that are far off what I have done, and ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 475 00:58:53.663 --> 00:59:05.940 And this is a point that I want to emphasize, because we teach about these things week after week after week. 476 00:59:07.449 --> 00:59:11.775 But very few people actually do this. 477 00:59:11.785 --> 00:59:17.269 Very few actually acknowledge the Lord's might. 478 00:59:19.300 --> 00:59:28.122 Instead, though they may watch a video or something and see these things, 479 00:59:28.132 --> 00:59:37.860 then they go on and they're content with their wonderful confirmations of seeing 480 00:59:37.870 --> 00:59:46.130 a special number in a license plate or something along those lines. 481 00:59:46.809 --> 00:59:56.484 Instead of acknowledging God's power, His might, and what the Creator has done in the heavens, 482 00:59:56.494 --> 01:00:05.130 in showing how these things all come together and confirm what the Bible is saying, 483 01:00:05.140 --> 01:00:09.349 and give additional information as well. 484 01:00:10.530 --> 01:00:21.199 This is much more than what God's people generally understand. 485 01:00:23.030 --> 01:00:28.521 And yet, when they see it, they don't acknowledge His might. 486 01:00:28.531 --> 01:00:38.679 And He calls His people, hear ye that are far off what I have done, and ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 487 01:00:39.039 --> 01:00:47.429 It's important that we speak it, that we confess, wow, this is what the Lord is doing. 488 01:00:48.010 --> 01:00:52.945 These things are out of any man's control. 489 01:00:52.955 --> 01:00:59.289 We observe, we look at the comets with the telescopes. 490 01:01:00.690 --> 01:01:08.650 We personally don't, but the different astronomers give us the informatio. 491 01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:11.211 And with that information, 492 01:01:11.221 --> 01:01:17.522 we then connect it and see what the Lord is revealing in the context of the 493 01:01:17.532 --> 01:01:23.320 timing for the things that happen and that are written in the Bible. 494 01:01:25.059 --> 01:01:30.793 And we need to acknowledge that this is the Lord. 495 01:01:30.803 --> 01:01:46.474 If we don't acknowledge it, then we lose the blessing, for one, because there's a blessing when we acknowledge what the Lord is doing, 496 01:01:46.484 --> 01:01:50.099 but we say it with our mouths. 497 01:01:50.989 --> 01:02:04.349 It gives faith to us, because faith comes by hearing, and when we confess with our mouth, then the faith is strengthened. 498 01:02:05.110 --> 01:02:08.408 The sinners in Zion are afraid. 499 01:02:08.418 --> 01:02:15.654 Fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites, the terrors in the church. 500 01:02:15.664 --> 01:02:20.878 Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? 501 01:02:20.888 --> 01:02:27.030 Here again, we see that theme, who shall be able to stand? 502 01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:32.813 Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? 503 01:02:32.823 --> 01:02:39.304 Who can endure this time of the furnace, the devouring fire? 504 01:02:39.314 --> 01:02:44.823 Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? 505 01:02:44.833 --> 01:02:47.179 Now, it's interesting. 506 01:02:49.199 --> 01:02:55.349 Who were those who were not touched by the fire? 507 01:02:55.360 --> 01:03:11.750 Daniel's friends, rather, godly people, and there was the fire that caught Moses' attention, because it wasn't burning the bush. 508 01:03:13.400 --> 01:03:27.524 Moses also was a godly person, so the everlasting burnings, the fires that don't consume, they don't consume the righteous, 509 01:03:27.534 --> 01:03:33.610 and that's the answer that he gives us in Isaiah 33. 510 01:03:34.289 --> 01:03:43.003 Those who shall dwell with everlasting burnings, he that walketh righteously and speaketh uprightly, 511 01:03:43.013 --> 01:03:46.750 he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, 512 01:03:46.760 --> 01:03:50.845 that shaketh his hands from holding of brides, 513 01:03:50.855 --> 01:03:54.853 that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, 514 01:03:54.863 --> 01:03:58.338 and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil, 515 01:03:58.348 --> 01:04:00.429 he shall dwell on high. 516 01:04:01.510 --> 01:04:05.612 His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. 517 01:04:05.622 --> 01:04:09.559 Bread shall be given him, his waters shall be sure. 518 01:04:10.139 --> 01:04:25.222 And here we see again, you know, we have the bread of Orion, we have the waters of the Eridanus, and he shall dwell on high in the heavens, 519 01:04:25.232 --> 01:04:29.019 putting those things in our minds. 520 01:04:29.349 --> 01:04:42.332 Place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks, a lot like the, you know, if you expand a great rock, it's like a mountain, 521 01:04:42.342 --> 01:04:44.720 and the mountains are, 522 01:04:44.730 --> 01:04:52.510 or the constellations are represented by mountains sometimes in the Bible. 523 01:04:54.320 --> 01:04:57.612 So we see also a relationship there. 524 01:04:57.622 --> 01:05:08.219 And then he concludes, thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty, they shall behold the land that is very far off. 525 01:05:08.719 --> 01:05:23.423 So that is the promise that is given to those who repent, and they turn away from their evil ways, and they seek to do right, 526 01:05:23.433 --> 01:05:27.775 to align their lives with God's law, 527 01:05:27.785 --> 01:05:31.539 shunning the evil in the world, 528 01:05:31.549 --> 01:05:35.538 and embracing that which is good, 529 01:05:35.548 --> 01:05:36.949 as we read. 530 01:05:38.460 --> 01:05:57.179 So in this time, we see the contrast between the wicked, who are exposed to the same fire as the righteous, but to the wicked, 531 01:05:57.190 --> 01:06:00.894 God is a consuming fire. 532 01:06:00.904 --> 01:06:03.420 He consumes them. 533 01:06:04.210 --> 01:06:12.051 He consumes the faults in our character, and leaves just the shining gold. 534 01:06:12.061 --> 01:06:16.830 But for the righteous, they are not consumed. 535 01:06:16.840 --> 01:06:24.449 In the same fire, they endure, they dwell with the everlasting burnings. 536 01:06:25.070 --> 01:06:31.690 And that's a point that I think is very misunderstood. 537 01:06:34.590 --> 01:06:40.312 I don't want to open a can of worms, but there are many, 538 01:06:40.322 --> 01:06:50.223 very many in the church who believe that those who dwell in the everlasting fire are the wicked, 539 01:06:50.233 --> 01:06:53.289 and they dwell in the flames, 540 01:06:53.299 --> 01:06:59.420 and they're tortured in the fire forever and ever and ever. 541 01:07:01.179 --> 01:07:06.530 But Isaiah makes it clear that God is a consuming fire. 542 01:07:07.329 --> 01:07:15.514 A consuming fire is one that burns up what it consumes, what is being burned, and then is done. 543 01:07:15.525 --> 01:07:23.699 The fire that goes on and burns forever, those who dwell in that fire, those are the righteous. 544 01:07:24.219 --> 01:07:30.670 It's the righteous who dwell with the Lord in the midst of the fire, and are not burned. 545 01:07:31.139 --> 01:07:40.477 They dwell with the Lord in the fiery furnace, and they are safe because he is with them. 546 01:07:40.487 --> 01:07:50.340 So that's just a side point that I think is sadly very misunderstood among God's people today. 547 01:07:52.070 --> 01:08:07.945 But the overall message today is that we are entering this time when God is, in a sense, casting us into the whole world, 548 01:08:07.955 --> 01:08:12.800 being cast into the furnace of fire. 549 01:08:13.730 --> 01:08:24.319 And the details of what that looks like, we have glimpses of in the Bible from the different stories that relate to this experience. 550 01:08:25.810 --> 01:08:38.595 But we can see, most importantly, that when we repent from our wrong, and we turn to the Lord and serve him wholly with our hearts, 551 01:08:38.605 --> 01:08:45.720 then we will endure through the trials and the temptations of this time. 552 01:08:47.279 --> 01:08:56.210 But if not, then God is a consuming fire, and we will be consumed in this time. 553 01:08:57.220 --> 01:09:06.537 And so with that, let's stand and have a word of prayer. 554 01:09:06.547 --> 01:09:26.670 Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you once again for your mercy toward your people, toward those who repent and turn to you. 555 01:09:28.449 --> 01:09:33.449 And you are calling your people to repentance for this time. 556 01:09:34.800 --> 01:09:51.000 Many are expecting things that are not going to happen, things that they have staked their hopes on, and perhaps even their faith. 557 01:09:53.170 --> 01:10:06.361 And I pray, Lord, that you will sustain your people through the trials that they will endure because of false beliefs, 558 01:10:06.371 --> 01:10:14.745 through the trials that they will endure because of misapplying scripture, 559 01:10:14.755 --> 01:10:19.440 or simply because of their circumstances. 560 01:10:19.450 --> 01:10:23.800 But Lord, you will be with your people. 561 01:10:25.079 --> 01:10:32.743 And though we be cast into a fiery furnace like Daniel's friends, you will be with us, 562 01:10:32.753 --> 01:10:38.090 and all that will be burned will be the ropes that bind us. 563 01:10:40.399 --> 01:10:51.080 And so we thank you for the hope that you give in the time of trouble, and we ask that as things develop in this time, 564 01:10:51.090 --> 01:10:54.520 that you will be near to your people. 565 01:10:55.350 --> 01:11:06.537 And that your people will seek nearness to you and repent from all that is not in harmony 566 01:11:06.547 --> 01:11:16.090 with your word as it is revealed in the Bible and confirmed in the heavens. 567 01:11:16.100 --> 01:11:21.369 We thank you, Father, for all that you do. 568 01:11:22.600 --> 01:11:30.489 You are the creator that designed all of these things, who knew the end from the beginning, 569 01:11:30.499 --> 01:11:38.899 and it's amazing and marvelous in our eyes to see how you have orchestrated all of these things. 570 01:11:39.369 --> 01:11:49.097 And we acknowledge your might, and I pray that everyone hearing this video will do the same, will acknowledge the might of the Lord. 571 01:11:49.107 --> 01:11:50.350 This is his work. 572 01:11:50.930 --> 01:11:55.569 This is your work, and we are grateful for it. 573 01:11:56.630 --> 01:12:04.390 We pray these things in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, who was wounded for our sin, 574 01:12:04.400 --> 01:12:09.649 that we can have the repentance we need to see you in glory. 575 01:12:10.670 --> 01:12:16.069 We love you, and we look forward to that time when we may see you face to face. 576 01:12:17.699 --> 01:12:19.581 In Jesus' name we pray. 577 01:12:19.591 --> 01:12:19.989 Amen. 578 01:12:22.510 --> 01:12:27.287 Thank you, and look forward to seeing you all next week.