“THAT I MAY KNOW HIM” The very fact that we are called upon to endure trials proves that the Lord Jesus sees in us something very precious that He would have developed. If He saw nothing in us whereby we might glorify His name He would not spend time refining us. {TMK 277.3} The Last Warning Message! The First Angel And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. What is The Everlasting Gospel? John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. THE LAMB – SIN = SANCTUARY Old Testament \ Sacrifices Gen. 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering? 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: “The Lamb” Why couldn’t God accept the offering of Isaac as the lamb? THE REAL LAMB is to take away the sin of the world. THE REAL LAMB must have greater value than all persons that have ever lived to redeem all people THE REAL LAMB was prefigured through all the Sanctuary services in Old Testament times. John the Baptist, under inspiration, said that Jesus was the Lamb. When he said that he had never seen Jesus before. JESUS WAS THE LAMB Does Jesus Qualify? Micah 5:2 “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall He come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting. He must be born in Bethlehem. How far back does everlasting, His preexistence go? John 1:1 1:1 In (the) beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. With God and Was God = 2 Gods 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God. 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 1:4 In him was life; (eternal) These are characteristics of Jesus Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son: 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the forgiveness of sins: Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 23:21 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name [is] in him. The Father’s name is in Him Isa. 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Jesus shares the names of His Father Luke 1:35 THE SON OF GOD THE INCARNATION “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” Jesus, who existed from ever in heaven, was reduced to a divine sperm. The Holy Spirit implanted the divine sperm in the womb of Mary The Son of Mary was the Son of God Divinity was in the sperm, thus divinity was in the Son DIVINITY This divinity in Jesus was the divinity that created the Universe This divinity has the power to remove all sin from man and restore the original characteristics and to resurrect and immortalize every sinner. This is the power of Jesus made available to us through the Everlasting Gospel! Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL Without the Gospel all else is meaningless All else is the result of the Gospel The Devil is trying to divert and pervert the plan of salvation. Thus the Three Angel’s Messages have been given to help all men, especially in these last days, to stay on track as they prepare for the hereafter. THE POWER OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL Tremendous spiritual power accompanied the gospel in the beginning. Even greater power will be evident when the gospel comes to a close with “The Grand Finale as the plan of salvation terminates. The Last Warning Message! THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE THREE ANGELS The message of each of the three angels shows the areas where the antichrist power had perverted the gospel and the streams of truth flowing from the plan of salvation. The everlasting gospel had been changed The judgment had been perverted Creation’s story had been set aside for evolution and the Sabbath was changed Spiritual Babylon has been forgotten The Mark of the Beast is an ignored subject All three angels reveal where corrections needed to be made that the plan of salvation can be pure, as a means of calling man out of error and confusion that the Devil had implanted in Christianity to confuse and sidetrack Christians. The third angel’s message is an eternal life and death matter and brings the plan of salvation to a close. Why are These Messages So Important? There are three angels with three messages and the last message deals with the Mark of the Beast. The Mark of the Beast is the most feared topic in the Bible All three angel’s messages go together V. 8 There followed another angel \ the second V. 9 The third angel followed them \ with the Mark of the Beast “Followed”= linked or part of the previous message. To say second or third indicates joined to the first. Thus all three are the final vital warning message – in three parts. The Three Angel’s Messages are three phases of revival and reformation. Why so important? Jesus comes after the third angel gives his message. Thus this third angel’s message is the final phase of the last message that the world is to hear. REVIVAL AND REFORMATION The Reformation of the 1500,s by Martin Luther was by studying and finding the Everlasting Gospel, namely righteousness by faith that had been buried by the filth of tradition in Catholicism. The Three Angel’s Messages will do the same thing only this reformation will be the last Restoration The Last Great Revival The Three Angel’s Messages restores: The Everlasting Gospel The Judgment Hour Message The Creator and His memorial of His creation the Sabbath Reveals the error of Evolution Reveals who Babylon is in its two phases Restores The Ten Commandments that had been downtrodden, by revealing what the Mark of the Beast really is. Once by water \Once by fire The First Angel - Rev. 14:6 Point # 1 The Everlasting Gospel The Two Covenants Old Covenant – Ex. 24:7 & 8 sealed by blood New Covenant – Heb. 9: 16 & 17 sealed by the blood of Jesus Friday at 3 P.M. The Covenant is sealed Nothing can be added after the covenant is sealed The Perverted Gospel According to the Antichrist Here is a partial list of the errors that have been introduced into the gospel by the Antichrist power during their 1260 year reign. The false baptism of sprinkling that replaces immersion. The false communion service – Transubstantiation The false Sabbath - Sunday Praying to the dead saints, especially to Mary The forgiveness of sins by the priest – not by Jesus Purchasing Indulgences – being revised ( Time Magazine Feb. 22, 2009 – use credit card to minimize time in purgatory - selling mercy and grace for money) A mortal man with an immortal soul – ridicules Those who give the last gospel call must have the pure original gospel, undiluted, that man might see the beauty and the free grace in the plan of salvation. The Message Rev. 14:6,7 “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having (1) the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, (2) to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God and give glory to him; (3) for the hour of his judgment is come: and (4) worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. There are four major points in this first angel’s message The First Angel’s Message 1. Has the everlasting Gospel 2. A world wide message \ proclamation 3. The hour of his judgment is come 4. Worship the Creator \ Created the world in six days These are the areas where the Devil has perverted the gospel Why some people join a church We must have the right perspective It has a day care program for their children Has a social program for senior citizens A beautiful edifice and all paid for A good parking lot \ bus service A popular minister To be seen at church is good for business Some join a church as they would join a social club The teaching of the Church is immaterial Why Others Join A Church Finds and accepts Jesus and forgiveness Has the right baptism Preaches the everlasting gospel Adheres to the Ten Commandments Keeps the true Biblical Sabbath Church supports Mission programs Preparing its members for the better land The Everlasting Gospel Jesus Only: Forgives, Saves, Sustains and Dwells within. Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. When this message is given properly and with the power of the Holy Spirit there will be many miracles and converts for people will be converted to Jesus The Power of the Gospel Via Peter Acts 5:14 “And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid [them] on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. 5:16 There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. The Everlasting Gospel via Paul Acts. 19:11 “And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. By the shadow of Peter and the handkerchiefs of Paul This is the power of the Everlasting Gospel This power of miracles is to return at the end of time. World Wide Proclamation of the Gospel Rev. 14:6 “Preach unto them on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,” 1. Cannot be an independent Church here or there. 2. Must be Organized into a world wide movement. 3. Message must embrace the Three Angel’s Messages. The First Angel’s Message: Note: The everlasting gospel is recorded under the first angel’s message along with the judgment message and the Sabbath. The Second Angel’s Message: The fall of Babylon must be part of the last message. The Third Angel’s Message: 4. The Mark of the Beast must be part of that message. 5. The second coming of Jesus must be part of that message. The Everlasting Gospel This is the first part of the Three Angel’s Messages The gospel concludes with the judgment The gospel concludes with the warning about the fall of Babylon and the Mark of the Beast This is one great final awesome warning message. Time when the judgment is to start The Antichrist Power Catholicism has no teaching on the second coming of Jesus nor a judgment leading up to it. Their purgatory points forward to multi – thousands of years of suffering with no second coming of Jesus in sight. Judgment must be over before Jesus comes The phase of the judgment, guilty or not guilty is God’s prerogative. Rev. 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me, to give every man according as his work shall be 1 Thess. 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: (The first resurrection is for the saints only) When Jesus comes He brings his reward with Him for the saints. (Resurrection and eternal life) Judgment Must Be Over Before Jesus Comes Thus: when He comes only the righteous are resurrected. When Jesus comes He comes out of the Sanctuary The Sanctuary is cleansed \ sins are blotted out. The only sins in the Sanctuary are sins of God’s people Therefore their judgment has to be over before He comes. Dan. 7:25,26 Judgment to start after 1798 1 Peter 4:17 The house of God is judged first. Rev. 14:7 tells us the judgment is to proclaimed before He comes. The judgment hour message first given in 1844 Worship Him that made heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. (Rev.14:7) 1. Worship the Creator. Who did the Creating? Here is a vital point Note the verse once again. Rev. 14:7 and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. This is a direct quote from the Law, the fourth commandment! Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea… The first Angel’s Message has a direct quote from the Law of God and from the Sabbath Commandment. This gives emphasis to the Sabbath which is a memorial to the creation week that Jesus spent making this world and everything on it. Where this is part of the 1st Angel’s Message, it is as a portion of the Everlasting Gospel This brings emphasis to the creation by the Creator Another major point of great interest is this: This Sabbath Commandment, in the Law, refutes the theory of evolution. 1. 1 John 3:4 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” 2. The Law says, “For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], 3. If you do not believe in the six day creation,according to the Law, then you are breaking the Law, which is a sin. 4. Therefore, according to the Bible, it is a sin to be an Evolutionist! 5. This is what the first Angel’s Message is teaching us. 6. Pope John Paul ll put his blessing on the evolutionary theory The Summary of the Contents of the First Angel’s Message 1. Embraces the Everlasting Gospel 2. Has a world-wide proclamation \ organization 3. Announces that the judgment has started 4. Worship the Creator who is Jesus 5. Makes emphasis to the Sabbath Commandment 6. Reveals to us that to believe in evolution is a sin as it breaks the Law This brings us back to the basics of the Bible The Bible Does Not Teach Evolution Genesis 1: 12, grass and herbs – after his kind Verse 21 creatures in the sea – after their kind Verse 24 +25 cattle and creeping things – after his kind Chapter 2:1 “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.” (Creation week) All species were made – “finished” – no new species have come into existence after creation week. The same God that revealed this to Moses came down and spoke the Law personally on Mount Sinai. On Sinai God reiterated the point that in six days He made the heaven and the earth. (Ex.20:11) When God spoke on Mount Sinai He refuted evolution The Law – The Sin Detector The Law that points out sin also points out creation. Evolution is a man made hypothesis. If Evolution is our roots – and if we came from the monkey - did Jesus die to save our ancestors, the monkeys? If not – why not is a question for Christians who believe in evolution to contemplate. The Second Angel’s Message Who is Babylon? What does she do? The fall of Babylon is a last day event in Christianity. Babylon: Webster’s Dictionary – “Ancient city of Babylonia (1400 B.C.) A city devoted to materialism and the pursuit of sensual pleasure.” Babylon is mentioned 252 times in the Bible – 245 times has reference to the old city of Babylon itself – 7 times, all in the New Testament, have a spiritual application – 1 time by Peter 1Peter 5:13 “The church that is at Babylon, elected together with [you], saluteth you; Peter was at Rome when he wrote this letter. He is making a spiritual reference that the city of Rome is like Babylon, where they are worshipping many false gods. Every pope is considered another God on earth Thus Rome is spiritual Babylon \ many gods Is the religion of Rome today spiritual Babylon? Who is Spiritual Babylon Today? The book of Revelation mentions Babylon six times. The fist time is Rev. 14:8 “Babylon is fallen” Timewise Revelation 14 is after the United States comes upon the scene in Rev. 13:11. (1776) This message was first given in 1844 with the Judgment hour message This reference, therefore, is referring to a spiritual application to false religious concepts in these last days as old Babylon doesn’t exist any longer. This has to be true as the Three Angel’s Messages constitutes the last warning message to the world before the end of time and the coming of Jesus. The second angel’s message, “Babylon is fallen,” is right in the middle of the last warning message of the Three Angels, which is to be added to the Everlasting Gospel that starts the First Angel’s Message. Using Peter’s application that Rome is spiritual Babylon we will look at Rome once again. In Rome there is a Church. In Rev. 17 a church is represented by a woman. This woman is called a whore,decked with gold, precious stones and pearls. This woman also has a name, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Babylon The Great Here is a list of the names that belonged to the female goddess of old Babylon. 1. A mother god 2. My lady or our lady 3. The queen of heaven 4. The virgin mother 5. The Madonna 6. The weeping mother 7. The mother goddess that intercedes Does it seem strange to you that each of these names belong also to the modern Queen of heaven called Mary, in Catholicism? Look where these names came from! Babylon the Great MYSTERY 1. Calls herself the pure mother church, but God calls her the mother of harlots 2. Claims to be the true church but is drunk with the blood of the saints 3. She who claims to be infallible is said to corrupt the earth with her teachings 4. Reverences and kisses the Bible in the Mass and sets it aside with her traditions 5. She who claims to have the keys of heaven will be cast into the lake of fire by He who has the keys of hell 6. She who says to the people, come unto me; God says to them come out of her my people Can Babylon Come In Two Phases? This woman - Church of Revelation 17 is the mother of harlots. If the mother is a church then the daughters are churches as well. “Could this refer to Protestant Churches that practice some of the erroneous teachings of the mother church? Do you see anything wrong with the teachings of (1)Sunday worship, (2)immortality of the soul (3) sprinkling for baptism? (4) Mariology? (5) Transubstantion How many Protestant Churches have these four doctrines as their major teachings? Babylon the Great -- Mystery Rev. 17:4 And the woman (the false Church) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (Babylonian Christians decked with gold, precious stones, and gold, loves to wear jewelry) 17:5 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Christianity At one time Catholicism was pure At one time Protestantism was pure Catholicism became corrupted Protestantism has become corrupted she has split into over 600 denominations Surly this is confusion and Babylon stands for confusion, especially in religion Thus when you have the term, “Babylon is Fallen” in reference to religion you have to look closely to see what God is saying. There must be fallen Babylonian Christians. Babylon the Great is the Beast power that Protestant America makes an image to. There was no question in the minds of the Protestant Churches four to five hundred years ago who the Beast power, revealed in the book of Daniel was. That’s was why Protestantism was born. Protestant means to protest against any doctrine not Biblical, such as; Purgatory – Praying to the dead saints, especially Mary, Transubstantiation, Killing anyone considered a heretic, selling indulgences - grace, priest forgiving sins, Tradition above Bible. The Pope, another God on earth. Pope infallible. Protestants would rather burn at the stake than accept these heresies, and they did, by the millions Catholicism Persecuted her Millions What About Protestantism? There is a Prophecy telling what Protestantism will do in the near future Revelation 13:12 tells us Protestantism will persecute as did the Beast power before him. “And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.” The beast before it was the Catholic persecuting power. Prediction of Final Persecution Daniel 12:7 “And I heard the man clothed in linen, which [was] upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that [it shall be] for a time, times, and an half; (1260 years - 538-1798) and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these [things] shall be finished.” One more persecution after 1798 and before the end. The Bible Predicts A False Prophet At The End Of Time Revelation 13:12 Protestantism will exercise all the power of the first beast before it. Protestantism will become a persecuting power. The Beast power before it was Catholicism who did all the persecuting and had the deadly wound (1798) that was healed. (1929) When Protestantism persecutes it is known as a FALSE PROPHET. Rev. 14:12 A false prophet would be against the Commandments of God. The False Prophet The teachings of the false prophet: 1. Sunday sacredness 2. Immortality of the soul 3. Temporal Millennium 4. The return of the Jews to Palestine (1948) These are the false teaching of the false prophet Rev.19:20 puts Catholicism and Protestantism together as a persecuting power. “And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.” In the days of Jesus, two religious groups, Sadducees and Pharisees finally joined to persecute Jesus. In our day – Catholicism and Protestantism will join to persecute God’s people. The Beast represents Catholicism & the False Prophet is Protestantism They unite in the last great persecution towards the saints. Who are the saints? “Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Rev. 14:12 How to Identify Last Day Saints Rev. 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. 1. They keep the commandments (Sabbath) 2. They have developed a faith like Jesus had. 3. They will be persecuted by popular Babylonian Christianity The Bible does not offer us a bed of roses in these last days but it does offer us all eternity if we are faithful. How Will Protestantism Persecute? Revelation 13: v. 14 Makes an image v. 15 The Image enforces the Mark of the Beast v. 16 Only those who have the Mark can buy and sell v. 15 Enforces a death decree on those who do not have the Mark THE BIBLE PREDICTS PERSECUTION BY PROTESTANTISM NEAR THE END OF TIME Revelation 14: 9 -10 “THE MARK OF THE BEAST” And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Identifying The Mark of the Beast Rev. “14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” ~Note The Contrast~ The saints keep the commandments (v.12) This indicates that those who have the Mark of the Beast and the Image do not keep the Commandments. The last great conflict is over the Law of God, namely the Sabbath Be aware of a non-biblical Sabbath – Sunday law \ worship that originated with the Beast power in 336 A.D. - before there were any Protestant Churches. WHO MAKES THE IMAGE TO THE BEAST? And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. Only one Church received a deadly wound (1798) The same one had the wound healed (1929) 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, WHO MAKES “THE IMAGE” TO THE BEAST? Rev. 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. The Image is an Image of the Mark THE IMAGE AND THE MARK The power behind the IMAGE brings forth the death decree The MARK brings forth the wrath of God The governments \ powers that embrace the IMAGE and the MARK are united in the persecution of God’s people in the last days. The Mark is associated with the Beast. Who is the Image associated with? The MARK and the IMAGE have to be associated within Christianity The Mark is associated with European Catholic Christianity and the Image is associated with American Protestant Christianity. The Mark and the Image unite for the last persecution The contrast has to be - good – vs - evil. God’s law and standard must be abrogated by the Image and the Mark. ~Note The Contrast~ The saints keep the commandments (v.12) This indicates that those who have the Mark and the Image do not. The last great conflict is over the Law of God, namely the Sabbath The mark and the image is a joint movement known as THE MARK OF THE BEAST that receives the wrath of God Sunday Laws The Mark and the Image will bring about unbiblical Sunday laws. Forced religious laws bring forth persecution and this last persecution ends with a death decree. The Image enforces the Mark. Forced religion takes away religious liberty and stifles the conscience of freedom. The Conclusion This is the message of the Three angel’s The Devil fights to keep his erroneous teaching as prominent and uses the death decree to enforce them. It will easy to enforce as all the world has already been deceived into Sunday keeping This brings the last great showdown of good and evil.