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GLOW Rally 2010: Let There Be Light

GLOW 2010 Welcome and Testimonies

Don Mackintosh

Real Evidence about Life’s Issues

Gerzon Gomez

Two Minute Warning

GLOW 2010 Literature Evangelism Testimonials, Part 1

Atmospheric Pressure

GLOW 2010 Literature Evangelism Testimonials, Part 2

GLOW 2010 Ministry Spotlight and Closing Message

Father in heaven, Lord, we thank you so much for allowing us to gather here together.

We thank you for what has taken place here.

We're excited about reaching to those that don't know you, but Father, we're excited because we know that Jesus is coming and He's coming soon.

And as we open your word now, we pray that you will send your Holy Spirit to be with us and guide us in our study, we pray in Jesus' name, amen.

I would like to begin this afternoon pretty much where I am going to end.

And I would like to begin by reading a statement that we do find in the book Great Controversy, and that is found in page 582.

Great Controversy, page 582, the chapter entitled, The Impending Conflict.

And here she writes, from the very beginning of the great controversy in heaven, It has been Satan's purpose to overthrow the law of God.

So we know that from the very beginning, Satan has wanted to overthrow what?

It was to accomplish this that he entered upon his rebellion against the Creator.

And though he was cast out of heaven, he has continued the same warfare upon the earth.

To deceive men and thus lead them to transgress God's law is an object which he has steadfastly pursued.

So therefore today all the violence, all the immorality, all the destruction is Satan bent on destroying the law of God and trying to cause others to disregard the law of God.

She goes on, whether this be accomplished by casting aside the law altogether, or by rejecting 1 of its precepts, the result will be ultimately the same." And then she says, In seeking to cast contempt upon the divine statutes, Satan has perverted the doctrines of the Bible, and errors have thus become incorporated into the faith of thousands who profess to believe the Scriptures.

The last great conflict between truth and error is but the final struggle of the longstanding controversy concerning the law of God.

Upon this battle, " and again, this battle is a last great conflict.

Upon this battle we are now entering a battle between the laws of men and the precepts of Jehovah, between the religion of the Bible and the religion of fables and tradition.

So this last battle concerning the law of God, we're about to enter it.

And I would like for us to go to a very, very familiar passage for us this morning, this afternoon.

Revelation chapter 12, Revelation chapter 12, and I would like for us to go to verse 17.

Revelation 12, verse 17, and when you're there, please let me hear you say, Amen.

The Bible says, And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make what?

War with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." Now question, has there ever been a time since the days of Adam, has there ever been a time in which the dragon has not been at war with God's church?

From the very beginning, Satan has always been at war with God's church.

So then what's the point of John here saying, and the dragon was rough with the woman and went to make war if he's always been at war?

This war of chapter 12, verse 17, this war, has this war begun already?

And what I'd like to do right now, my friends, is go for some MIB review, but you're going to see why we're going to do this in just a minute.

I would like for us to do a quick run-through of chapter 12 of Revelation, And we're going to find out exactly why it is the two-minute warning.

Verse 1 says, And there appeared a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of 12 stars." Now question, this we know.

Verse 2, and She, being with child, cried, travailing in birth, and pain to be delivered." Now question, we know this is a church, but which church is it talking about?

We know that the child that's gonna be born is who?

So therefore, in verse 1 and verse 2, The woman is pregnant, the child is not born.

So here we find the church in the Old Testament phase.

So the Old Testament church is right about to give way to the New Testament church, amen?

And there appeared another wonder in heaven.

And behold, a great red dragon, having 7 heads and 10 horns, and 7 crowns upon his heads." Now, who's the dragon?

Because verse 9 says, and the great dragon was cast out that it also been called the devil and Satan.

Verse 4, and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth." Stop there.

Now, the 1 third of the stars, of course, are who?

Now, using the actual words of the text, what did Satan use to drag down with him a third of the stars of heaven?

Is Satan a guy in red pajamas with a pitchfork and horns poking people?

But yet, the Word says that he uses tail.

Let's go to Isaiah 9, Isaiah 9, Isaiah 9, and let's go to verse 15, Isaiah 9, verse 15.

The Bible says, Isaiah 9, verse 15, the ancient and honorable, he is the what?

And the prophet that teaches lies, he's the what?

Okay, let's go back to the temple of Revelation.

Verse 4, "'And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and it cast into the earth.

And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born." So Satan here, using the Roman empire and Herod, was standing right by the woman to devour, destroy Jesus as soon as He was born.

Now, verse 5, I love verse 5 because the Bible's amazing.

I mean, the Word makes big things condense in such small phrases, because in verse 5, we have the entire life of Jesus summed up.

Verse 5 says, and she brought forth the child, a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and her child was caught up unto God and to his throne." The whole life of Jesus in 1 verse.

And so, When Satan saw that he could not destroy the child, when he saw that he could not destroy Jesus, and when Satan was defeated at the cross, is Satan an enemy that gives up easily?

He continues and continues and continues.

But when he was defeated and he could not destroy the man child, who did he now go after?

Verse 6, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand 200 and threescore days.

And we know this is the 1, 260-year prophecy, the time period of 538 to 1798.

And now John kind of takes us behind the scenes and shows what is going on in verse 7.

Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought in his angels, and prevailed not.

Neither was there place found any more in heaven.

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil and Satan, which deceives the whole world.

He was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him." Now question, my friends.

This casting out of Satan, when did it take place?

Remember now, Satan was cast out twice, And this casting out of Satan did not take place before the foundation of the world.

This casting out that John describes here took place at the cross.

Series

GLOW Rally 2010: Let There Be Light

Two Minute Warning

Transcript

Parent Series

Sponsor

Recorded

Dylan McWilliams Weekend

Our Tactical Advantage, Part 2

1h 4m

Mission Possible!

1. Introduction into Literature Ministry

56m

Alistair Huong: Them That Dwell on the Earth

Sunday and Them That Dwell On the Earth

56m

Balaam, Balak and the Nicolaitans

46m

The Blue Print Part 3: Earth’s Final Movie

53m

Keeping Focus

Keeping Focus Part 3

48m

Steps To Discipleship

36m

Heart Burn

1h

Plenary

The Lamb and the 144,000

1h 9m

Plenary

Why is Jesus Always Talking About Plants

1h

Plenary

Our Day in Prophecy

1h 33m

Dave Fiedler: Core of the Controversy

Alpha - Anything but God

1h 20m

Sound Doctrine