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Persecution And Martyrs
00:05:16
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| Go to Revelation 6.9 now. | |
| And this is the fifth seal. | |
| And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God. | |
| Oh, hold that. | |
| For the word of God. | |
| Yeah. | |
| Wow. | |
| They were slain. | |
| What is this about? | |
| Persecution. | |
| What was that news story that came out today? | |
| Project Verdas came out with a new video in which there was a reporter talking to, you know, they didn't know they were being recorded at the time. | |
| And she had said, you know, what's worse than President Trump is President Pence because he's too religious. | |
| He's too religious. | |
| Because they're trying to improve. | |
| president trump so this woman who wants to impeach president trump she said but if you impeach president trump you're going to get you're going to get a president pence which she said is even worse And why did she say he was worse? | |
| Because he's too religious. | |
| He's extremely religious. | |
| Because he believes in Jesus. | |
| He's Christ. | |
| He doesn't have a religious spirit. | |
| See, but they're going to hate us for he is spiritual. | |
| But we're going to be hated for God's name, for Jesus' name's sake. | |
| This is where we are now. | |
| Absolutely. | |
| We're in the book of Revelation. | |
| Every church should be teaching Revelation, at least on Sunday night, so you scary people can stay home. | |
| But you ought to go and just read it. | |
| It says, isn't the blessing said if you just read it, I think it says if I'm not mistaken. | |
| That's at the beginning of the book of Revelation. | |
| So the stage is set for one-fourth of the world to die. | |
| That's coming. | |
| The fifth seal opens a spring of support and consolation to those who had been and still were under great tribulation for the sake of Christ and the gospel. | |
| And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar a place of Jewish sacrifice. | |
| And it always is what that was. | |
| Yes. | |
| But the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for their testimony. | |
| You know, how does the Bible say you defeat by the word of your testimony? | |
| You defeat Satan. | |
| Revelation. | |
| These are people that have to give up their life. | |
| Well, that whole verse. | |
| People always stop. | |
| It says, you know, by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. | |
| And people love to cut it off right there. | |
| But there's actually more to that verse and it says, and they love their lives not unto the death. | |
| They were willing to die for the cause of Christ. | |
| People always cut that off because that part's too graphic for them. | |
| But you have to finish the verse. | |
| I don't know how long God's going to let me preach the gospel, how long I'll be on earth, because I'm getting old. | |
| But you're not getting it. | |
| Stop saying that. | |
| You're getting young. | |
| You're getting younger, really. | |
| Sometimes I worry that you'll outlive me. | |
| Oh, man. | |
| But this word, read that again, what you just read. | |
| That scripture you just read. | |
| It is Revelation 12, 11. | |
| They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony, and they love their lives not unto the death. | |
| So good. | |
| That's what it all boils down to. | |
| We're reading about that in Revelation, but we have to remember that we can't love our lives unto the death. | |
| We can't not be willing to sacrifice ourselves because at that point, we have put ourselves before God. | |
| The reason I was saying this is because people living right now, some will have to give up their lives for God. | |
| Well, it's an honor to give up your life for God. | |
| Even in heaven, you'll be placed in a place a bit higher than the rest of us if you're a martyr. | |
| When have you heard it your church preached that you might have to be a martyr? | |
| Has anybody told you that? | |
| I don't know. | |
| No, they told me that. | |
| When was the last time they taught you that it would be an honor to be a martyr? | |
| They don't. | |
| They just talk about the disciples who were martyrs, except for John, of course. | |
| They tried to martyr him many times. | |
| They tried to boil him to death, and he didn't. | |
| They flogged him, they boiled him, they isolated him, but that man was too determined. | |
| Yes, and now we have the book of Revelation because of him. | |
| So the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them which were slain for the word of God and for their testimony. | |
| These people want to kill the vice president, even. | |
| They say he's unfit, more unfit than Trump. | |
| And they want anybody but Trump. | |
| But they said he's not fit because he loves Jesus Christ. | |
| So for their testimony, those people are being badgered. | |
| And they would kill them if they could. | |
| Do you know the security they have to have around our president and vice president just to keep him alive? | |
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Crying Out for Vengeance
00:01:48
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| Have to. | |
| Have to. | |
| And so Revelation 6:10, it says that they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? | |
| This is the blood of the martyrs crying out, O God, avenge us, God. | |
| And white robes were given unto them. | |
| And it was said unto them that they should rest for a little season until the fellow servants, also their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. | |
| So they're in a process. | |
| This is the tribulation. | |
| These people are still on earth, and these are up in heaven. | |
| And he's saying, well, there's more coming. | |
| So the rapture hasn't taken place, people. | |
| The dead have gone to be with the Lord. | |
| But these are yet to die. | |
| So John saw them under the altar at the foot of the altar of incense in the most holy place. | |
| He saw them in heaven at the foot of Christ. | |
| See, that's exactly what Ricky just said about the martyrs. | |
| Absolutely. | |
| That's right there. | |
| I mean, we have to teach the whole word of God if we're going to be. | |
| I personally believe if you leave this earth, you go to be with the Lord. | |
| Yeah, Paul talks about it. | |
| 2 Corinthians. | |
| You ever read that? | |
| Yeah, I have a few times. | |
| I have. | |
| Well, it says, to be absent with ourselves is to be present with Christ. | |
| To be absent from our physical body is to be present with Christ. | |
| And so it's an honor. | |
| I mean, honestly, not to be sent to God. | |
| And that's what I preach, and that's what I believe. | |
| What God's explaining here is the martyrs are close to him. | |
| So they're in heaven. | |
| They're right by his throne. | |
| They're right there. | |
| I believe that's what this means. | |