Transcript God's Gathering Call - Arkansas

GOD’S GATHERING
CALL
GOD’s GATHERING CALL
The 29th study in the series.
Studies written by William Carey.
Presentation by Michael Salzman.
All texts are from the New King James
version.
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What kind of church is represent by
the woman?
Revelation 17:3-4
So he carried me away in the Spirit
into the wilderness. And I saw a
woman sitting on a scarlet beast
which was full of names of
blasphemy, having seven heads and
ten horns.
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4 The woman was arrayed in purple and
scarlet, and adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls, having in
her hand a golden cup full of
abominations and filthiness of her
fornication.
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Note that this woman of Revelation 17 is
just the opposite kind of woman to the
one presented in Revelation 12. This
would show that as surely as the pure
woman of Revelation 12 is the LORD’s
TRUE CHURCH even so this impure
harlot woman is Satan’s counterfeit
religious system Rev. 2:9.
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What is God’s name for this false
religious system?
Revelation 17:5
And on her forehead a name was
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF ABOMINATIONS OF THE
EARTH.
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God’s name for this great counterfeit
system is “BABYLON THE GREAT”.
The word “Babylon” comes from the
word “Babel” (Gen.10:10, Margin), and
this word “Babel” means confusion,
Gen. 11:9, Margin.
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The name Babylon which signifies
confusion, is certainly a fit name for
this present-day system of worldly
churches and religions, which on
many points are following
discordant, unscriptural ideas and
worldly ways in place of obeying the
plain commands of the Lord, whom
they profess to follow.
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What does the woman represent?
Revelation 17:18
“And the woman whom you saw is
that great city which reigns over the
kings of the earth.”
This impure woman is declared to be
the great city which dominates the
governments of earth.
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How many parts does this city have?
Revelation 16:19
Now the great city was divided into three
parts, and the cities of the nations fell.
And great Babylon was remembered
before God, to give her the cup of the
wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
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This great city is divided into three special
parts.
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What were the three parts to the city?
Revelation 16:13
And I saw three unclean spirits like
frogs coming out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet.
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These three special parts are
designated as THE DRAGON, THE
BEAST, and THE FALSE PROPHET. The
dragon of this combination is
paganism. The beast is Catholicism,
Rev. 13:18; and the false prophet is
apostate Protestantism, which has
proved itself untrue to the Bible which
it took as its only guide at the time of
its birth.
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Is there a special message about
Babylon?
Revelation 14:8,14
And another angel followed, saying
“Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great
city, because she has made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication.”
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14 Then I looked, and behold, a white
cloud, and on the cloud sat One like
the Son of Man, having on His head a
golden crown, and in His hand a
sharp sickle.
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One part of the special message that
God is sending to the world in the
last days just before Jesus appears
on the cloud is that this system of
worldly churches constitutes fallen
Babylon.
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As we see how the churches have
become worldly, having lost their
spirituality, and how the Modernist
section has repudiated the Bible, we
see that Babylon -- the popular
churches -- is indeed fallen, just as
God said it would be in the last days.
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What is the message for God’s
people?
Revelation 18:2,4
And he cried mightily with a loud
voice, saying, “Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and has become a
dwelling place of demons, a prison
for every foul spirit, and a cage for
every unclean and hateful bird!
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4 And I heard another voice from
heaven saying, “Come out of her, my
people, lest you share in her sins,
and lest you receive of her plagues.
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This special message that Babylon is
fallen will also call all of God’s people
out of this great worldly religious
system of paganism, Catholicism, and
Protestantism, into God’s REMNANT
CHURCH to keep all His
commandments.
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God’s call is, “Come out of Babylon,
that ye be not partakers of her sins”.
As sin is the transgression of God’s
law (1 John 3:4), it is evident that
God is calling His people out of all
these worldly churches (Babylon) in
order that they may keep His
commandments.
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What do those who come out of Babylon
do?
Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints; here
are those who keep the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus.
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Those who come out of Babylon in
response to God’s special message of
Revelation 14:8 and 18:2 & 4, are
designated as those who keep the
commandments of God.
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Does the Remnant Church keep the
commandments of God?
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was enraged with the
woman, and he went to make war with
the rest of her offspring, who keep the
commandments of God and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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God’s REMNANT CHURCH is
distinguished by the keeping of the
commandments and the Spirit of
Prophecy, Rev. 19:10.
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How many flocks are there?
John 10:16,27
“And other sheep I have which are not
of this fold; them also I must bring, and
they will hear My voice; and there shall
be one flock and one shepherd.
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27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I
know them, and they follow Me.
God’s people are obedient people they OBEY His voice. This means
that all of God’s people will come out
of these fallen churches, out of
Babylon, into His ONE TRUE FOLD
AND REMNANT FLOCK to keep fully
ALL of His commandments.
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How many groups hear God’s
gathering call?
Matthew 12:30
“He who is not with Me is against Me,
and he who does not gather with Me
scatters abroad.
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There is, and will be, no neutral ground;
wither we will stand with Babylon, which
will be destroyed at the appearing of
Jesus (Rev 18:8,21), or we will stand with
the OBEDIENT REMNANT, which will be
victorious on the sea of glass, Rev. 14:1;
15:2,3.
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Choose this day on which side you will
stand. The seven last plagues are
coming. God’s call for this hour is,
“Come out of her (Babylon), My people,
that ye receive not of her plagues”, Rev.
18:4. It is just as important for us to come
out of Babylon as it was for Lot to flee
from Sodom before the fire of God fell on
that city.
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Just as important for Noah and his
family to come out of the world into the
ark before the flood came. If you have
not responded to this call to come out
of Babylon, decide this moment that
you will come out and surrender all to
Jesus Christ to obey Him.
What is your answer?
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