WHAT IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS

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The Three Angels' Messages

• 15. WHAT IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS?

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REVELATION 1310

• He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
  captivity he that killeth with the sword must be
  killed with the sword. Here is the patience and
  the faith of the saints.
• Why should the saints exercise patience?
• Five reasons
• Beast
• Image
• Mark
• Crisis
• Faith Testing
• What is the patience of the saints?

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REVELATION 1412

• Here is the patience of the saints here are
  they that keep the commandments of God, and the
  faith of Jesus.
• Desire to endure
• Desire to persevere
• Desire to suffer long
• God is in controloutcome
• God is our avenger
• Suffer with Christ
• Servants not Superstars

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BIBLE EVIDENCE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS

• LUKE 181-3, 5-8
• And he spake a parable unto them to this end,
  that men ought always to pray, and not to faint
  Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared
  not God, neither regarded man And there was a
  widow in that city and she came unto him,
  saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. Yet because
  this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest
  by her continual coming she weary me. I tell you
  that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless
  when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith
  on the earth?

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SYMBOLISMS REPRESENTATIONS

• Application LUKE 181-3, 5-8
• The Judge Jesus Christ
• ELLEN G. WHITE, Christ object lessons, Shall Not
  God Avenge His Own?--p.164
• 2. The adversary Devil
• 1 PETER 58
• Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary
  the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
  seeking whom he may devour
• 3. The forsaken widow Church or elect of God
  LUKE 18 7

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WIDOW/CHURCH NEEDS PATIENCE GREAT TRIBULATION

• MATTHEW 24 21-22-24
• For then shall be great tribulation, such as was
  not since the beginning of the world to this
  time, no, nor ever shall be. But for the elect's
  sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any
  man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
  there believe it not. For there shall arise
  false Christ's, and false prophets, and shall
  show great signs and wonders insomuch that, if
  it were possible, they shall deceive the very
  elect.
• REVELATION 1313
• And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh
  fire come down from heaven on the earth in the
  sight of men,...

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HOW SOON WILL DELIVERANCE OF THE SAINTS COME?

• LUKE 211-3 The widows mite 4-9
  Tribulation
• - Accost/assault/capture/persecute/imprisoned
• - Betrayal by parents Family friends
• - They will Hate/kill youChrist name
• ISAIAH 546-8
• For the LORD hath called thee as a woman
  forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of
  youth,For a small moment have I forsaken thee
  In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a
  moment but with everlasting kindness will I have
  mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

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ISAIAH 5410

• For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be
  removed but my kindness shall not depart from
  thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be
  removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
• Is this similar to whats going to happen in the
  end-time?
• DANIEL 11 12Saints
• A time of troublesimilar to Jacobs
• Assurance of forgiveness of past sins
• Michael will stand up for the Saints
• PatienceTribulations
• Faith Severely tested

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PATIENCE OF JOB ADVERSARY

• Did Job loose everything he had?
• Did Job loose his servants, children, health, and
  his wife?
• Did Job loose his friends?
• Did Job cry out to God for justice?
• Was there a delay? Does Job give up?
• Does Job keep on persisting like the widow?
• Does God answer Job at the end of his torment?
• Does God restore or double all his possessions?
• JOB 4210

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JOBS NINE PS

• Possession
• Position or status
• Partner
• Psyche
• Physical body
• Protection
• Profession
• Posterity
• Peasants

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WHO WAS JOBS ADVERSARY?

• JOB 411
• Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or
  his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
• Who is leviathan?
• ISAIAH 271
• In that day the LORD with his sore and great and
  strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing
  serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent and
  he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Did Job give up his patience?

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SAINTS TESTED LIKE JOB THE THREE HEBREW BOYS

• Hebrew Boys Golden image
• Did Nebuchadnezzar imposed a nationwide law
  against worshipping the true God?
• Could God have delivered those three boys before
  they were thrown into the furnace?
• Was their faith severely tested?
• Did these tests and experiences strengthened
  their faith?

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WAS THERE A DELAY?

• DANIEL 328--Delay vss. 20-28
• Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed
  be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
  who hath sent his angel, and delivered his
  servants that trusted in him, and have changed
  the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that
  they might not serve nor worship any god, except
  their own God.

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EARTHS COMING CRISIS SAINTS

• Who is going to bring on this crisis?
• The beast Sea, his mark, and his number
• The beast Land or the image to the beast
• False prophet (s)
• MATTHEW 2421
• For then shall be great tribulation, such as was
  not since the beginning of the world to this
  time, no, nor ever shall be.
• Hebrew boys Seven times
• Patience of the saints Seven last plagues

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CANAANITE WOMAN SYMBOL

• MATTHEW 1522-28
• And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the
  same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have
  mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David my
  daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he
  answered her not a word. And his disciples came
  and besought him, saying, Send her away for she
  crieth after us. Then came she and worshipped
  him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and
  said, It is not meet to take the children's
  bread, and cast it to dogs. And she said,
  Truth, Lord yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which
  fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus
  answered and said unto her, O woman, great is
  thy faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And
  her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

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WAS THERE A DELAY IN THE CANAANITES WOMANS
REQUEST?

• MATTHEW 1528
• Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman,
  great is thy faith be it unto thee even as
  thou wilt.
• LUKE 187
• And shall not God avenge his own elect, which
  cry day and night unto him, though he bear long
  with them?
• PSALMS 221, 2
• My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? O my
  God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not
  and in the night season, and am not silent.

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MY GOD GOD IS SILENT!

• MATTHEW 2639, 42, 44
• And he went a little farther, and fell on his
  face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be
  possible, let this cup pass from me nevertheless
  not as I will, but as thou wilt. He went away
  again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my
  Father, if this cup may not pass away from me,
  except I drink it, thy will be done. And he left
  them, and went away again, and prayed the third
  time, saying the same words.
• MATTHEW 2746
• Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? My God, my God, why
  hast thou forsaken me?

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DID JESUS HAVE FAITH IN HIS FATHER?

• HEBREWS 57, 8
• Who in the days of his flesh, when he had
  offered up prayers and supplications with strong
  crying and tears unto him that was able to save
  him from death, and was heard in that he feared
  Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by
  the things which he suffered...
• MATTHEW 282
• And, behold, there was a great earthquake for
  the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and
  came and rolled back the stone from the door, and
  sat upon it.

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HOW WILL THE SAINTS OF GOD LEARN PATIENCE?

• ISAIAH 4810
• Behold, I have refined thee, but not with
  silver I have chosen thee in the furnace of
  affliction.
• JOB 2310
• But he knoweth the way that I take when he
  hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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ELLEN G. WHITE, THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, pp.
618, 619, 630-631

• Jacob was driven almost to despair but he knew
  that without help from Heaven he must perish. He
  had sincerely repented of his great sin, and he
  appealed to the mercy of God. He would not be
  turned from his purpose, but held fast the Angel,
  and urged his petition with earnest, agonizing
  cries, until he prevailed. As Satan influenced
  Esau to march against Jacob, so he will stir up
  the wicked to destroy God's people in the time of
  trouble. He numbers the world as his subjects
  but the little company who keep the commandments
  of God are resisting his supremacy.

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• As Satan accuses the people of God on account of
  their sins, the Lord permits him to try them to
  the uttermost. Their confidence in God, their
  faith and firmness, will be severely tested.
  Their faith does not fail because their prayers
  are not immediately answered. Though suffering
  the keenest anxiety, terror, and distress, they
  do not cease their intercessions. Day and night
  they cry unto God for deliverance. Yet they cease
  not their earnest intercession. But they must
  wait yet a little longer. The very delay, so
  painful to them, is the best answer to their
  petitions. As they endeavor to wait trustingly
  for the Lord to work, they are led to exercise
  faith, hope, and patience, which have been too
  little exercised during their religious
  experience. Yet for the elect's sake, the time of
  trouble will be shortened.