Seven Seals Bible Study

From: b645zaw@utarlg.uta.edu (Stephen Tice)

Subject: Koresh Doctrine

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Organization: The University of Texas at Arlington

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:05:00 GMT

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Koresh Text from 3-02 (part 1 of 4) Analysts' Notes jst/sdt
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March 2nd, 1993.
My name is Dave Koresh. I'm Speaking to	I. Introduction to the Revelation
you from Mount Carmel center. The first	of Jesus Christ.
thing that I would like to introduce, in
our subject, is the reasons for the reve-
lation of Jesus Christ.
	A. The Reasons for
In the Book of Revelation, commentary	1. To Show What Must Come.
states, that what John has written in
Scripture, is nothing other than the
revelation of Jesus Christ which God
gave to him, to show to his servants
things which must shortly come to pass.
And he sent and signified it, signified
it, by his angel unto his servant John.
Now, John bear the Record of God, and	2. To Bless the Reader.
the Word of Christ, and of all things
that he saw. In the first chapter of
Revelation it says, "Blessed is the man,	Rev. 1:3
.. blessed is he that readeth, and they
that hear the words of this prophecy,
and those who "keep" the things that are
written therein, for the time is at
hand."
The Scripture states John writes this to	3. To Address the Churches.
the seven churches which are in Asia:	Rev. 1:11
Ephesus, Smyrna, Thyatira, Sardis, Phil-
adelphia, Laodicea, so forth. Naturally,	also Pergamos
we must understand that we're not in
Asia. These churches once existed long
ago, being beneficiaries of the power
and the gifts of the gospel. It was ori-
ginally introduced by, The Man himself.
Some knew him as Jesus Christ; others
knew him by the name -- Yeshua.
What we're trying to present today may	4. To Impart the Burden of
in somewise shed a better light in re-	Heart, Mind, and Spirit.
gards to my situation and my predicament
here at Mount Carmel. One point I'd like	a. Record of Christ's life.
to bring out before we continue, is that
if we take a look at Matthew, Mark, Luke	The Gospel Writers.
and John, we see the "burden of these
ancient writers:" the burden of heart,
the burden of mind and spirit, to put in
a scriptural record, their personal ex-
perience with Christ. A record that is	b. For anyone to read.
to be received by men, all men, who will
receive it.
The point is true that not all have seen	5. Witnesses of the Rejection
Christ, but it has been in the wisdom of	of the Son of God.
God that certain men who were witnesses
of his life, and death, and resurrection,
that they would bear witness by the writ-	a. Witnesses for Christ
ten word, and testify to the generations	ie Apostles & Disciples
to come, of the terrible happening that
took place, when the men of that genera-	cf. Prophets, as witnesses
tion would not believe in the man who	for God
through so many obvious evidences proved
beyond shadows of doubt, that he was the
Son of God.
	B. The Revealer: Jesus Christ.
	1. Jesus Rejected.
But sad to say, if we take a look of the	a. Left Juda under threat of
Record of John, the `Gospel Writer' of	death.
John, say Chapter 7. We see in Scripture
John writes that after certain events,	John 7:1
after these things "Jesus walked in
Galilee:" he would not walk openly, "he	Koresh is quoting the Bible,
would not walk in Jewry," he would not	from the Book of John.
walk amongst the Jews, "because the Jews
sought to kill him." We might wonder
why? Wasn't Christ a such a good man??
"Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was	b. His own brethren doubt him.
at hand. His brethren therefore said un-	John 7:2
to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea,	John 7:3
that thy disciples also may see thy
works that thou doeth. For there is no	John 7:4
man that doeth any thing in secret, and
he himself seeketh to be known openly.
If thou do these things, show thyself to
the world. For neither did his brethren	John 7:5
believe in him." Strange statement isn't
it? It's funny how that, when men live,
and have to deal with realities of life,
that even a man like Christ, can have to
meet with unbelief, even from his own
brethren.
"Then Jesus said unto them, My time is	c. Hated by the world.
not yet come: but your time is alway	John 7:6
ready." And I'm sure most of all, bible
students will agree, the time referred
to, is the time of his crucifixion. They
wanted to kill him, and he didn't want
to show himself openly.
Then Jesus said unto them... <excuse me	d. You are of the world.
uhnn>, (Verse 7) "The world can not hate	<Koresh seems in pain.>
you; but me it hateth, because I testify	John 7:7
of it, that the works thereof are evil.	John 7:8
Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up
yet unto this feast; for my time is not
yet full come." When he said these words	John 7:9
to them while he abode still in Galilee.
"But when his brethren were gone up,	e. Went to feast in secret.
then went he also up unto the feast, not	John 7:10
openly, but as it were in secret." You
would wonder why a man like Christ would
have something to hide? I mean surely,
the angels would protect him, obviously.
A person would think a lot of things
about this strange character, and dispo-
sition of character.
But we're sure -- being Christians --	f. Caused contention.
that Christ knew what he was doing. And	Koresh is Christian?!
"the Jews [sought] him at the feast, and	John 7:11
said, Where is he? And there was much	John 7:12
murmuring among the people concerning
him: [for] some said, He is a good man:	Rev. 7:1
others said, Nay; but he deceiveth * the	* <child cries>
people. Howbeit no man spake openly of	John 7:13
him for fear of the Jews."
Now we understand *the Jews at that time	g. Backdrop: Corrupt leaders.
had their own religious-political net-
work, didn't they? They were pretty
strong in the religious spectrum, * al-	* <child's voice>
though they had no actual political
power. They were subject to the Roman
government, and not to their own judi-
cial/levitical laws.
	2. Taught with Authority.
"Now about the midst of the feast Jesus	a. The people marvel.
went up into the temple, and taught.	John 7:14
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How	John 7:15
knoweth this man letters, having never
learned?" * Now in the days of Israel, *	* <child whines>
most scholars * and teachers will agree,	* <child crying>
* that the schools of Israel, ordained	* <tape off & on>
by the Sanhedrin and also the Pharisees,
were schools similar to the uhh, ones
of our own theological schools of today.
Of which the careful student of Scrip-	b. Insights to Scripture.
ture observes, that nowhere is it writ-
ten in the gospel that Christ ever at-
tended these schools. But at the age of
12, he did enter into the temple, and	Luke 2:41-47
had a most unique and interesting dis-
cussion with the religious leaders, of
which they were quite amazed at, such a
young lad's knowledge of Scripture.
Now this man was teaching something --	c. For it was God's teachings.
(no doubt Christ that is) that inspired
the people to say, (you know), "How	John 7:15 cont.
knoweth this man (you know) letters
having never learned?" They marveled.
"Jesus answered them and [said], My doc-	John 7:16
trine is not mine, but his that sent
me." Now, what does that mean? "My doc-
trine is not mine, but his that sent me.
If any man, will" (do the will) "do his
will, he shall know [of] the doctrine,
whether it be of God, or whether I speak
of myself."
- - - : * Koresh Tells His Motives *
Now friends, people that love the Lord,	There's a short break
this is where we begin to uhhh, talk	from the message about
about some serious things.	Christ here.
I'm sure you're all aware of how... how
I'm involved in a very serious thing
right now, and I'm sure that a lot of
you realize that I should be possibly
scared, concerned. There's women, child-
ren, and men involved, in our situation
here at Mount Carmel. But I am really
concerned about the lives of my brethren	<- Concern for family.
here, and also, would be concerned even
greater, about the lives of all those in	<- Concern for rest of world.
this world.
- - - :
	3. Jesus is Our Hope.
You know, without Christ, without Jesus,	a. God's law of righteousness.
we have no hope. Why? Well, because we
know that the standard of God's righ-	Deu. 4,5,6
teousness is Law, a law of the Ten Com-
mandments, a law of statutes and judg-
ments. And which God gave unto Moses
on Sinai, saying this is thy righteous-
ness, O Israel.
But you know, God also gave another law.	b. Sacrifice as a shadow of
A law revolving around a system of shed-	grace.
ding a poor and innocent lamb's blood.
So that all who would break the Law of
God, who would seek God for forgiveness
and pardon, had to bring a lamb, some-
thing innocent, and slay it -- although,
Israel themselves never really knew the
real meaning of this. Nonetheless, they
were commanded to do it. Also there were	Lev. 12:6
other sacrifices, such as: turtle-doves,	Num. 19:2
goats, oxen, red heifers.	Heb. 9:12-14
But, it was a very sophisticated and	c. Social impacts. (An aside)
very prolific type system of worship. Of
course, God had to give these people
their own country. He had to give them
blessings and things, to be able to per-
form these, rituals. And naturally of
course, having to slay a lamb for your
sins or such sacrifices, it would defini-
tely keep a man on guard, not to sin too
much, because otherwise he could lose
the livestock pretty quick, couldn't he?
Well anyway, (thanks be unto God), from	d. The Law and The Prophets
as far back as Deuteronomy 32, all the	highlight God's mercy.
way through to Malachi, there has been
other writings, writings of the Proph-	God's writings are His
ets. Writings who do not usurp the au-	Word
thority of Moses, but actually exalt The
Law of Moses. But yet there's an addi-	God's rock hard law
tional testimony. For the same God of
Heaven -- Who's rich in mercy -- has not	God's loving mercy
only given to men a Law, but also a way
of escape, for those Repentant Souls who
might fall short of the glory of God's
law. Which some scholars will agree,
that the glory of God's law is that it's
a divine precept of His own character.
God's character is revealed in The Law.
Now, Christ is the only hope for a world	e. Is Christ the Word of God?
that sins. Now, how do we know? Well --
The Prophets -- have prophesied? But
what if we're not familiar with the
prophets? Well, were the Jews familiar
with the prophets when this Word-of-God
was made flesh? When Mary, The Virgin,
had a baby boy, did everyone believe,
that she was really a virgin when Christ
was conceived?
If we search the Scriptures, we'll find	f. The Prophet's told.
in certain arguments the Pharisees con-
fronted Christ -- and said to him, "We	John 8:41
be not sons born of fornication." So
obviously, not everyone believed that he
was a child of a virgin birth! If they	Prophets were ignored
hadn't looked back to Isaiah chapter 8,
and learned the mystery of Immanuel	Isa. 7:14
-- that a virgin would conceive and bear
a son -- then they might not really put
too much ahhm... [con]sistency into the	<tape off & on>
fact that Christ at that day claimed to
be born of a virgin. I mean, if Isaiah
the prophet was a false prophet, well
then naturally they would conclude that
anyone claiming to have these things
fulfilled would be false, too.
But of course, Christ, he did something	g. Miracles confirm.
more, than to just fulfill prophecy. He
did miracles. Miracles of mercy such as:
healing the sick, feeding the hungry,
raising the dead. And if we study we'll
see that "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John"
gives us in somewhat, a full view of the
oppositions, and also, the confidements,
that he had in doing these miracles. He
gathered many unto him through the means
of these miracles.
But sad to say, even though he had done	h. Those healed believed.
so many miracles, Scripture says, yet
when it came right down to it, they did
not believe in him. It's amazing to
think that even his own disciples for-
sook him -- except Mary Magdalene. She
stayed with him to the very end, didn't
she? Last to leave The Cross, first to
come to the sepulchre. * Now, we need to	* <tape off & on>
sit here, and we need to ask ourselves
the question, `how come the men of that
generation did not believe in Christ?'
In Matthew 23, Christ had to say to the	i. Christ confirmed by Prophets
Jews "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem" how often	Mat. 23:37
I would have gathered you, but you would
not. Why? He tells them that they