The cup Tape #1170 Passover 2005 Pastor Murray The cup is really the cup of God's anger.

That's why you must know that God has a fixed time. When he is ready, he is going to drop the hammer and that is all there is to it. You might as well get set for it. In our father's word there is more that one time that he warns us that is going to be the fact, so as always let's pick up documentation from the Old Testament as to what truly is happening. Open your bibles if you would to psalms 75. A psalm of asaph., asaph means a collector of the people and the title of this psalm is written to the chief musician al-taschith which is to say, don't destroy, do not destroy, or destroy not. It has to do with god's judgment. It is a psalm pleading with him not to totally destroy when judgment day comes. Of course anybody that knows our father, knows that is not going to happen. Why? Our father is always fair and merciful, but also he is a judge, and what he says, that is the way it is. So, psalms 75, let's pick it up and see what it says. Ps 75:1 Chapter 75 1 unto thee, o god, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. (kjv) And they do. God's works are wonderful. He gives everybody an opportunity. What you do with it, that's your business. What you do with it, that's what you live with. Ps 75:2 2 when I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. (kjv) That is what our father says. Okay now you see unfortunately from the manuscripts, you lose quite a lot. I want you to make a note and I don't want you to forget it, the word "congregation" as it is utilized here, is a Hebrew word, "mowed", and it means a fixed time. The congregation, when they gather for judgment at a fixed time. That is what God is talking about here, and he wants you to know that it is a fixed time. That he is not playing games. He is saying that when that time comes, and when it is the fixed time that I call the congregation together to judge them, I am going to do it right. You can count on it, he will. You might say, you are going to get everything you got coming to you all at one time. That wouldn't frighten you Christians would it? No, because you got rewards on judgment day. A lot of people though that don't, they are going to get everything they got coming to them all at one time, why? Because God said I am going to do it right. I am going to judge it as it should be. But, beloved, take that word congregation, and check it out in your own strong's concordance so you see with your own eyes, and you know really what the word means. A meeting place held at a fixed time to judge both the good and the bad. That's important, because it is talking about the vials of God and that is what we are going to be talking about this evening. Ps 75:3-10 3 the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. In other words, I am the one that keeps it going. I created it and I bear it up. I will judge it fairly. Selah in the psalms means stop the music, think for a moment. I am going to connect two things together and what he connects here is the set time of judgment. That's important to you. The set time of judgment both for the wicked and for the righteous. All at the same time. Our father is that judge. That's the congregation he is talking about gathering. It is a congregation that shall be judged at a fixed time and we are coming up on that time. That is why I am stressing it in this Passover, that you have it sealed in your mind, that you can break down both the seals, the trumps, and the vials to

chronologically know in your mind the fixed times, whereby when the seal that lets you foreknow, when it triggers then you are with the plan of the day. No problem. 4 I said unto the fools, deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, lift not up the horn: The horn signifies power. In other words, don't talk against the God that created you. That is basically what he is saying. Does that make sense to you? Why would somebody want to talk about God that is going to judge every one? That doesn't leave you in very good standing. You want to be careful how you mention his name, because he keepsyou know man kinda forgets but God doesn't. He has got a book. It is called the book of life and if you are in it you are very lucky that you are in his book, especially in the good column. Otherwise, you are there and all your evil deeds are written right by it. That's why everybody gets everything they got coming in one day. Some people it is reward. Some people it is not. 5 lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. What he is talking about, speak not arrogantly about the rock, that is to say the foundation, that is to say god. It is not wise and hey there is a day coming that he is going to even the score. Is he sensitive? Well in a sense he is. Do you blame him? He gave his only son that whosoever believed upon him could have eternal life. He is forgiving over and over and over again. He forgives, forgives, forgives. Then when you got somebody so stiff-necked, so foolish, so arrogant, that they continue taking his name in vain, or calling him names, or not believing him. You are not expecting a medal if you do that are you.? You are not expecting a reward I would hope, because I can tell you what you are going to get, and it sure notit is going to be an award alright. If you are one of these that likes to go to a pity party, you will have a right to then because pity you okay. In other words, God is righteous. He uses common sense. Common sense lets you know that when he says I am going to judge both the good and the bad, and they are going to get what they got coming to them. I have a fixed time for it. I am stressing that beloved. It is important. 6 for promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. You know what that means? How it is written in Isaiah chap 13 that God always rules from the side of the north, from the temple, that is the way it is and that is why he does it. That is where the correction is coming from, it's from god. Directly from God and they are going to get it. 7 but God is the judge: ( you know something that is why you don't have anything to worry about. Why? Your father is the judge, and you know, you can take that and say, if my father is the judge and I have loved him and treat him right I don't have anything to worry about. Bingo. That's right. You don't. You have everything to be joyous over, but if you have been wicked to your father you get all at one time what you got coming to you. )he putteth down one, and setteth up another. He is fair and as long as you got a fair shake you have no complaint. You are the captain of your ship. You drive your ship, and there may be people give you advice, and if you take it, hey that's still you that did it. You have to hold responsible for your deeds. So when he judges you, it is by what you have done. It is going to be done at that fixed time. 8 for in the hand of the lord there is a cup, (this is why we came here) and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. Like it or lump it. They are going to drink from the cup of god. Do you know what it is really filled with? Not wine, god's wrath. Now if you get down to the dregs that is your part. You got trouble friend because God is coming back and he is not happy with some. He is not even a little bit happy with some. I would hate to be in their boots. 9 but I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 10 all the horns of the wicked (that is their power)also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. (kjv)

If you are righteous, if you are planting seeds, if you are doing your father's work, he said I am going to enlarge your. That means your power, your ability, your blessings, that which you have to work with. The more you do for god's work utilizing common sense in the place he has placed you, it may just be planting a seed once a week, once a month, or when God makes it known it is time to. Always protect your credibility but work for god. When that opportunity prevails plant that seed. He will expand it. He will let it grow. It will increase and increase. Why? It is his promise. I will exalt those that do my work. Those that are pleasing to me. It is not difficult to please our father. The word as we covered earlier here, where it said don't be foolish, it is kind of like arrogant. Don't be arrogant toward god. You know you would be a lot better off being arrogant to your mate then you would to god. You know your mate after they get over it might cook you a biscuit, when God pours out that cup there is not going to be any biscuits in it. Don't be arrogant. If you are going to be arrogant with anybody, don't' let it be god. He is coming back and he is not happy with some. Make sure, make real sure that you are one of the ones he is happy with. I wanted to cover the old testament and I wanted to show you the witness for god's judgment in the cup. I wanted to show you even from the old testament, the word "congregation" means a fixed time for a specific meeting, meaning judgment. Check it out for yourself. God does not waiver. He is true to his word. He keeps his word. When you know his plan of the day you can't go too far wrong. It is real easy to please him. Even if you fail at trying to please him he counts it as done when you make that effort. When you try. He knows it. Why? He utilizes common sense and there is sure a lot in politics, religion, and other places in this world today that common sense is not utilized. It seems to have taken a vacation. Don't let that happen to you and do not be a part of it. Okay let's go to revelations chap. 15. Having sealed that, from, we are going to go to the vials, to god's cup. When we go to this 15th chapter, we have just passed the 14th naturally, isn't that brilliant? But the 14th talks about their vine, put in that sickle and reap. Their vine is not our vine. It goes straight to the song of Moses which tells you what the wicked will be doing. Chap 15 verse 1 Rev 15:1 Chapter 15 1 and I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of god. (kjv) Guess when these are given? Do you know what the chronological order is? I gave you the fixed time this morning, it was the 6th trump, that was the second woe. That's when the four winds stopped. That's when God began to intercede. Up until then he had told Michael to do a few things. Kick ole Satan right on out of here, put him down on earth, but when you come to that second woe, God himself begins to intercede in the 6th and the 7th trump. All seven of these vials, all 7 of these cups will be poured out during the 7th trump, basically the 6th and 7th trump. Mainly the 7th. Do you understand that is right at the end? Don't be fooled beloved. We are coming up into some pretty tough times. Let's document that from his word. Rev 15:2 2 and I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of god. (kjv) How much went to pass in that verse? Those that had gotten the victory over the beast and over the image. How many trumps did you blow off there? Now I am only doing this to show you where we are at okay. You are in the 7th trump here. Basically in the 7th trump. The vials have not even began to be poured out. Let me rephrase that to be, my opinion is in the 6th which is the second woe and the 7th trump, the third. But here I mean you already got these people that have been deceived and the trumps haven't started. I am sorry, the vials have not began.

Rev 15:3 3 and they sing the song of Moses the servant of god, and the song of the lamb, saying, great and marvellous are thy works, lord God almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou king of saints. (kjv) Or king of the ages is a better translation. Why? He is forever. He is eternal, and you are too if you are with him. Rev 15:4 4 who shall not fear thee, o lord, and glorify thy name? For thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. (kjv) His judgments are going to happen. Why? There is a fixed time. Manifest means it is there. It happens. You better start counting the trumps dear one. We are closing in. Rev 15:5 5 and after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: (kjv) Rev 15:6 6 and the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. (kjv) Rev 15:7 7 and one of the four beasts (zoon) gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of god, who liveth for ever and ever. (kjv) In other words they weren't even poured out until the 6th and the 7th trump. What does that mean? God holds his cool up until then. But then he is tired of letting man handle it. He is going to take care of business himself. Verse 8. Here is another time line, don't miss it. Rev 15:8 8 and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of god, and from his power; and no man (wont do you any good to plant any more seals) was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. (kjv) Now, this sealing let's talk about the seals for a moment, but first, you know the word "vial" , (the following said in sarcasm) that's a little flask, you might as well sing the little song, I `m a little teapot strong and stout, here is my handle and there is my spout. We are going to take this little flask and we are going to run over here and put a few drops on something. Hey, you don't know what the word "vial" is in the Greek. It's 5357 phiale (fee-al'-ay); You know what it is? It is a description of a cup. #1, it is shallow. It is broad. It is a cup. Why would God use a cup to pour out his wrath that is shallow and broad, meaning it has got a big mouth. Not some little teapot. It is shallow. I mean you can dump the whole thing all in one shot. He means business. We are not talking about sprinkling. The seals. Please do not ever forget this. The seals are simply to have the truth in your mind. How do you acquire the seals? There is only one way you can, that is from the lamb of god. You get it from him now, when the holy spirit and the lamb speaks. Documentation for that, rev. 6:1. Only the lamb of

god. Not a bunch of angels. Why? Because God is the word of God and it is the word of God that you must have in your mind that places the seal there where you overcome. Now, trumpets. A trumpet when you have an army sounds, gives messages. It is charge, retreat, wake up, go to sleep. The trumpet executes an order. A seal is when the stuff hits the fan. It is when the stuff hits the earth at the hand of god. He is tired of messing around at this time. (I am sure he meant vial, not seal). That is why you can count on the vials being dumped, not until the 6th but primarily the 7th trump, that is when it is going to happen okay. Again, seals are simply knowledge in your mind, placed there where you can not be deceived. Trumps is when God gives the order and he gives it from heaven like when does he tell Michael to kick Satan out of heaven? He gives that order in heaven, not earth. Why would he do that? Because that is where they are. He has not interfered with earth yet. Man kind of has a way of messing it up himself. When the vials begin, shallow, broad, cup, I mean it empties fast. Splat!! That's when god's word is no warning. That is when the action transpires. The trump, the warning has already sounded. I am going to do it. When you wait for the vial, it is too late. It is over. That is when God himself intercedes. So we see then the difference and why God would say, at that fixed time I have a plan and it is going to transpire in that way. Now turn with me to chap. 16. This is something when you chronologically put it in order, falls in place by itself. Listen to these words. Rev 16:1-8 1 and I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. Where is this going? Not heaven. Earth. What is it? It is god's wrath and God means business. 2 and the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. That is the first vial my friends. The first vial. When did they have an opportunity to worship the image of the beast? Why am I saying that? I want you to see how far along in the trumps we are here. It is over practically. When the vials begin the people have already messed up. Already worshipped the antichrist and it is time for a little correction. That shallow, broadmouthed cup full of god's wrath is going to be dumped out. Not on those he loves. They are immune. You could be standing right beside someone that needed correction and you would be loved. Whereas the other would feel the wrath of god. I mean directly from a shallow broad cup, boiling with god's wrath. Hey, he is not going to put up with it forever. Do you understand? That doesn't make even common sense does it that he would just take it over and over. Of course not. Then are we going to call him a liar that he has made these promises that there is a day of correction coming without a fixed time? No. There is a fixed time and that time is coming. So this is simply, and perhaps I am, I don't want this to sound like I am talking down to you, I am not. I am pleading with you to see how the proof is in the pudding, in the word. Where the first vial is poured out people have already worshipped the image of the beast from rev. 13 okay. 3 and the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. Do you understand that this is the same thing that the two witnesses do in rev 11:6. A little warning will come from the witnesses but this is not just a warning. Waterdon't turn there but you should already be on that page now, chap. 17:15 of rev. What are all these rivers, and waters, and seas, and lakes? Rev 17:15 15 and he saith unto me, the waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

(kjv) That is who the sea is. The sea of people that are whoring after the antichrist are going to have the cup emptied on them. They are going to have the "joy" of partaking of the dregs of the wrath of god. That is why you don't want any part of it. You don't have to be frightened away from that, but your love of your father draws you far away from anything that could penetrate you or your family in that regard. 4 and the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. People. The very people themselves. You know something? I could even say that there are some that will be sweating blood at this time. 5 and I heard the angel of the waters say, thou art righteous, o lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. You always judge fair. You know how to get those that are wicked. You know how to pour the vial on those deserve it and you know how to bless your children. Remember what he said back in the 75th psalm? I will give the dregs to the wicked but I will strengthen the horn of the righteous. That is why you can rest assured when your blessings come it is because you are doing something right. You are following the righteousness of the living god. 6 for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. They deserve it. They are going to get it and you can't help having your mind go back to the 23rd chap of matt. Where the kenites sit in the seat of Moses and have been guilty for the blood of many prophets. 7 and I heard another out of the altar say, even so, lord God almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 8 and the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. (kjv) You know that from chap. 11 verse 5, the two witnesses give a small taste of this way back when. Letting people know. You know we are living in some very precarious times but precious times. Many of the prophets wanted to live today when these events are transpiring. When they are consummating. Again, seals all at one time, trumps almost through and then we have this, where the stuff hits the fan. God's will . There will be no bargaining with him at that time. Rev 16:9 9 and men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of god, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. (kjv) Talk about deception. Boy when Satan does it, he does the job right. The world is deceived in a large part. If your name is in the book you are very fortunate. You care. You don't mind reading for yourself. Rev 16:10 10 and the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, (kjv) That is to say, the very seat of antichrist and you that are familiar with 2 thess. Chap 2: 4-7 know where Satan plants his seat through this particular time, it is on mt Zion itself. Claiming to be god. Sitting their claiming to be Christ. It is obvious from the vials that many will believe him. Rev 16:11-19

11 and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. You are not going to change Satans lieutenants or those that are so deceived that they really truly believe they are following Christ. They truly do. Churches have been formed on some lies. I don't want someone to think I am down on churches. I am not. I love churches. Where would we be without them praise god. It is bad enough the way it is. Here comes the 6th which must align with the 6th trump. 12 and the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. You know who the kings of the east are, that is the oriental. The middle east and so forth. 13 and I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, (where? Dragon, Satan) and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. The triune godhead of Satan. A bunch of lies. 14 for they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth (not the kings of heaven. Not the kings that Satan boots out, but the actual world rulers, earth rulers are taken in by it) and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God almighty. It is coming friend. It is called Armageddon remember? 15 behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. How embarrassing it would be to claim to be a Christian and end up in the sack with Satan. Boy, how embarrassing. This is why Jesus would say, "woe to those that are with child when I return". He was speaking spiritually and it meant those that are spiritually impregnated with these lies. 16 and he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. (Armageddon, hill or city, and the gathering place of the crowd) 17 and the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, it is done. And so it is. It is done what? God's wrath is poured out. There is going to be a lot of pain and a lot of suffering because of that. Don't worry, the war goes on just a little bit further. We are going to stop there for this time. I want to, again it is going to sound like I am talking down to you, but you must be able to simplify this and keep it in your mind whereby you can understand the seven seals, the seven trumps, and the seven vials. You have heard me say when 6, 6, 6, comes together. 6th seal, 6th trump, and 6th vial. That's 666, that's Satan. That is when the Euphrates is dried up. That is when the wicked spirits are turned loose on earth, not heaven, not in the air, but on earth. That is when Satan rules and reigns as the false messiah, and boy is he going to make hay it would seem like. Do you understand that is what angers our father? That is why our father pours the shallow, broad cup. Do you understand how carefullyyou know if you have a real shallow cup, and it is real broad and you fill it all the way full, how careful do you have to be carrying that thing? It will empty out quick and that is what God wants you to draw from that. He is not happy. He is angry and he wants to pour that out. So, you do have the three sixes coming together. It means doom right on the seat of Satan and his false teachings. You have the seals as your protection. It is your knowledge from the word of god, hearing the word of god. Remember we covered in Ezekiel this morning, prophesy to those dry bones, prophesy to those spiritually dead people. And what do you begin to see? This person begins to hear, that person beings to hear, another person begins to hear, and they come together as an army of God because they received the seals which are the word of god. His truth. Then we have the trumps. That is time for action. Give the command to go forth. That takes time. Then, when you work your way down to the 6th trump, as it is written in rev. Chap. 9, then the river Euphrates again is hit and the devils are turned loose on earth and that is when god's wrath begins to dump, dump, and dump. There is no warning for that. I mean the first thing you will see, is not a command to go forth, but you will see

god's people being blessed and Satans people being burned. I don't mean literally but I mean in anything they attempt to do. It is going to go sour for them because God is unhappy with them. So, chronologically, keep it in your mind straight, that the seals happen before the first trump sounds. Why? Because our people have to know what to expect. The truth. Then the trumps begin to sound, and they have begun. When you get to the 6th trump then the vials are loaded. You are getting real close then, and those vials empty out quick and complete and thorough because God will judge. That's his job. That is what he is supposed to do. His children have been abused by Satan for eons. He is fed up with it. He is not going to take it any more. How proud he is of his loved ones when they help him make that stand. Again, it is so ever important, you all know I didn't bring a watch this time? I have no idea how long I have been teaching. You know usually we try to keep this where it fits an hour's television. (brief story here about you know when you are through when you have nothing else to say) This is the point I wanted to make this weekend beloved. It is so important. I insist that you not take my word for the word "congregation" and its definition and translation in psalms 75. I want you to know that God has a fixed time. He loves his children. He means what he says, and he says what he means. It is not difficult to understand and follow him. So many people say, I have to have an interpreter for that. If God is speaking in a parable, yes you need to interpret it. If God is not speaking in a parable then you are silly if you think you need an interpreter. Like this morning, Christ said in Luke chap 10 verses 18 and 19, I beheld Satan fall from heaven. Duh. That needs an explanation? I don't think so. Do you think Christ doesn't know what he is saying? Well maybe it means a tub of lard is going to hit long beach. You can really get into some silly, silly things. God knows what he says, means what he says and it is going to happen the way he says it. He has a fixed plan. Well, don't forget. Chronologically keep those things in order when you study the book of rev. I suppose I am accused of over simplifying at times but to me I do not take it as being an oversimplification, I don't, I can't see it. Why? Because it is simple. It is just very simple to keep it straight. You know what, if you don't, it is so simple keeping it straight that if you don't keep it straight you are going to mess your little ole mind up. Get all confused. Let it be simple. Let the truth flow. Be blessed of Almighty God .