We're having a tremendous
Sabbath as I've mentioned before
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and it just keeps
getting better and better
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as we look at some of
these great prophecies
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from the book of Daniel.
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You know, it's a great thing
to look at these again today
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because they are so
pertinent in our world.
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We need to keep
understanding God's Word.
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We need to keep studying it,
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and we should never come
to the place to where we think
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we know it all. Because
if we come to that place
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that's when the
devil can slip up on us.
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So we keep studying. I
have no question in my mind
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that as we continue
studying the book of Daniel
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as Christians, as those who
believe that Christ is coming
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again soon, our
interpretations will not change.
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However, we will see things
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in these teachings that we
perhaps have not seen before.
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Because God keeps
bringing them to our eyes -
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to our understanding -
so that we begin to see
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an even deeper
understanding of these books.
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And so we are
determined here at 3ABN
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to keep preaching
the pillars of faith.
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To keep preaching our
28 fundamental beliefs.
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To keep preaching the prophecies
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and standing by
that which God has given
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this people: a truth that
is so precious for each one.
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Well listen, we are
so glad you're here.
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We have a lot more
things planned for today.
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This next subject is going
to be on Daniel the 7th chapter
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and the speaker will
be Elder Kenneth Cox.
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I have known him
for many, many years.
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Had the privilege of serving
on his board of directors
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for many years... was
chairman of it for five years.
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And I believe in the
ministry of Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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John Carter, the great
Australian-American evangelist,
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and I were talking one day,
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and we came to the conclusion
because we both know a lot of
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evangelists, that
there is probably no question
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that Kenneth Cox has held
more evangelistic crusades
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than any evangelist
who is living today.
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And I'm talking about
full five-week or more crusades
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where he would go into a
city, preach the message,
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people would give
their hearts to the Lord,
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and then he would baptize them
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and then move on to other areas.
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All over this
hemisphere and around the world
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his messages have
gone... because not only
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has he preached
these messages live -
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which he has, just
consistently one after another -
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but also he was one of the
pioneers of video evangelism.
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And if you remember years ago
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and I remember a
crew came from Australia
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and they videoed
him. And then those series
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were shown all over
the world literally.
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Sometimes they were
shown in auditoriums.
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Sometimes they
were shown in homes.
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But wherever they were shown
they uplifted the glory of God
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and people received Jesus
Christ as their personal Savior.
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So he'll be speaking
to us today on Daniel 7.
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You see, we had Daniel 2.
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Remember the enlargement -
repetition and enlargement.
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Daniel 2, Daniel
7, then Daniel 8.
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And there will be some
repetition. There's no question.
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But there's also enlargement,
and we will see even more truth
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as we study these beautiful
and wonderful messages.
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Before he comes to speak
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and have our
prayer with us as he will
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Yvonne Lewis is going to
sing for us Just Once More.
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And then the next voice
will be Pastor Kenneth Cox.
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Good evening. Good evening.
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It's so wonderful to have
you here at this Camp Meeting.
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Isn't it wonderful that
we serve a God that forgives?
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You know, the Christian
walk is so full of ups and downs
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and twists and
turns, and yet we know
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that we serve a
Savior that we can go to.
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He was tempted in
all points like as we are
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yet without sin. So we can come
boldly to the throne of grace
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where we can obtain
mercy and find grace to help
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in time of need. We
can say: "Lord, I messed up
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but I need You to
forgive me just once more. "
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Here I am again.
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I'm on my knees again.
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But these are different tears
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from a brand new set of scars.
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Now they may look the same
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but these are not the same.
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These are dirty tears
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so I can't see where you are.
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But I pray You'll understand
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and, Lord, I pray
You'll take my hand.
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And I pray there's still a place
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in the shelter of Your grace.
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I know I don't deserve
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another chance...
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But I'm sorry; I blew it.
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I failed You once again.
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All the things I said I was
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I haven't been.
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And I know that
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You've heard this
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a million times before
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but I need You to forgive me
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just once more.
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Oh, I need You to forgive me.
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Now I made promises -
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lots of promises -
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tied with ropes of sand
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so they'd never last for long.
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And I'm ashamed to ask
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but I've just
got to ask for more:
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May I start again?
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Will You carry me back home?
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Can You look beyond the sin
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to this helpless fool within?
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Can You take what I've abused
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and make from it a
vessel You can use?
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I admit I don't deserve
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another chance...
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Oh, but I'm sorry; I blew it.
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I failed You once again.
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All the things I said I was
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I haven't been.
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And I know that
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You've heard this
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a million times before
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but I need You to forgive me
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just once more.
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Can You look beyond the sin
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to this helpless fool within?
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Can You take what I've abused
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and make from it a
vessel You can use?
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I agree I don't deserve
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another chance...
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Oh, but I'm sorry; I blew it.
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I failed You once again.
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All the things I said I was
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Lord, I haven't been.
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And I know that
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You've heard this
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a million times before
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but I need You to forgive me
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just once more...
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I said I need You to forgive me
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just once more...
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Lord, I need You to forgive me
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just once more.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Yvonne.
Appreciate that very much.
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Wonderful, wonderful song.
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Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
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Very happy to see
all of you, welcome you
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to this Camp Meeting. We
hope you are being blessed
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as we study the book of Daniel.
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No, I am not too old to be
able to kneel before my Lord
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and Savior, so I'm
going to kneel and pray.
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Heavenly Father, Almighty God,
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Lord and Savior,
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we come to Thee this afternoon
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asking that You will
give us the Holy Spirit.
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Lord, we want to
surrender our hearts to You
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and ask that You
will give us wisdom.
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Give us understanding.
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Help us to see and to
know what You have revealed
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that we might walk as
You have directed and led.
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Bless each one here.
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Those that are
watching by television
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and those that are
listening on the radio
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or on the Internet, Lord,
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may they be blessed
in a special way as well.
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Keep us each close to You, Lord.
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We thank you for the
wonderful hope that we have
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in Jesus Christ our Lord.
This we pray in His name, Amen.
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The book of Daniel
evenly divides into two parts.
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The first six
chapters of the book of Daniel
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are historical.
They talk about Babylon.
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They talk about
God's people in Babylon.
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They are wonderful stories
about how those people were
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tested and how they
stood firm for the Word of God.
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Talks about the
conversion of a pagan king
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and what took place in his life
and how they influenced him.
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All these are historical state-
ments in the book of Daniel
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and that's what the
first six chapters deal with.
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Second chapter has
some prophetic parts in it
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as you have just studied.
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But it's with the
seventh chapter and thereon
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that deals with the
prophetic aspect of Daniel.
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From that point
on you have visions
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that were given to Daniel
and what he was told by God.
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And those take you step by step
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through a template - if
you please - a template that
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God laid down that
covers from Daniel's day
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to the coming of Christ.
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That's what those
six chapters cover:
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from Daniel's day to
the coming of Christ.
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Very, very important
that you and I understand
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that template. And if
we understand that template
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then we will know
exactly what is happening
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and what's going to take place.
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That's the reason God gave it
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is so that we could
understand what is happening.
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We have to be very, very careful
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not to superimpose
upon that template...
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to superimpose some method
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of Biblical interpretation.
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We should not do that.
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We need to take
what God's Word says
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and understand what
it's saying and follow it.
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Not having some preconceived
idea of what it should do.
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So we need to be careful that
we don't permit that to happen.
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So what we're going to
do here this afternoon is
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we're going to take a
look at the seventh chapter
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and we're going to see how
God has laid out how things
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are to take place.
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They will hold true all the
way through the book of Daniel.
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They will hold true all the way
through the book of Revelation.
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And so you and I as followers
of the Lord Jesus Christ
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do not have to be in doubt
as to what is going to happen,
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what's going to take place.
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We know what the scripture
tells us is going to happen.
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So Daniel starts
right out in the beginning.
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We're going to go
to the second verse.
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Second verse there of Daniel
and it just simply says...
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says this:
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If you have your Bible.
I'm going to have to get my
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clicker to work. It
doesn't seem to work.
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Daniel the seventh
chapter. We'll take a look at
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verse two.
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OK, it says: "And Daniel
spoke saying 'I saw in my vision
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by night... "
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Daniel starts out by
using Biblical symbolism.
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Uses Biblical symbolism... Sorry
but we're having trouble here.
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You always worry whether
this is going to work or not.
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Biblical symbolism God uses
all the way through the Bible.
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And those symbols hold true
all the way through scripture
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that you and I can
know what God is telling us
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and what is taking place.
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So here as we look at Daniel
he talks about certain symbols.
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Let's go on to the next verse.
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And it says...
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Maybe we could
see the next verse?
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"Four great beasts
came up from the sea
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each different from the other. "
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Now that isn't right.
It jumped so let's back up.
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It says he saw the
wind blowing on the waters.
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OK? In Bible
prophecy we are told clearly
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that water represents
peoples, nations, and tongues.
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Revelation the
17th chapter verse 15
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tells us that water represents
people, nations, and tongues.
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So we find that when he sees
the wind blowing on the waters
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it's talking about people...
what's going to take place
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there. Wind we find in
Revelation the 7th chapter
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and verse 1 it tells
that wind represents war.
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Represents strife, so forth.
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And so these represent
war, strife, among the people.
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And as the result of that
we are told that four beasts
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came up out of
the sea. So we'll see
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if the next text
will come up for us here.
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OK? No. Anyhow it says
that that was to take place.
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So among those four beasts
the scripture doesn't leave us
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in any doubt. If you have
your Bible, you want to go to
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Daniel 7 and verse 17.
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It tells you clearly
that these four beasts
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are four kings that
shall arise out of the earth.
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So the scripture does
not leave us in any question
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as to who these beasts are.
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It tells us they are four kings
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that will rise
up out of the earth.
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So we have those
clearly there in scripture.
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So let's take a
look at the first one.
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Begin to see what it's talking
about when we're talking about
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the first beast.
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So the first
beast is like a lion.
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This beast - of all the
beasts that are pictured -
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is the only one that a
man's heart is given to.
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OK? And the reason a
man's heart is given to it
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is because of the conversion
of king Nebuchadnezzar.
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That's the reason it says
that a man's heart was given
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to this particular beast.
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Rose up on its two hind feet.
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This represented
the kingdom of Babylon.
00:20:06.99\00:20:10.20
As you read... as you
just studied in Daniel 2
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God said: "Thou art
this head of gold. "
00:20:13.28\00:20:16.31
So this lion... a
man's heart is given to it
00:20:16.51\00:20:19.41
representing
king Nebuchadnezzar.
00:20:19.51\00:20:21.49
If you take a look at Babylon,
00:20:21.70\00:20:23.61
Babylon was a marvelous city.
00:20:23.91\00:20:27.77
Nebuchadnezzar was
a fantastic general.
00:20:27.97\00:20:32.00
He never lost a battle.
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And he took all the
spoils that he had from campaign
00:20:34.67\00:20:39.53
after campaign and poured
it on the city of Babylon.
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And so this city became
known as the golden kingdom.
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And there was tremendous
wealth in the city of Babylon.
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If you took a look or
if you walked into the city
00:20:54.86\00:20:58.35
of Babylon, you went
through something called
00:20:58.55\00:21:01.07
the Ishtar Gate that
opened into the city of Babylon.
00:21:01.17\00:21:05.13
This is a very, very famous gate
00:21:05.33\00:21:07.24
and when you went
into there you can see...
00:21:07.44\00:21:11.47
Now let me tell you a
little about this Ishtar Gate.
00:21:11.57\00:21:14.22
Germany... Germany
went into Babylon -
00:21:16.50\00:21:22.29
the ruins of
Babylon - and excavated.
00:21:22.43\00:21:24.76
And they took the Ishtar
Gate and they took it down
00:21:24.96\00:21:29.38
clay tablet after
clay tile off the walls.
00:21:30.59\00:21:34.90
They took them
off and numbered them.
00:21:35.00\00:21:37.25
Took them each
one and numbered them.
00:21:37.45\00:21:39.88
And then they brought
all that back to Germany.
00:21:40.08\00:21:43.45
And you can go to one of
the museums there, the Pergamus
00:21:43.75\00:21:47.94
Museum in Berlin, and they
have rebuilt the Ishtar Gate.
00:21:48.04\00:21:53.50
That's what you saw.
That picture was the actual
00:21:53.60\00:21:55.98
picture of the Ishtar Gate.
00:21:56.18\00:21:58.06
So it begins to give
you some idea of the glory
00:21:58.26\00:22:01.29
of this kingdom that
he had built. It was...
00:22:01.49\00:22:04.85
It was a fantastic kingdom
that Nebuchadnezzar had built.
00:22:05.05\00:22:09.28
And it was his
desire - as you found out -
00:22:09.48\00:22:12.88
that it would never end.
00:22:12.89\00:22:14.64
That it would go
on and on and on.
00:22:14.84\00:22:17.67
Jeremiah talked about Babylon
in Jeremiah the 4th chapter
00:22:17.88\00:22:21.41
and verse 7. He said:
00:22:21.52\00:22:22.83
And so he said that he
would come and destroy them.
00:22:36.87\00:22:40.88
And this Nebuchadnezzar
did place after place.
00:22:41.08\00:22:44.61
Now as found out,
Babylon ruled or was in control
00:22:44.91\00:22:50.32
from 605 BC
00:22:50.42\00:22:52.09
to 539 BC.
00:22:52.19\00:22:56.84
And Babylon was a...
00:22:57.04\00:22:59.68
I should say Babylon
was in power for 70 years.
00:23:00.39\00:23:06.37
At that time
Medo-Persia is rising
00:23:07.54\00:23:11.95
and it's under the
control or the leadership
00:23:12.15\00:23:17.52
of Cyrus.
00:23:17.62\00:23:19.10
Cyrus has made his
way and is pictured here
00:23:19.30\00:23:22.40
in Daniel 7 as a
bear. And it says:
00:23:22.50\00:23:26.53
This was a coalition
of the Medes and Persians
00:23:39.01\00:23:43.12
coming together.
00:23:43.32\00:23:44.66
Cyrus... great, great leader...
00:23:45.06\00:23:49.61
and overcame
Babylon. He and his men
00:23:49.81\00:23:54.10
went up and they
surrounded the city of Babylon.
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.29
We are told that the people
went up on top of the wall
00:23:57.39\00:24:01.51
and threw food to
him and laughed at him.
00:24:01.71\00:24:04.08
He took his men and they marched
down the Euphrates river.
00:24:04.38\00:24:08.15
The Euphrates river
flowed right through Babylon,
00:24:08.25\00:24:10.70
the city of Babylon.
00:24:10.91\00:24:12.23
Marched down the Euphrates
river and a selected place
00:24:12.43\00:24:15.99
they began to dig canals.
And they diverted the river
00:24:16.19\00:24:19.32
Euphrates into those
canals. And then he and his men
00:24:19.42\00:24:23.20
marched up the muddy
bottom of the Euphrates river.
00:24:23.40\00:24:27.12
They marched up
there. And inside the city
00:24:27.52\00:24:32.72
it had been... the
gates had been left open.
00:24:32.85\00:24:35.76
They had been predicted by
scripture in Isaiah 45 verse 1.
00:24:35.96\00:24:41.07
It said that the two
lead gates would be left open.
00:24:41.27\00:24:45.55
And just exactly as said
those gates were left open.
00:24:59.60\00:25:02.67
He and his men marched
into the city of Babylon
00:25:02.87\00:25:06.90
and took it.
Belshazzar who was the king
00:25:07.10\00:25:11.40
at that time - the
grandson if you please
00:25:11.60\00:25:14.43
of Nebuchadnezzar -
was ruling. And it says:
00:25:14.63\00:25:17.31
So Medo-Persia
overthrew Babylon.
00:25:26.22\00:25:30.56
Medo-Persia ruled
00:25:30.76\00:25:34.81
from 539 BC to 331 BC.
00:25:35.01\00:25:39.95
This is the time that she ruled.
00:25:40.15\00:25:42.21
A strong kingdom.
00:25:42.41\00:25:44.82
Did a lot of things
that took care of the place.
00:25:45.02\00:25:49.67
This is the time in
which Esther is involved
00:25:49.77\00:25:53.77
and all in your Bible. OK?
00:25:53.87\00:25:56.37
But after that we
come to a third beast.
00:25:56.50\00:25:59.43
In Daniel 7 verse 6 it says:
00:25:59.63\00:26:01.96
This is the kingdom of
Greece. And by the way, folks,
00:26:11.92\00:26:16.04
when I'm talking about a
template, God is laying down
00:26:16.24\00:26:18.85
a template here and God is
so - how should I put it? -
00:26:18.95\00:26:23.87
so desirous that you
understand that template
00:26:24.27\00:26:30.21
and what is taking place
that He even calls these nations
00:26:30.41\00:26:33.21
by name so that you
don't have to be in doubt.
00:26:33.31\00:26:36.87
He's not asking you
to guess what this is.
00:26:36.97\00:26:39.87
In Daniel the 8th
chapter He calls them by name
00:26:40.07\00:26:42.57
so you can know exactly
what's there. And this is
00:26:42.87\00:26:46.41
Alexander the Great,
the kingdom of Greece.
00:26:46.61\00:26:48.82
Alexander at a young
age took over the army
00:26:49.02\00:26:53.79
from his father and
began to march those men
00:26:53.89\00:26:56.91
and to take one
kingdom after another.
00:26:57.11\00:26:59.99
In fact, Alexander marched
that army for seven years
00:27:00.19\00:27:05.88
without ever going home.
00:27:06.08\00:27:09.50
Marched them clear
to the borders of India.
00:27:09.80\00:27:13.82
Took everything he
could lay his hands on.
00:27:14.02\00:27:17.05
One historian said this
about Alexander the Great:
00:27:17.26\00:27:20.91
How true that was.
00:27:32.65\00:27:35.10
Wept because there was
nothing else to conquer.
00:27:35.30\00:27:39.04
Arriving at the borders
of the country of India,
00:27:40.68\00:27:45.33
his men refused
to go any farther.
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.85
Turning, they headed back home.
00:27:48.15\00:27:50.72
Coming to the city of Babylon
00:27:51.02\00:27:54.07
Alexander the
Great is lying on a table
00:27:54.37\00:27:59.58
in that very hall
where the hand had written
00:27:59.78\00:28:04.58
mene, mene, tekel, upharsin.
00:28:04.61\00:28:06.92
Was lying on a
table there dying.
00:28:07.22\00:28:09.95
Suffering from epilepsy
and drunkenness, debauchery.
00:28:11.30\00:28:17.01
His four generals come in.
00:28:18.68\00:28:21.32
They said to him: "To whom
will you give the kingdom? "
00:28:21.52\00:28:24.56
He said: "I'll give my
kingdom to the strongest. "
00:28:24.86\00:28:28.23
So when he died his kingdom was
divided among his 4 generals.
00:28:28.43\00:28:34.24
That's why that
leopard beast had four heads.
00:28:34.44\00:28:38.02
It also had four wings
which represented the swiftness
00:28:39.46\00:28:42.74
with which Alexander
the Great took everything
00:28:42.84\00:28:46.24
that was before him.
00:28:46.44\00:28:48.10
Greece ruled from 331 BC
00:28:48.30\00:28:53.81
to 168 BC.
00:28:54.01\00:28:57.11
Now we come to
the fourth kingdom.
00:28:57.31\00:29:00.52
Daniel 7 and
verse 7. And it says:
00:29:00.72\00:29:03.38
This beast is not
like any of the others.
00:29:31.77\00:29:35.64
It's a non-descript dragon
00:29:35.84\00:29:38.90
and it's taking
everything before it.
00:29:39.10\00:29:42.18
And this represented the
nation of Rome... pagan Rome.
00:29:42.38\00:29:47.03
Rome overthrew Greece in 168 BC.
00:29:47.53\00:29:53.47
Rome was different.
00:29:53.77\00:29:55.55
Rome was different than
any of the nations before it.
00:29:56.95\00:29:59.86
And they just simply
moved in and took over
00:30:00.06\00:30:03.54
one part of the
country after another
00:30:03.74\00:30:05.60
until they had great
masses of the country.
00:30:05.80\00:30:11.29
But there's something
that happens here, folks.
00:30:11.49\00:30:14.64
Rome not only came in
and took over these areas
00:30:14.84\00:30:19.20
but they brought
civilization to these nations.
00:30:19.40\00:30:24.20
Rome is the one who
made the roadways safe.
00:30:24.50\00:30:30.15
They made the waterways safe.
00:30:30.35\00:30:33.37
Roman soldiers
marched down the road carrying
00:30:33.57\00:30:37.10
standards that said Pax Romana
00:30:37.30\00:30:40.68
which meant Roman peace.
00:30:40.88\00:30:43.45
Now that many not
sound significant to you
00:30:43.65\00:30:46.70
but that is
tremendously important
00:30:47.00\00:30:50.13
because that's what
opened the way for Christianity
00:30:50.33\00:30:54.55
to be preached.
00:30:54.65\00:30:56.07
Up until that
time... basically impossible.
00:30:56.27\00:30:59.41
But with Rome making
the ways safe for travel
00:30:59.61\00:31:03.09
those apostles and all
could go anywhere they wanted to
00:31:03.29\00:31:07.20
and preach the gospel.
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.01
And that's what they did.
00:31:09.21\00:31:10.87
So Rome made that possible.
00:31:11.07\00:31:13.29
But Rome was brutal.
00:31:13.49\00:31:17.92
It had great iron teeth
00:31:17.95\00:31:20.96
and it ruled with an iron hand.
00:31:21.26\00:31:26.20
You remember it
was Herod under Rome
00:31:26.40\00:31:30.23
that had the
children in Bethlehem killed.
00:31:30.44\00:31:34.18
It was Roman soldiers
that crucified Jesus...
00:31:35.72\00:31:40.96
stuck the spear into His side.
00:31:41.26\00:31:43.65
Rome ruled from 168 BC
00:31:43.85\00:31:48.38
to 476 AD.
00:31:48.58\00:31:52.30
Rome ruled during this time.
00:31:52.60\00:31:55.64
Now we've been
following pretty much
00:31:55.84\00:31:58.32
even what Daniel 2 says.
00:31:58.52\00:32:01.15
When you get to
the 7th verse it says:
00:32:01.35\00:32:04.47
All of a sudden this beast
who is non-descript and all
00:32:11.77\00:32:15.62
also has ten horns.
00:32:15.76\00:32:18.54
Those ten horns represented
the ten Germanic tribes
00:32:18.74\00:32:24.11
that came down and
ran over the Roman Empire.
00:32:24.31\00:32:28.87
They were known as Goths.
00:32:29.07\00:32:31.53
They were Germanic people
00:32:32.80\00:32:35.07
and they were made up of
tribes such as the Heruli,
00:32:35.27\00:32:38.32
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths,
the Alemanni and so forth.
00:32:38.52\00:32:42.21
These became the
nations of western Europe.
00:32:42.25\00:32:47.73
The ten kings as it refers to.
00:32:47.93\00:32:52.33
Ten kings that
ruled at that time.
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.18
Those nations
became the nations...
00:32:55.38\00:32:58.94
The Anglo-Saxons
became the English.
00:32:59.14\00:33:01.81
The Franks became the French.
00:33:02.01\00:33:03.83
The Alemanni became the Germans.
00:33:04.04\00:33:06.30
And they became the
nations of western Europe today.
00:33:06.50\00:33:11.34
Now this becomes important
00:33:11.55\00:33:14.69
because as you continue to
study scripture and you move
00:33:14.99\00:33:19.33
into the book of Revelation
00:33:19.43\00:33:21.79
you're going to find that
there's... it carries right on
00:33:22.00\00:33:24.96
through. Like I told you,
we're laying down a template
00:33:25.06\00:33:28.29
and it will all fit
within that template, folks.
00:33:28.49\00:33:31.94
And so you and I need to
follow it very very carefully.
00:33:32.14\00:33:35.57
Now we come to
another part all of a sudden
00:33:35.77\00:33:41.58
that comes up. And by
the way, this is all Rome.
00:33:41.78\00:33:47.70
You understand me?
00:33:48.00\00:33:50.09
We're going to take a look at
what in scripture is referred to
00:33:50.30\00:33:53.55
as the little horn. OK?
00:33:53.65\00:33:57.32
But the little horn
comes up out of... Huh?
00:33:57.45\00:34:02.37
Out of Rome. So
it doesn't matter
00:34:02.67\00:34:05.58
which you're talking
about it's still Rome
00:34:05.68\00:34:08.27
and it's Rome
all the way through.
00:34:08.47\00:34:10.63
And we'll take a look
at that as we go through.
00:34:10.83\00:34:13.77
So the scripture describes this
little horn with these words:
00:34:13.87\00:34:17.70
Give us another slide. It says:
00:34:19.15\00:34:22.38
So now we have
this little horn rising.
00:34:41.66\00:34:45.02
Uh, he's
different from the others.
00:34:45.06\00:34:48.87
He does certain things.
00:34:49.07\00:34:51.71
God does not intend
for you to have any doubts
00:34:51.91\00:34:57.31
as to who this little horn is.
00:34:57.51\00:34:59.81
I want you to understand that.
00:35:00.01\00:35:01.75
No, God does not intend for
you to have any doubts about it.
00:35:01.95\00:35:05.27
In fact, He will give you
00:35:05.57\00:35:09.01
identification or give
you one point after another
00:35:10.47\00:35:15.26
that will
identify this little horn.
00:35:15.46\00:35:18.88
Goes on. Says here in verse 24:
00:35:19.18\00:35:21.83
God there gives you 8
points of identification.
00:35:47.64\00:35:52.64
Now folks,
00:35:52.94\00:35:54.70
I had a couple
little girls come up here
00:35:57.44\00:36:00.36
on the platform before
we started. And they said:
00:36:00.46\00:36:03.92
"Can we ask you a
personal question? "
00:36:04.12\00:36:05.79
And I said: "Yes. " They
said: "How old are you? "
00:36:06.09\00:36:08.48
And so I told them how old I was
00:36:09.92\00:36:14.34
and they said: "Oh... oh! "
00:36:14.44\00:36:17.05
I've been
preaching a long time, folks.
00:36:19.17\00:36:23.44
And I've been preaching
the prophecies a long time.
00:36:23.84\00:36:28.32
And I have told people
this over and over and over.
00:36:28.53\00:36:33.50
If you can take those
8 points that God gives
00:36:33.80\00:36:37.55
and you can make it fit
any other power on the face of
00:36:37.75\00:36:42.42
the earth, come and see me.
00:36:42.52\00:36:46.00
I'll listen to
everything you have to say.
00:36:46.20\00:36:49.16
This is the only
power that it will fit.
00:36:50.72\00:36:54.98
So what I'm trying to
say is God is tying it down
00:36:55.18\00:36:59.12
so you and I don't
have to be in doubt.
00:36:59.22\00:37:01.32
We can know exactly
what is taking place
00:37:01.52\00:37:05.06
and where we are in
regard to this particular power.
00:37:05.26\00:37:10.14
So God gives you 8
points to identify it.
00:37:10.44\00:37:15.49
You'll find that He puts
that all together for you.
00:37:15.79\00:37:18.71
The first one it says
would be "among them. "
00:37:18.91\00:37:22.13
This is what the first clue is:
00:37:24.88\00:37:27.66
that it would be "among them. "
00:37:27.86\00:37:29.57
Maybe we can go
to the next slide.
00:37:29.77\00:37:31.67
Next picture.
00:37:31.97\00:37:34.26
OK... and it says:
00:37:34.56\00:37:36.50
If you look at verse
8- Daniel 7 and verse 8-
00:37:42.27\00:37:46.37
it says another
would arise "among them. "
00:37:46.57\00:37:50.45
That's what it says:
"would arise among them. "
00:37:50.75\00:37:53.27
Therefore I don't have to
go off to Africa looking where
00:37:53.67\00:37:58.06
this is to come up.
Or I don't have to go to
00:37:58.16\00:38:00.70
South America or I don't even
have to go to the United States.
00:38:00.80\00:38:03.42
The scripture is absolutely
clear that it was going to
00:38:03.62\00:38:06.77
come up among those ten horns.
00:38:06.87\00:38:10.04
And if it's going to
come up among those ten horns
00:38:10.24\00:38:12.54
then that tells me
clearly that it had to come up
00:38:12.74\00:38:16.13
in western Europe.
00:38:16.23\00:38:17.73
That's where it has to rise.
00:38:17.93\00:38:20.33
So we don't have to be in
doubt as to where it's to be.
00:38:20.53\00:38:23.08
It had to come up
out of western Europe.
00:38:23.11\00:38:27.01
It would rise "among them. "
00:38:27.11\00:38:29.64
The second point that the
scripture gives... it says:
00:38:29.84\00:38:33.09
These ten Germanic tribes
came down and ran over the
00:38:37.68\00:38:42.56
Roman Empire and basically
brought an end to it in 476 AD.
00:38:42.66\00:38:48.08
Therefore this little
horn had to come on the scene
00:38:49.31\00:38:52.48
of action after 476 AD.
00:38:52.58\00:38:56.13
That's what it's saying.
00:38:56.53\00:38:58.52
Another would rise after them.
He has to come on the scene
00:38:58.72\00:39:01.43
of action after 476 AD.
00:39:01.54\00:39:04.85
Lots of things are
happening at this time, folks.
00:39:07.69\00:39:10.63
The nature of the whole
kingdom is being upset and all.
00:39:10.93\00:39:15.43
Justinian is the emperor
00:39:15.63\00:39:18.31
and Justinian is trying
to keep his empire together.
00:39:18.51\00:39:23.34
And he's doing
everything that he can.
00:39:23.54\00:39:26.07
And so he feels
like that if he can take
00:39:26.27\00:39:29.63
and make the bishop of Rome...
00:39:30.33\00:39:33.24
put him in power... I'm
sure that Justinian never saw
00:39:34.71\00:39:39.53
Virgilius as
anything other than a puppet
00:39:39.73\00:39:44.05
that he would do what
Justinian wanted him to do.
00:39:44.25\00:39:47.43
And so we read here
in history, it says:
00:39:47.63\00:39:50.29
Mark it down; put it
down. It's an important date.
00:39:59.48\00:40:02.34
"under the military
protection of Belisarius. "
00:40:02.54\00:40:05.89
And so Virgilius
ascended the papal chair.
00:40:06.09\00:40:10.76
History tells us
that's not what happened.
00:40:10.96\00:40:14.75
History tells us
that the bishop of Rome
00:40:14.95\00:40:18.20
stepped to the seat of Caesar
00:40:18.50\00:40:21.91
and seized the scepter.
00:40:22.12\00:40:25.24
So you have a complete
change taking place there.
00:40:25.54\00:40:30.09
Not necessarily because
should I say that he sought it.
00:40:30.29\00:40:34.82
I don't know that he sought it
00:40:35.12\00:40:37.15
but he didn't do
anything to stop it.
00:40:37.35\00:40:38.93
But a change
began to take place.
00:40:39.23\00:40:43.76
It says here... the third point:
00:40:43.96\00:40:45.68
These ten Germanic tribes
were strictly pagan powers.
00:40:48.87\00:40:54.77
Civil powers...
that's all they were.
00:40:55.07\00:40:58.16
But now all of a sudden we
have a change taking place.
00:40:58.36\00:41:02.28
Listen to this statement:
00:41:02.48\00:41:04.34
I don't know if you
caught what that is saying,
00:41:42.25\00:41:45.29
but it's saying that
he basically was forced
00:41:45.40\00:41:49.70
not only to be the religious
head but the civil head
00:41:50.00\00:41:54.31
of government.
And so all of a sudden
00:41:54.41\00:41:57.39
we find church and
state being put together.
00:41:57.59\00:42:03.47
Different...
different than all the others
00:42:03.67\00:42:06.47
that were before it.
00:42:06.57\00:42:07.83
And thus we find
all of a sudden...
00:42:08.03\00:42:10.34
I hope you understand, folks,
00:42:10.54\00:42:12.56
that church - don't
care which church it is -
00:42:14.26\00:42:18.80
church has no civil power.
00:42:19.00\00:42:22.89
Church just
doesn't have civil power.
00:42:25.49\00:42:27.38
It has to turn
to civil government
00:42:29.06\00:42:33.99
to get its power.
00:42:34.19\00:42:36.06
That's what has to happen.
00:42:36.26\00:42:38.10
And that's what
happens in the last days
00:42:38.31\00:42:41.17
when a church turns to civil
government to have its power.
00:42:41.37\00:42:46.23
And that's what
you had here in 538 AD.
00:42:46.44\00:42:49.76
By the way, I don't
have anything up here on it
00:42:49.97\00:42:52.77
but I have the quotes and stuff.
00:42:52.97\00:42:55.33
In 538 AD do you
know what also happened?
00:42:55.53\00:43:00.48
I mean he not only became
the political as well as the
00:43:00.68\00:43:05.27
religious head, but you
know what else happened?
00:43:05.47\00:43:07.88
They enforced a Sunday law.
00:43:08.28\00:43:12.08
538 AD... they
enforced a Sunday law
00:43:13.59\00:43:18.57
at that time.
00:43:18.87\00:43:20.78
So you find that
definitely a change took place
00:43:21.08\00:43:24.82
It was different than from
all of the others before it.
00:43:24.93\00:43:27.63
Says that it would
subdue three kings.
00:43:27.83\00:43:31.59
As these Germanic
people: the Franks, the Heruli,
00:43:33.03\00:43:36.90
the Vandals, the
Ostrogoths and all these people
00:43:37.10\00:43:39.89
came down on the Roman Empire
and began to break it apart
00:43:40.10\00:43:43.62
the Christians that
lived in the Roman Empire
00:43:43.82\00:43:48.29
saw this as an
opportunity to share the gospel.
00:43:48.49\00:43:52.96
And to their surprise,
00:43:52.99\00:43:55.75
they found these
people with open hearts.
00:43:55.78\00:43:58.23
And so as they preached
Jesus Christ to these people
00:43:58.32\00:44:02.51
they accepted it.
00:44:02.71\00:44:04.18
And that's why today western
Europe is basically Christian
00:44:04.21\00:44:08.68
in concept. Is because they went
in and they brought Christianity
00:44:08.88\00:44:13.48
to it and they reached
out and accepted Christianity.
00:44:13.58\00:44:15.99
But among those that accepted it
00:44:16.29\00:44:19.15
there were three
tribes that didn't go along
00:44:19.45\00:44:25.42
with what the papal
power was preaching.
00:44:25.82\00:44:31.71
And under Justinian -
under the pope of Rome -
00:44:32.11\00:44:38.09
they went in and they
annihilated if you please
00:44:38.12\00:44:42.45
three tribes: the Heruli,
the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths.
00:44:42.66\00:44:47.67
And by the way, it said
they would "uproot them. "
00:44:47.87\00:44:51.34
That's what it says.
00:44:51.44\00:44:52.65
If you want to go and
check it out, you can find
00:44:52.85\00:44:56.21
back to the Anglo-Saxons.
Their descendants are who?
00:44:56.41\00:45:02.23
The English.
00:45:04.06\00:45:05.51
To the Franks... the French.
00:45:05.71\00:45:08.19
Alemanni... Germans.
00:45:08.39\00:45:10.98
But you cannot find any
descendants to the Heruli,
00:45:11.18\00:45:15.64
the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths.
00:45:15.84\00:45:18.20
It said it would "uproot them"
and that's exactly what it did.
00:45:18.40\00:45:22.95
Also it says
that this power would:
00:45:23.35\00:45:26.68
Another word for
pompous would be blasphemy.
00:45:33.92\00:45:37.59
"Would speak blasphemous
words against the Most High. "
00:45:37.89\00:45:42.15
The Bible defines blasphemy
00:45:42.35\00:45:45.04
as when one
attributes to himself
00:45:45.24\00:45:49.15
the prerogatives of God.
00:45:49.35\00:45:51.80
In other words,
if I claim to be God
00:45:52.10\00:45:55.88
or if I claim to
have the power of God,
00:45:56.18\00:45:59.02
in the scripture
that is blasphemy.
00:45:59.22\00:46:02.73
Now all I can do in
this case is let them
00:46:02.93\00:46:08.33
tell you what they say.
00:46:08.54\00:46:10.08
These are a couple
statements. It says:
00:46:10.28\00:46:12.78
In other words, saying they're
the same as God on earth.
00:46:24.78\00:46:29.07
Another statement says:
00:46:29.27\00:46:31.00
Another one says:
00:46:38.66\00:46:40.95
Those are pompous
words in my book, folks.
00:46:50.63\00:46:55.15
So when it said he
would "speak pompous words"
00:46:55.38\00:46:57.47
he has done just that.
00:46:57.67\00:46:59.69
You have to find a power that
has made war with God's people.
00:47:05.13\00:47:09.15
And history tells us
that's exactly what took place.
00:47:09.45\00:47:13.97
This is a statement from
encyclopedia - Wikipedia.
00:47:14.17\00:47:18.84
It says:
00:47:19.04\00:47:20.13
Numbers unbelievable
00:47:53.55\00:47:55.86
of the people that
died as they made war.
00:47:56.06\00:47:59.09
And so indeed she did just that.
00:48:22.04\00:48:24.88
She made war
against the people of God.
00:48:24.98\00:48:28.70
Well, we've
looked at six of them.
00:48:28.90\00:48:32.44
Says this power would endeavor
to change times and law.
00:48:37.96\00:48:41.23
They made no bones about it.
00:48:41.44\00:48:43.26
They make it very clear
that they believe they have
00:48:43.46\00:48:46.14
this power.
Listen to this statement:
00:48:46.34\00:48:47.95
Said that he has
that power to do that.
00:48:56.67\00:49:00.61
And so the Bible lays
it out very clear for us.
00:49:00.81\00:49:03.67
It just said that he
would have power to do this.
00:49:03.87\00:49:07.00
Did they? Well, if
you pick up your Bible
00:49:07.20\00:49:10.35
and turn to Exodus the
20th chapter, there you have
00:49:10.55\00:49:12.35
the Ten Commandments. I don't
care which Bible you pick up
00:49:12.45\00:49:16.15
in Exodus the 20th chapter
00:49:16.35\00:49:18.15
you'll find the
Ten Commandments.
00:49:18.25\00:49:19.72
But when you pick
up a Catholic Catechism
00:49:19.92\00:49:22.31
that whole thing changes.
00:49:22.41\00:49:23.87
You'll find that the second
commandment has been done away
00:49:24.08\00:49:28.22
with completely. It's not there.
00:49:28.32\00:49:31.05
The fourth
commandment has been shortened
00:49:31.25\00:49:35.55
from 96 words to 8 words
and has been moved to the 3rd.
00:49:35.75\00:49:40.77
And the tenth commandment
has been divided into two
00:49:40.97\00:49:43.70
so they still
have ten commandments.
00:49:43.90\00:49:45.60
So yes, they have changed times
and they have changed laws.
00:49:46.86\00:49:51.82
Says:
00:49:52.02\00:49:53.49
The Bible... Folks, I marvel
00:50:00.73\00:50:05.85
at how clear and how
accurate God's Word is.
00:50:06.05\00:50:10.65
I mean, over and
over He puts it there
00:50:10.85\00:50:14.36
so that you and I don't
have any question in knowing
00:50:14.56\00:50:17.90
what it's talking
about. So when it says
00:50:18.00\00:50:20.23
"they will be given into
his hands, " in the Bible
00:50:20.44\00:50:22.83
a time simply
represents one year.
00:50:23.03\00:50:26.95
360 days.
00:50:27.15\00:50:29.40
Or, times
represents two years: 720 days.
00:50:29.60\00:50:34.99
A half a time represents
a half a year or 180 days.
00:50:35.22\00:50:39.03
Totaling that up
it comes to 1,260.
00:50:39.24\00:50:43.12
OK, we're told in scripture
in Ezekiel 4 and verse 6:
00:50:43.32\00:50:48.76
Numbers 14:34 says: "I have
given you a day for a year. "
00:50:53.02\00:50:56.30
And I have people ask me:
"Well how do you know that's
00:50:56.50\00:50:58.55
right? " I have a very
simple answer for that.
00:50:58.75\00:51:01.24
It works!
00:51:01.44\00:51:03.45
It works.
00:51:03.95\00:51:05.63
And so... yes. And so I told you
00:51:05.93\00:51:08.91
that Virgilius
stepped to the seat of Caesar
00:51:09.11\00:51:13.48
in 538 AD
00:51:13.68\00:51:18.71
the papal power came to power.
00:51:18.91\00:51:20.95
If I add 1,260 years to that,
00:51:21.16\00:51:24.47
that takes me to
the date of 1798 AD.
00:51:24.67\00:51:29.51
That was the time that
was given to papal Rome.
00:51:29.54\00:51:33.58
OK?
00:51:33.88\00:51:35.74
That's how much
time was given to it.
00:51:36.04\00:51:37.82
All right. At the
end of that 1,260 years
00:51:38.02\00:51:41.64
something had to happen.
00:51:41.84\00:51:43.13
Napoleon had come to power.
00:51:43.44\00:51:45.79
Napoleon wants to rule Europe.
00:51:45.99\00:51:48.22
Knows he cannot do it
unless he breaks the back
00:51:48.42\00:51:51.23
of the papal power.
00:51:51.33\00:51:52.89
So we read in the
Americana Encyclopedia
00:51:53.09\00:51:56.08
And thus papal Rome came to
an end as the scripture said.
00:52:08.30\00:52:13.85
Now folks, God has
laid down a template.
00:52:14.05\00:52:16.99
Let me tell you: that
template stays that way
00:52:17.19\00:52:19.36
all the way through.
It doesn't change, folks.
00:52:19.56\00:52:22.97
And when people start
putting other nations in
00:52:23.17\00:52:25.97
in place of these
they just mess it up.
00:52:26.17\00:52:28.47
That's what they do.
00:52:28.67\00:52:30.19
Now I want to share
something with you in closing.
00:52:30.39\00:52:32.25
I hope that you will get what
I'm trying to get across to you.
00:52:33.73\00:52:38.36
The scripture is
trying to get across to you.
00:52:38.56\00:52:40.72
This is what it says.
Look at Daniel the 7th chapter
00:52:40.92\00:52:44.49
verse 8.
00:52:44.69\00:52:45.70
Talking about the
little horn, right?
00:52:54.59\00:52:57.62
The little horn
came to its end when?
00:52:57.86\00:53:00.90
Huh?
00:53:01.10\00:53:03.62
In 1798 AD it came to its end.
00:53:03.82\00:53:07.31
Right? OK, look
at what it says here.
00:53:07.41\00:53:10.69
That's Daniel 7 verse 8.
00:53:10.89\00:53:12.92
Look what Daniel 7
verses 9 and 10 say:
00:53:13.12\00:53:15.75
What is that telling you?
00:53:23.60\00:53:24.84
That's telling you
that when 1798 AD came
00:53:25.14\00:53:29.69
the papal power fell,
and the next thing would be
00:53:29.89\00:53:33.48
the judgment.
00:53:33.58\00:53:35.99
Investigative Judgment would be
the very next thing on the list.
00:53:36.19\00:53:39.58
He's giving you a template.
00:53:39.88\00:53:41.70
He says: "This is
what's going to happen next! "
00:53:41.80\00:53:44.01
Now watch... That
was Daniel 7:8-10.
00:53:44.31\00:53:50.16
Look at verse 14:
00:53:50.30\00:53:51.73
It says that after
the judgment what comes?
00:54:00.51\00:54:03.35
Huh?
00:54:05.03\00:54:06.35
God's kingdom!
00:54:06.65\00:54:08.27
Said that's the next thing
that's to come is God's kingdom.
00:54:08.58\00:54:11.69
After that God takes him
and He drives it in the ground,
00:54:11.90\00:54:16.86
folks. Drives it into the
ground trying to get you and I
00:54:16.96\00:54:20.53
to say: "Yes, I understand. "
00:54:20.73\00:54:22.64
Go to Daniel 7:21.
00:54:22.84\00:54:25.11
This is what it's talking about.
00:54:32.05\00:54:33.91
Watch what
happens... what comes next.
00:54:34.11\00:54:36.03
We're still in verse 22.
Daniel 7:21, now verse 22.
00:54:36.06\00:54:40.05
What's that?
00:54:44.68\00:54:45.93
That's the judgment.
00:54:46.13\00:54:47.40
He's going through the
same thing with you saying
00:54:47.60\00:54:50.16
when papal Rome comes to an end,
1798 AD, the next thing will be
00:54:50.36\00:54:55.39
the judgment. And after
the judgment... verse 22:
00:54:55.49\00:54:58.76
The time what?
00:55:04.12\00:55:05.55
Came for the saints
to possess the kingdom.
00:55:05.86\00:55:09.26
The time has come for the
saints to possess the kingdom.
00:55:09.94\00:55:13.42
Are you getting it? Amen!
00:55:13.62\00:55:15.69
Where do you think
you are in the judgment?
00:55:15.82\00:55:17.90
The time has come for the
saints to possess the kingdom.
00:55:18.10\00:55:22.98
We're down at the end.
00:55:23.18\00:55:26.07
Look... He
doesn't even stop there.
00:55:26.27\00:55:28.82
It does it again... Daniel 7:24:
00:55:29.03\00:55:32.56
Still talking
about the little horn.
00:55:37.36\00:55:38.97
OK? Then after that it says:
00:55:39.17\00:55:41.84
When did they take away the
dominion from the little horn?
00:55:46.99\00:55:50.26
1798 AD. Then
what's going to happen?
00:55:50.56\00:55:53.76
The judgment. And
then verse 27 says:
00:55:53.96\00:55:57.83
That God is going to
come and He's going to set up
00:56:10.85\00:56:13.93
His kingdom.
00:56:14.03\00:56:15.93
I don't know what to
tell you that you and I
00:56:18.71\00:56:24.59
have the privilege
of living at this time.
00:56:25.60\00:56:28.41
You're living at the time
when God is going to set up
00:56:28.61\00:56:31.90
His kingdom. Amen. The
time has come for the saints
00:56:32.00\00:56:36.72
to possess the kingdom.
00:56:36.92\00:56:38.70
Dear friend, you and I should be
00:56:39.10\00:56:43.08
daily... daily...
00:56:44.35\00:56:48.85
pleading with God.
00:56:49.05\00:56:51.26
Pleading with
God to make us kind.
00:56:51.66\00:56:55.13
To make us gentle.
00:56:55.53\00:56:57.87
To make us loving.
00:56:58.07\00:57:00.75
To make us like our Savior.
00:57:01.05\00:57:04.89
This is what the world needs.
00:57:07.04\00:57:09.97
They need to see Jesus in you.
00:57:11.36\00:57:14.22
This is what
the world's lacking.
00:57:14.62\00:57:17.66
Therefore, you and I
need to give our hearts
00:57:19.39\00:57:22.13
daily to the Lord
Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:57:22.33\00:57:26.19
May God bless you.
00:57:26.32\00:57:27.93
Stay close to Jesus Christ.
00:57:28.85\00:57:30.90
Walk with Him each day.
00:57:31.10\00:57:33.19