Participants: Ken Cox
Series Code: 12POP
Program Code: 12POP000013
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00:47 We're having a tremendous Sabbath as I've mentioned before
00:50 and it just keeps getting better and better 00:54 as we look at some of these great prophecies 00:57 from the book of Daniel. 01:00 You know, it's a great thing to look at these again today 01:03 because they are so pertinent in our world. 01:07 We need to keep understanding God's Word. 01:11 We need to keep studying it, 01:14 and we should never come to the place to where we think 01:17 we know it all. Because if we come to that place 01:21 that's when the devil can slip up on us. 01:23 So we keep studying. I have no question in my mind 01:28 that as we continue studying the book of Daniel 01:31 as Christians, as those who believe that Christ is coming 01:36 again soon, our interpretations will not change. 01:41 However, we will see things 01:45 in these teachings that we perhaps have not seen before. 01:50 Because God keeps bringing them to our eyes - 01:53 to our understanding - so that we begin to see 01:58 an even deeper understanding of these books. 02:03 And so we are determined here at 3ABN 02:06 to keep preaching the pillars of faith. 02:09 To keep preaching our 28 fundamental beliefs. 02:12 To keep preaching the prophecies 02:15 and standing by that which God has given 02:20 this people: a truth that is so precious for each one. 02:26 Well listen, we are so glad you're here. 02:28 We have a lot more things planned for today. 02:32 This next subject is going to be on Daniel the 7th chapter 02:37 and the speaker will be Elder Kenneth Cox. 02:41 I have known him for many, many years. 02:44 Had the privilege of serving on his board of directors 02:48 for many years... was chairman of it for five years. 02:51 And I believe in the ministry of Pastor Kenneth Cox. 02:57 John Carter, the great Australian-American evangelist, 03:02 and I were talking one day, 03:04 and we came to the conclusion because we both know a lot of 03:10 evangelists, that there is probably no question 03:14 that Kenneth Cox has held more evangelistic crusades 03:19 than any evangelist who is living today. 03:22 And I'm talking about full five-week or more crusades 03:27 where he would go into a city, preach the message, 03:31 people would give their hearts to the Lord, 03:34 and then he would baptize them 03:37 and then move on to other areas. 03:40 All over this hemisphere and around the world 03:45 his messages have gone... because not only 03:49 has he preached these messages live - 03:53 which he has, just consistently one after another - 03:56 but also he was one of the pioneers of video evangelism. 04:02 And if you remember years ago 04:05 and I remember a crew came from Australia 04:08 and they videoed him. And then those series 04:12 were shown all over the world literally. 04:17 Sometimes they were shown in auditoriums. 04:19 Sometimes they were shown in homes. 04:22 But wherever they were shown they uplifted the glory of God 04:28 and people received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. 04:32 So he'll be speaking to us today on Daniel 7. 04:35 You see, we had Daniel 2. 04:37 Remember the enlargement - repetition and enlargement. 04:43 Daniel 2, Daniel 7, then Daniel 8. 04:46 And there will be some repetition. There's no question. 04:50 But there's also enlargement, and we will see even more truth 04:55 as we study these beautiful and wonderful messages. 05:00 Before he comes to speak 05:04 and have our prayer with us as he will 05:07 Yvonne Lewis is going to sing for us Just Once More. 05:12 And then the next voice will be Pastor Kenneth Cox. 05:19 Good evening. Good evening. 05:22 It's so wonderful to have you here at this Camp Meeting. 05:25 Isn't it wonderful that we serve a God that forgives? 05:31 You know, the Christian walk is so full of ups and downs 05:35 and twists and turns, and yet we know 05:38 that we serve a Savior that we can go to. 05:41 He was tempted in all points like as we are 05:44 yet without sin. So we can come boldly to the throne of grace 05:48 where we can obtain mercy and find grace to help 05:52 in time of need. We can say: "Lord, I messed up 05:56 but I need You to forgive me just once more. " 06:31 Here I am again. 06:35 I'm on my knees again. 06:39 But these are different tears 06:43 from a brand new set of scars. 06:47 Now they may look the same 06:51 but these are not the same. 06:55 These are dirty tears 06:59 so I can't see where you are. 07:04 But I pray You'll understand 07:07 and, Lord, I pray You'll take my hand. 07:12 And I pray there's still a place 07:15 in the shelter of Your grace. 07:20 I know I don't deserve 07:22 another chance... 07:26 But I'm sorry; I blew it. 07:31 I failed You once again. 07:35 All the things I said I was 07:39 I haven't been. 07:42 And I know that 07:45 You've heard this 07:47 a million times before 07:53 but I need You to forgive me 07:57 just once more. 07:59 Oh, I need You to forgive me. 08:05 Now I made promises - 08:10 lots of promises - 08:15 tied with ropes of sand 08:19 so they'd never last for long. 08:23 And I'm ashamed to ask 08:27 but I've just got to ask for more: 08:32 May I start again? 08:35 Will You carry me back home? 08:39 Can You look beyond the sin 08:43 to this helpless fool within? 08:47 Can You take what I've abused 08:50 and make from it a vessel You can use? 08:55 I admit I don't deserve 08:59 another chance... 09:02 Oh, but I'm sorry; I blew it. 09:08 I failed You once again. 09:12 All the things I said I was 09:15 I haven't been. 09:18 And I know that 09:21 You've heard this 09:24 a million times before 09:29 but I need You to forgive me 09:34 just once more. 09:42 Can You look beyond the sin 09:45 to this helpless fool within? 09:50 Can You take what I've abused 09:53 and make from it a vessel You can use? 09:58 I agree I don't deserve 10:01 another chance... 10:04 Oh, but I'm sorry; I blew it. 10:10 I failed You once again. 10:14 All the things I said I was 10:17 Lord, I haven't been. 10:20 And I know that 10:23 You've heard this 10:26 a million times before 10:32 but I need You to forgive me 10:36 just once more... 10:38 I said I need You to forgive me 10:44 just once more... 10:52 Lord, I need You to forgive me 10:57 just once more. 11:16 Amen. 11:22 Thank you, Yvonne. Appreciate that very much. 11:25 Wonderful, wonderful song. 11:27 Good afternoon. Good afternoon. 11:29 Very happy to see all of you, welcome you 11:33 to this Camp Meeting. We hope you are being blessed 11:36 as we study the book of Daniel. 11:38 No, I am not too old to be able to kneel before my Lord 11:43 and Savior, so I'm going to kneel and pray. 11:51 Heavenly Father, Almighty God, 11:56 Lord and Savior, 11:58 we come to Thee this afternoon 12:02 asking that You will give us the Holy Spirit. 12:08 Lord, we want to surrender our hearts to You 12:14 and ask that You will give us wisdom. 12:18 Give us understanding. 12:20 Help us to see and to know what You have revealed 12:26 that we might walk as You have directed and led. 12:32 Bless each one here. 12:34 Those that are watching by television 12:37 and those that are listening on the radio 12:40 or on the Internet, Lord, 12:42 may they be blessed in a special way as well. 12:45 Keep us each close to You, Lord. 12:50 We thank you for the wonderful hope that we have 12:53 in Jesus Christ our Lord. This we pray in His name, Amen. 13:05 The book of Daniel evenly divides into two parts. 13:11 The first six chapters of the book of Daniel 13:16 are historical. They talk about Babylon. 13:22 They talk about God's people in Babylon. 13:25 They are wonderful stories about how those people were 13:30 tested and how they stood firm for the Word of God. 13:33 Talks about the conversion of a pagan king 13:36 and what took place in his life and how they influenced him. 13:39 All these are historical state- ments in the book of Daniel 13:43 and that's what the first six chapters deal with. 13:46 Second chapter has some prophetic parts in it 13:51 as you have just studied. 13:52 But it's with the seventh chapter and thereon 13:57 that deals with the prophetic aspect of Daniel. 14:01 From that point on you have visions 14:05 that were given to Daniel and what he was told by God. 14:10 And those take you step by step 14:13 through a template - if you please - a template that 14:18 God laid down that covers from Daniel's day 14:22 to the coming of Christ. 14:23 That's what those six chapters cover: 14:26 from Daniel's day to the coming of Christ. 14:30 Very, very important that you and I understand 14:35 that template. And if we understand that template 14:40 then we will know exactly what is happening 14:43 and what's going to take place. 14:45 That's the reason God gave it 14:47 is so that we could understand what is happening. 14:50 We have to be very, very careful 14:54 not to superimpose upon that template... 14:59 to superimpose some method 15:04 of Biblical interpretation. 15:06 We should not do that. 15:09 We need to take what God's Word says 15:12 and understand what it's saying and follow it. 15:16 Not having some preconceived idea of what it should do. 15:21 So we need to be careful that we don't permit that to happen. 15:26 So what we're going to do here this afternoon is 15:28 we're going to take a look at the seventh chapter 15:31 and we're going to see how God has laid out how things 15:36 are to take place. 15:38 They will hold true all the way through the book of Daniel. 15:42 They will hold true all the way through the book of Revelation. 15:47 And so you and I as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ 15:52 do not have to be in doubt as to what is going to happen, 15:56 what's going to take place. 15:57 We know what the scripture tells us is going to happen. 16:02 So Daniel starts right out in the beginning. 16:05 We're going to go to the second verse. 16:08 Second verse there of Daniel and it just simply says... 16:11 says this: 16:14 If you have your Bible. I'm going to have to get my 16:17 clicker to work. It doesn't seem to work. 16:19 Daniel the seventh chapter. We'll take a look at 16:26 verse two. 16:32 OK, it says: "And Daniel spoke saying 'I saw in my vision 16:36 by night... " 16:43 Daniel starts out by using Biblical symbolism. 16:51 Uses Biblical symbolism... Sorry but we're having trouble here. 16:56 You always worry whether this is going to work or not. 16:59 Biblical symbolism God uses all the way through the Bible. 17:03 And those symbols hold true all the way through scripture 17:07 that you and I can know what God is telling us 17:12 and what is taking place. 17:13 So here as we look at Daniel he talks about certain symbols. 17:18 Let's go on to the next verse. 17:21 And it says... 17:24 Maybe we could see the next verse? 17:29 "Four great beasts came up from the sea 17:31 each different from the other. " 17:34 Now that isn't right. It jumped so let's back up. 17:38 It says he saw the wind blowing on the waters. 17:43 OK? In Bible prophecy we are told clearly 17:46 that water represents peoples, nations, and tongues. 17:51 Revelation the 17th chapter verse 15 17:56 tells us that water represents people, nations, and tongues. 18:00 So we find that when he sees the wind blowing on the waters 18:04 it's talking about people... what's going to take place 18:08 there. Wind we find in Revelation the 7th chapter 18:12 and verse 1 it tells that wind represents war. 18:17 Represents strife, so forth. 18:20 And so these represent war, strife, among the people. 18:24 And as the result of that we are told that four beasts 18:28 came up out of the sea. So we'll see 18:31 if the next text will come up for us here. 18:36 OK? No. Anyhow it says that that was to take place. 18:42 So among those four beasts the scripture doesn't leave us 18:46 in any doubt. If you have your Bible, you want to go to 18:48 Daniel 7 and verse 17. 18:51 It tells you clearly that these four beasts 18:54 are four kings that shall arise out of the earth. 18:58 So the scripture does not leave us in any question 19:03 as to who these beasts are. 19:05 It tells us they are four kings 19:07 that will rise up out of the earth. 19:10 So we have those clearly there in scripture. 19:13 So let's take a look at the first one. 19:16 Begin to see what it's talking about when we're talking about 19:19 the first beast. 19:35 So the first beast is like a lion. 19:41 This beast - of all the beasts that are pictured - 19:46 is the only one that a man's heart is given to. 19:50 OK? And the reason a man's heart is given to it 19:54 is because of the conversion of king Nebuchadnezzar. 19:58 That's the reason it says that a man's heart was given 20:01 to this particular beast. 20:03 Rose up on its two hind feet. 20:06 This represented the kingdom of Babylon. 20:10 As you read... as you just studied in Daniel 2 20:13 God said: "Thou art this head of gold. " 20:16 So this lion... a man's heart is given to it 20:19 representing king Nebuchadnezzar. 20:21 If you take a look at Babylon, 20:23 Babylon was a marvelous city. 20:27 Nebuchadnezzar was a fantastic general. 20:32 He never lost a battle. 20:34 And he took all the spoils that he had from campaign 20:39 after campaign and poured it on the city of Babylon. 20:44 And so this city became known as the golden kingdom. 20:49 And there was tremendous wealth in the city of Babylon. 20:54 If you took a look or if you walked into the city 20:58 of Babylon, you went through something called 21:01 the Ishtar Gate that opened into the city of Babylon. 21:05 This is a very, very famous gate 21:07 and when you went into there you can see... 21:11 Now let me tell you a little about this Ishtar Gate. 21:16 Germany... Germany went into Babylon - 21:22 the ruins of Babylon - and excavated. 21:24 And they took the Ishtar Gate and they took it down 21:30 clay tablet after clay tile off the walls. 21:35 They took them off and numbered them. 21:37 Took them each one and numbered them. 21:40 And then they brought all that back to Germany. 21:43 And you can go to one of the museums there, the Pergamus 21:48 Museum in Berlin, and they have rebuilt the Ishtar Gate. 21:53 That's what you saw. That picture was the actual 21:56 picture of the Ishtar Gate. 21:58 So it begins to give you some idea of the glory 22:01 of this kingdom that he had built. It was... 22:05 It was a fantastic kingdom that Nebuchadnezzar had built. 22:09 And it was his desire - as you found out - 22:12 that it would never end. 22:14 That it would go on and on and on. 22:17 Jeremiah talked about Babylon in Jeremiah the 4th chapter 22:21 and verse 7. He said: 22:36 And so he said that he would come and destroy them. 22:41 And this Nebuchadnezzar did place after place. 22:44 Now as found out, Babylon ruled or was in control 22:50 from 605 BC 22:52 to 539 BC. 22:57 And Babylon was a... 23:00 I should say Babylon was in power for 70 years. 23:07 At that time Medo-Persia is rising 23:12 and it's under the control or the leadership 23:17 of Cyrus. 23:19 Cyrus has made his way and is pictured here 23:22 in Daniel 7 as a bear. And it says: 23:39 This was a coalition of the Medes and Persians 23:43 coming together. 23:45 Cyrus... great, great leader... 23:49 and overcame Babylon. He and his men 23:54 went up and they surrounded the city of Babylon. 23:57 We are told that the people went up on top of the wall 24:01 and threw food to him and laughed at him. 24:04 He took his men and they marched down the Euphrates river. 24:08 The Euphrates river flowed right through Babylon, 24:10 the city of Babylon. 24:12 Marched down the Euphrates river and a selected place 24:16 they began to dig canals. And they diverted the river 24:19 Euphrates into those canals. And then he and his men 24:23 marched up the muddy bottom of the Euphrates river. 24:27 They marched up there. And inside the city 24:32 it had been... the gates had been left open. 24:35 They had been predicted by scripture in Isaiah 45 verse 1. 24:41 It said that the two lead gates would be left open. 24:59 And just exactly as said those gates were left open. 25:02 He and his men marched into the city of Babylon 25:07 and took it. Belshazzar who was the king 25:11 at that time - the grandson if you please 25:14 of Nebuchadnezzar - was ruling. And it says: 25:26 So Medo-Persia overthrew Babylon. 25:30 Medo-Persia ruled 25:35 from 539 BC to 331 BC. 25:40 This is the time that she ruled. 25:42 A strong kingdom. 25:45 Did a lot of things that took care of the place. 25:49 This is the time in which Esther is involved 25:53 and all in your Bible. OK? 25:56 But after that we come to a third beast. 25:59 In Daniel 7 verse 6 it says: 26:11 This is the kingdom of Greece. And by the way, folks, 26:16 when I'm talking about a template, God is laying down 26:18 a template here and God is so - how should I put it? - 26:24 so desirous that you understand that template 26:30 and what is taking place that He even calls these nations 26:33 by name so that you don't have to be in doubt. 26:36 He's not asking you to guess what this is. 26:40 In Daniel the 8th chapter He calls them by name 26:42 so you can know exactly what's there. And this is 26:46 Alexander the Great, the kingdom of Greece. 26:49 Alexander at a young age took over the army 26:53 from his father and began to march those men 26:57 and to take one kingdom after another. 27:00 In fact, Alexander marched that army for seven years 27:06 without ever going home. 27:09 Marched them clear to the borders of India. 27:14 Took everything he could lay his hands on. 27:17 One historian said this about Alexander the Great: 27:32 How true that was. 27:35 Wept because there was nothing else to conquer. 27:40 Arriving at the borders of the country of India, 27:45 his men refused to go any farther. 27:48 Turning, they headed back home. 27:51 Coming to the city of Babylon 27:54 Alexander the Great is lying on a table 27:59 in that very hall where the hand had written 28:04 mene, mene, tekel, upharsin. 28:07 Was lying on a table there dying. 28:11 Suffering from epilepsy and drunkenness, debauchery. 28:18 His four generals come in. 28:21 They said to him: "To whom will you give the kingdom? " 28:24 He said: "I'll give my kingdom to the strongest. " 28:28 So when he died his kingdom was divided among his 4 generals. 28:34 That's why that leopard beast had four heads. 28:39 It also had four wings which represented the swiftness 28:42 with which Alexander the Great took everything 28:46 that was before him. 28:48 Greece ruled from 331 BC 28:54 to 168 BC. 28:57 Now we come to the fourth kingdom. 29:00 Daniel 7 and verse 7. And it says: 29:31 This beast is not like any of the others. 29:35 It's a non-descript dragon 29:39 and it's taking everything before it. 29:42 And this represented the nation of Rome... pagan Rome. 29:47 Rome overthrew Greece in 168 BC. 29:53 Rome was different. 29:56 Rome was different than any of the nations before it. 30:00 And they just simply moved in and took over 30:03 one part of the country after another 30:05 until they had great masses of the country. 30:11 But there's something that happens here, folks. 30:14 Rome not only came in and took over these areas 30:19 but they brought civilization to these nations. 30:24 Rome is the one who made the roadways safe. 30:30 They made the waterways safe. 30:33 Roman soldiers marched down the road carrying 30:37 standards that said Pax Romana 30:40 which meant Roman peace. 30:43 Now that many not sound significant to you 30:47 but that is tremendously important 30:50 because that's what opened the way for Christianity 30:54 to be preached. 30:56 Up until that time... basically impossible. 30:59 But with Rome making the ways safe for travel 31:03 those apostles and all could go anywhere they wanted to 31:07 and preach the gospel. 31:09 And that's what they did. 31:11 So Rome made that possible. 31:13 But Rome was brutal. 31:17 It had great iron teeth 31:21 and it ruled with an iron hand. 31:26 You remember it was Herod under Rome 31:30 that had the children in Bethlehem killed. 31:35 It was Roman soldiers that crucified Jesus... 31:41 stuck the spear into His side. 31:43 Rome ruled from 168 BC 31:48 to 476 AD. 31:52 Rome ruled during this time. 31:55 Now we've been following pretty much 31:58 even what Daniel 2 says. 32:01 When you get to the 7th verse it says: 32:11 All of a sudden this beast who is non-descript and all 32:15 also has ten horns. 32:18 Those ten horns represented the ten Germanic tribes 32:24 that came down and ran over the Roman Empire. 32:29 They were known as Goths. 32:32 They were Germanic people 32:35 and they were made up of tribes such as the Heruli, 32:38 the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Alemanni and so forth. 32:42 These became the nations of western Europe. 32:47 The ten kings as it refers to. 32:52 Ten kings that ruled at that time. 32:55 Those nations became the nations... 32:59 The Anglo-Saxons became the English. 33:02 The Franks became the French. 33:04 The Alemanni became the Germans. 33:06 And they became the nations of western Europe today. 33:11 Now this becomes important 33:14 because as you continue to study scripture and you move 33:19 into the book of Revelation 33:22 you're going to find that there's... it carries right on 33:25 through. Like I told you, we're laying down a template 33:28 and it will all fit within that template, folks. 33:32 And so you and I need to follow it very very carefully. 33:35 Now we come to another part all of a sudden 33:41 that comes up. And by the way, this is all Rome. 33:48 You understand me? 33:50 We're going to take a look at what in scripture is referred to 33:53 as the little horn. OK? 33:57 But the little horn comes up out of... Huh? 34:02 Out of Rome. So it doesn't matter 34:05 which you're talking about it's still Rome 34:08 and it's Rome all the way through. 34:10 And we'll take a look at that as we go through. 34:13 So the scripture describes this little horn with these words: 34:19 Give us another slide. It says: 34:41 So now we have this little horn rising. 34:45 Uh, he's different from the others. 34:49 He does certain things. 34:51 God does not intend for you to have any doubts 34:57 as to who this little horn is. 35:00 I want you to understand that. 35:01 No, God does not intend for you to have any doubts about it. 35:05 In fact, He will give you 35:10 identification or give you one point after another 35:15 that will identify this little horn. 35:19 Goes on. Says here in verse 24: 35:47 God there gives you 8 points of identification. 35:52 Now folks, 35:57 I had a couple little girls come up here 36:00 on the platform before we started. And they said: 36:04 "Can we ask you a personal question? " 36:06 And I said: "Yes. " They said: "How old are you? " 36:09 And so I told them how old I was 36:14 and they said: "Oh... oh! " 36:19 I've been preaching a long time, folks. 36:23 And I've been preaching the prophecies a long time. 36:28 And I have told people this over and over and over. 36:33 If you can take those 8 points that God gives 36:37 and you can make it fit any other power on the face of 36:42 the earth, come and see me. 36:46 I'll listen to everything you have to say. 36:50 This is the only power that it will fit. 36:55 So what I'm trying to say is God is tying it down 36:59 so you and I don't have to be in doubt. 37:01 We can know exactly what is taking place 37:05 and where we are in regard to this particular power. 37:10 So God gives you 8 points to identify it. 37:15 You'll find that He puts that all together for you. 37:18 The first one it says would be "among them. " 37:24 This is what the first clue is: 37:27 that it would be "among them. " 37:29 Maybe we can go to the next slide. 37:31 Next picture. 37:34 OK... and it says: 37:42 If you look at verse 8- Daniel 7 and verse 8- 37:46 it says another would arise "among them. " 37:50 That's what it says: "would arise among them. " 37:53 Therefore I don't have to go off to Africa looking where 37:58 this is to come up. Or I don't have to go to 38:00 South America or I don't even have to go to the United States. 38:03 The scripture is absolutely clear that it was going to 38:06 come up among those ten horns. 38:10 And if it's going to come up among those ten horns 38:12 then that tells me clearly that it had to come up 38:16 in western Europe. 38:17 That's where it has to rise. 38:20 So we don't have to be in doubt as to where it's to be. 38:23 It had to come up out of western Europe. 38:27 It would rise "among them. " 38:29 The second point that the scripture gives... it says: 38:37 These ten Germanic tribes came down and ran over the 38:42 Roman Empire and basically brought an end to it in 476 AD. 38:49 Therefore this little horn had to come on the scene 38:52 of action after 476 AD. 38:56 That's what it's saying. 38:58 Another would rise after them. He has to come on the scene 39:01 of action after 476 AD. 39:07 Lots of things are happening at this time, folks. 39:10 The nature of the whole kingdom is being upset and all. 39:15 Justinian is the emperor 39:18 and Justinian is trying to keep his empire together. 39:23 And he's doing everything that he can. 39:26 And so he feels like that if he can take 39:30 and make the bishop of Rome... 39:34 put him in power... I'm sure that Justinian never saw 39:39 Virgilius as anything other than a puppet 39:44 that he would do what Justinian wanted him to do. 39:47 And so we read here in history, it says: 39:59 Mark it down; put it down. It's an important date. 40:02 "under the military protection of Belisarius. " 40:06 And so Virgilius ascended the papal chair. 40:10 History tells us that's not what happened. 40:14 History tells us that the bishop of Rome 40:18 stepped to the seat of Caesar 40:22 and seized the scepter. 40:25 So you have a complete change taking place there. 40:30 Not necessarily because should I say that he sought it. 40:35 I don't know that he sought it 40:37 but he didn't do anything to stop it. 40:39 But a change began to take place. 40:43 It says here... the third point: 40:48 These ten Germanic tribes were strictly pagan powers. 40:55 Civil powers... that's all they were. 40:58 But now all of a sudden we have a change taking place. 41:02 Listen to this statement: 41:42 I don't know if you caught what that is saying, 41:45 but it's saying that he basically was forced 41:50 not only to be the religious head but the civil head 41:54 of government. And so all of a sudden 41:57 we find church and state being put together. 42:03 Different... different than all the others 42:06 that were before it. 42:08 And thus we find all of a sudden... 42:10 I hope you understand, folks, 42:14 that church - don't care which church it is - 42:19 church has no civil power. 42:25 Church just doesn't have civil power. 42:29 It has to turn to civil government 42:34 to get its power. 42:36 That's what has to happen. 42:38 And that's what happens in the last days 42:41 when a church turns to civil government to have its power. 42:46 And that's what you had here in 538 AD. 42:49 By the way, I don't have anything up here on it 42:52 but I have the quotes and stuff. 42:55 In 538 AD do you know what also happened? 43:00 I mean he not only became the political as well as the 43:05 religious head, but you know what else happened? 43:08 They enforced a Sunday law. 43:13 538 AD... they enforced a Sunday law 43:18 at that time. 43:21 So you find that definitely a change took place 43:24 It was different than from all of the others before it. 43:27 Says that it would subdue three kings. 43:33 As these Germanic people: the Franks, the Heruli, 43:37 the Vandals, the Ostrogoths and all these people 43:40 came down on the Roman Empire and began to break it apart 43:43 the Christians that lived in the Roman Empire 43:48 saw this as an opportunity to share the gospel. 43:52 And to their surprise, 43:55 they found these people with open hearts. 43:58 And so as they preached Jesus Christ to these people 44:02 they accepted it. 44:04 And that's why today western Europe is basically Christian 44:08 in concept. Is because they went in and they brought Christianity 44:13 to it and they reached out and accepted Christianity. 44:16 But among those that accepted it 44:19 there were three tribes that didn't go along 44:25 with what the papal power was preaching. 44:32 And under Justinian - under the pope of Rome - 44:38 they went in and they annihilated if you please 44:42 three tribes: the Heruli, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. 44:47 And by the way, it said they would "uproot them. " 44:51 That's what it says. 44:52 If you want to go and check it out, you can find 44:56 back to the Anglo-Saxons. Their descendants are who? 45:04 The English. 45:05 To the Franks... the French. 45:08 Alemanni... Germans. 45:11 But you cannot find any descendants to the Heruli, 45:15 the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. 45:18 It said it would "uproot them" and that's exactly what it did. 45:23 Also it says that this power would: 45:33 Another word for pompous would be blasphemy. 45:37 "Would speak blasphemous words against the Most High. " 45:42 The Bible defines blasphemy 45:45 as when one attributes to himself 45:49 the prerogatives of God. 45:52 In other words, if I claim to be God 45:56 or if I claim to have the power of God, 45:59 in the scripture that is blasphemy. 46:02 Now all I can do in this case is let them 46:08 tell you what they say. 46:10 These are a couple statements. It says: 46:24 In other words, saying they're the same as God on earth. 46:29 Another statement says: 46:38 Another one says: 46:50 Those are pompous words in my book, folks. 46:55 So when it said he would "speak pompous words" 46:57 he has done just that. 47:05 You have to find a power that has made war with God's people. 47:09 And history tells us that's exactly what took place. 47:14 This is a statement from encyclopedia - Wikipedia. 47:19 It says: 47:53 Numbers unbelievable 47:56 of the people that died as they made war. 48:22 And so indeed she did just that. 48:24 She made war against the people of God. 48:28 Well, we've looked at six of them. 48:37 Says this power would endeavor to change times and law. 48:41 They made no bones about it. 48:43 They make it very clear that they believe they have 48:46 this power. Listen to this statement: 48:56 Said that he has that power to do that. 49:00 And so the Bible lays it out very clear for us. 49:03 It just said that he would have power to do this. 49:07 Did they? Well, if you pick up your Bible 49:10 and turn to Exodus the 20th chapter, there you have 49:12 the Ten Commandments. I don't care which Bible you pick up 49:16 in Exodus the 20th chapter 49:18 you'll find the Ten Commandments. 49:19 But when you pick up a Catholic Catechism 49:22 that whole thing changes. 49:24 You'll find that the second commandment has been done away 49:28 with completely. It's not there. 49:31 The fourth commandment has been shortened 49:35 from 96 words to 8 words and has been moved to the 3rd. 49:40 And the tenth commandment has been divided into two 49:43 so they still have ten commandments. 49:46 So yes, they have changed times and they have changed laws. 49:52 Says: 50:00 The Bible... Folks, I marvel 50:06 at how clear and how accurate God's Word is. 50:10 I mean, over and over He puts it there 50:14 so that you and I don't have any question in knowing 50:18 what it's talking about. So when it says 50:20 "they will be given into his hands, " in the Bible 50:23 a time simply represents one year. 50:27 360 days. 50:29 Or, times represents two years: 720 days. 50:35 A half a time represents a half a year or 180 days. 50:39 Totaling that up it comes to 1,260. 50:43 OK, we're told in scripture in Ezekiel 4 and verse 6: 50:53 Numbers 14:34 says: "I have given you a day for a year. " 50:56 And I have people ask me: "Well how do you know that's 50:58 right? " I have a very simple answer for that. 51:01 It works! 51:03 It works. 51:05 And so... yes. And so I told you 51:09 that Virgilius stepped to the seat of Caesar 51:13 in 538 AD 51:18 the papal power came to power. 51:21 If I add 1,260 years to that, 51:24 that takes me to the date of 1798 AD. 51:29 That was the time that was given to papal Rome. 51:33 OK? 51:36 That's how much time was given to it. 51:38 All right. At the end of that 1,260 years 51:41 something had to happen. 51:43 Napoleon had come to power. 51:45 Napoleon wants to rule Europe. 51:48 Knows he cannot do it unless he breaks the back 51:51 of the papal power. 51:53 So we read in the Americana Encyclopedia 52:08 And thus papal Rome came to an end as the scripture said. 52:14 Now folks, God has laid down a template. 52:17 Let me tell you: that template stays that way 52:19 all the way through. It doesn't change, folks. 52:23 And when people start putting other nations in 52:26 in place of these they just mess it up. 52:28 That's what they do. 52:30 Now I want to share something with you in closing. 52:33 I hope that you will get what I'm trying to get across to you. 52:38 The scripture is trying to get across to you. 52:40 This is what it says. Look at Daniel the 7th chapter 52:44 verse 8. 52:54 Talking about the little horn, right? 52:57 The little horn came to its end when? 53:01 Huh? 53:03 In 1798 AD it came to its end. 53:07 Right? OK, look at what it says here. 53:10 That's Daniel 7 verse 8. 53:13 Look what Daniel 7 verses 9 and 10 say: 53:23 What is that telling you? 53:25 That's telling you that when 1798 AD came 53:29 the papal power fell, and the next thing would be 53:33 the judgment. 53:36 Investigative Judgment would be the very next thing on the list. 53:39 He's giving you a template. 53:41 He says: "This is what's going to happen next! " 53:44 Now watch... That was Daniel 7:8-10. 53:50 Look at verse 14: 54:00 It says that after the judgment what comes? 54:05 Huh? 54:06 God's kingdom! 54:08 Said that's the next thing that's to come is God's kingdom. 54:11 After that God takes him and He drives it in the ground, 54:16 folks. Drives it into the ground trying to get you and I 54:20 to say: "Yes, I understand. " 54:22 Go to Daniel 7:21. 54:32 This is what it's talking about. 54:34 Watch what happens... what comes next. 54:36 We're still in verse 22. Daniel 7:21, now verse 22. 54:44 What's that? 54:46 That's the judgment. 54:47 He's going through the same thing with you saying 54:50 when papal Rome comes to an end, 1798 AD, the next thing will be 54:55 the judgment. And after the judgment... verse 22: 55:04 The time what? 55:05 Came for the saints to possess the kingdom. 55:09 The time has come for the saints to possess the kingdom. 55:13 Are you getting it? Amen! 55:15 Where do you think you are in the judgment? 55:18 The time has come for the saints to possess the kingdom. 55:23 We're down at the end. 55:26 Look... He doesn't even stop there. 55:29 It does it again... Daniel 7:24: 55:37 Still talking about the little horn. 55:39 OK? Then after that it says: 55:46 When did they take away the dominion from the little horn? 55:50 1798 AD. Then what's going to happen? 55:53 The judgment. And then verse 27 says: 56:10 That God is going to come and He's going to set up 56:14 His kingdom. 56:18 I don't know what to tell you that you and I 56:25 have the privilege of living at this time. 56:28 You're living at the time when God is going to set up 56:32 His kingdom. Amen. The time has come for the saints 56:36 to possess the kingdom. 56:39 Dear friend, you and I should be 56:44 daily... daily... 56:49 pleading with God. 56:51 Pleading with God to make us kind. 56:55 To make us gentle. 56:58 To make us loving. 57:01 To make us like our Savior. 57:07 This is what the world needs. 57:11 They need to see Jesus in you. 57:14 This is what the world's lacking. 57:19 Therefore, you and I need to give our hearts 57:22 daily to the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 57:26 May God bless you. 57:28 Stay close to Jesus Christ. 57:31 Walk with Him each day. |
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