Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our Beloved Heavenly Father,
thank You for the privilege of
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calling You our Father.
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We thank You that You have not
left us in this world without
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guidance, without information
about what is happening
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in the world, and
what will soon transpire,
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so that we can prepare.
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We ask, Father, that as we
open Your Word today that Your
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Holy Spirit be with us.
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Show us the times we're living
in so that we might prepare
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properly for the great
events that are soon to
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take place in this world.
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And we thank You,
Father, for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Your
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Beloved Son, Jesus, Amen.
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Before we begin our study today,
I would like to just mention
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that what I've presented
in the last two lectures,
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plus what I'm going to
present in the lecture today,
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is found in a book that
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Prophecy's Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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There's a lot more material
in the book than what I've
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been able to
share in the lectures.
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So if you are interested, you
can call Secrets Unsealed with
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the information at the
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and they'll tell you how
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very important book.
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Now we want to review,
very briefly, what we studied
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in the last two lectures.
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And we're going to do it
quickly, because we have a lot
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of material to cover
in our lecture today.
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First of all, we want to
talk about the sea beast.
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The sea beast,
according to what we've studied,
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represents the papacy,
the Roman Catholic papacy.
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And then as we studied
last night, the land beast
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of Revelation 13 represents
the United States of America.
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And as we studied the two horns
like a lamb, on the head of that
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beast that rises from the
earth, represents two kingdoms:
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the kingdom of the church,
and the kingdom of the state.
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In other words civil
and religious liberty.
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But Revelation 13 tells us that
this second beast is going to do
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some rather strange things.
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This second beast is
going to help the first beast
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recover its power.
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In fact this second beast,
that rises from the earth,
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is going to lead the whole world
to worship the first beast,
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and to worship an image of that
first beast, and also to receive
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the mark of the beast,
or the number of the beast,
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which means that this
second beast that rises from
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the earth is functional.
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Its purpose in
prophecy is to restore the
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first beast to power.
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And in our lecture today
we're going to talk about
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the image to the beast.
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Of course, an
image is a likeness.
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And so the image is going to be
very much like the first beast.
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So if we know what
the first beast was like,
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we're going to know
what the image of the
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beast is like as well.
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Now, as we've studied, the
two horns like a lamb represent
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two kingdoms: the
church and the state,
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separate from one another, or
we could say that they represent
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civil liberty,
and religious liberty.
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Civil liberty would have to do
with the kingdom of the state,
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and religious liberty
would have to do with the
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kingdom of the church.
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But the question is,
In Revelation 13 what is
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represented by the
voice of the dragon?
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Because the book of Revelation
says that this second beast
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that rises from the earth
has two horns like a lamb.
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In other words, it has these
two kingdoms separate from one
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another, full civil and
religious liberty, but then this
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beast begins
speaking as a dragon.
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What does it mean that
this beast speaks as a dragon?
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Well, we need to understand
what the dragon represents
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in the book of Revelation.
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And I'm going to go through
this quickly, because we don't
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have time to read
all of the Bible verses.
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But the best place to understand
the meaning of the dragon
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is in Revelation 12.
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And I'm just going
to give you the picture.
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We don't have time
to look it up right now.
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But I'm going to give
you the picture of what we
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find in that chapter.
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The chapter begins by showing
a woman that has a child in her
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womb, and that
child is about to be born.
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And then a dragon is seen
who wants to devour the child
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as soon as the child is born.
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Now it becomes very obvious
that that child who is going be
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be born is none
other than Jesus Christ.
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And the dragon is
waiting for him, to kill him
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the moment that he's born.
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Now we need to understand
that the dragon has a double
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meaning in this passage.
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Of course, we know that the
dragon is a symbol of Satan,
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because he's called the
Ancient Serpent, the Devil,
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and Satan in Revelation 12.
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So in the first instance
the dragon represents Satan.
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But let me ask you,
Through whom did Satan attempt
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to kill the child?
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Was it him
personally who did it? No.
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The Bible tells us that it
was through a ruler of the Roman
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Empire; a ruler called Herod.
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In other words, Satan did it
through the medium of a king,
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King Herod, who was a
king of the Roman Empire.
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In other words, the dragon
represents Satan, but the dragon
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also represents the civil power
through which Satan attempted
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to kill the child.
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Then you find there in
Revelation 12, that the woman,
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after the child is born,
and the child goes to heaven,
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and he's caught up to God and to
His throne, the Bible tells us
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the woman has to flee away to
the wilderness for 1260 years.
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We've encountered that
prophecy before, haven't we?
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She has to flee for 1,260 years
from the presence of the dragon.
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Interesting! The same dragon
that wanted to kill the child
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is the dragon that
wants to destroy the woman,
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or wants to destroy the church.
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So if at the beginning
of Revelation 12 the dragon
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represents Satan, working
through Rome, what must be
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represented by the
dragon who wants to persecute
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and destroy the woman?
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It must also be Satan working
through whom? through Rome.
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And we noticed that the little
horn is the persecuting power
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during the 1260 years.
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And, of course, the little
horn represents Satan working
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through papal Rome.
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So, in other words, the second
stage, the dragon trying to
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destroy the woman, is Rome.
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The first stage when
the dragon wants to destroy
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the child is Rome.
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So let me ask you, When this
beast that arises from the earth
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has two horns like a lamb,
but it speaks like a dragon,
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it must mean that
it speaks like Satan,
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but it also speaks like whom?
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It's going to speak like Rome.
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In other words, like the
first beast, the sea beast.
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Are you
following what I'm saying?
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Because all the way through
it's Satan working through
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the medium of Rome.
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Now this second beast
is a very unique beast,
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because every beast in
Daniel 7 conquered the beast
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that came before it.
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But this is the only beast
in Bible prophecy that actually
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helps the previous
beast recover its power.
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That makes this
beast absolutely unique.
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This beast helps the
first beast, or the sea beast,
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recover its power which it lost.
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Now it's become very common
in the United States for people
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to talk about the need to be
Christian, and to be patriotic.
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And many Christians believe
that in order to be both,
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you have to be in favor,
for example, of school vouchers,
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and you have to be in favor of
school prayer, and you have to
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be in favor of federal funds for
charitable choice, and you have
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to be in favor of religious
displays on public property,
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etc. etc. They say if you
don't believe in those things,
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you're not really Christian,
and you're not really patriotic.
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But let me tell you something,
if you're in favor of those
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things, of the state mandating
those things, which have to do
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with religion, that is
unpatriotic and un-Christian.
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And you say,
How do you say that?
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Let me explain why.
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You see, the Lord Jesus taught
that we're supposed to render
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to Caesar that
which is Caesar's,
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and to God that which is God's.
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You do not blend the two.
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And so when Christians
are in favor of the government
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mandating religious
things, that is not Christian,
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because that's not
what Jesus Christ taught.
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And it's also not patriotic.
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And you say, Why
isn't it patriotic?
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For the simple reason, folks,
that the founding fathers of
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the United States
separated church and state.
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We found it in our last study
in the First Amendment to the
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Constitution of the United
States the principles upon which
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this nation is based are
the principles of civil and
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religious liberties, separation
of the things of the church
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from the things of the state.
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So when Christians say,
We need to join the church
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and the state, that is
not patriotic, because it goes
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against the principles
upon which the United States was
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built; the two principles that
are the secret of its power.
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Now in order to understand the
work of the beast of Revelation
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13, the beast that rises from
the earth, we need to go back
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to a prophecy that we
find in the Old Testament.
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It's the prophecy of Daniel 3.
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You see, in Revelation 13
this beast raises an image.
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It commands
everybody to worship the image.
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Whoever does not worship
the image is to be killed.
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Now that scene comes
directly from Daniel 3.
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And so in order to
understand this, we need to
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go back to Daniel 3.
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Actually folks, do you
know it's very, very interesting
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to notice that Daniel 3 is
illustrating one of the clauses,
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actually the First
Clause of the First Amendment
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to the Constitution
of the United States.
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You say, Well, how
is this? Let me explain.
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Nebuchadnezzar was the civil
ruler of Babylon, wasn't he?
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He was to
preserve the civil order.
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But Nebuchadnezzar raised up an
image, and he commanded everyone
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to what? to worship.
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Let me ask you, Was this the
civil power trying to establish
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religion? Most certainly.
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He's trying to establish a
religious observance by raising
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an image, and
saying to everybody,
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You need to worship this image.
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Was he overstepping his bounds?
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Yes, because he had the
right to legislate when it came
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to civil matters, but he did not
have a right to command people
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to worship in a certain way.
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Let me ask you, When he
established this religious
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observance, what was
the immediate result?
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The immediate result
folks, was persecution.
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As you read the book of
Daniel, was Daniel a very good
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citizen of Babylon?
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Did he respect the king?
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Did he pray for the king?
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Did he obey the legitimate
civil laws of Babylon?
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He most certainly did.
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But when the king overstepped
his bounds, and he legislated,
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he established a religious
observance with its civil power,
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these three young men
practiced civil disobedience.
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The story shows us that the
time when we can practice civil
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disobedience is when the
state oversteps its bounds,
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and legislates the
first table of God's law.
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It legislates worship.
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It establishes a
worship observance.
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So let me ask you, In
this story, do you find an
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illustration of the
Establishment Clause
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of the First
Amendment to the Constitution
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of the United States? Yes.
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Because the First Amendment
says, Congress shall make no law
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respecting the what? the
establishment of religion.
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And the reason for that
is because when the state,
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or when the civil
power establishes religion,
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the immediate result
is what? persecution.
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By the way, Did God intervene to
deliver those three young men?
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Yes. There was no hope to be
delivered from the hands of the
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civil power who
wanted to enforce this
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religious observance.
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There was no escape
unless God directly intervened.
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And God, actually Jesus
Christ, came into the furnace,
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and He delivered the
three young men who obeyed
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God rather than man.
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Now in Daniel chapter 6 we have
another story that illustrates
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the Second Clause of the First
Amendment to the Constitution.
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You see, we have
this story of Daniel 6.
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The Second Clause of the First
Amendment says, Congress shall
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make no law respecting an
establishment of religion,
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nor prohibiting the what?
the free exercise thereof.
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In other words, the government
cannot prohibit you from
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practicing your religion, and
it cannot establish a religion
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and tell you that you
have to follow that religion,
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or you have to follow this
practice in this certain way.
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Now where in Daniel do we
find an illustration of the
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free exercise part of the First
Amendment to the Constitution?
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It's in the story
that we find in Daniel 6.
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Interesting that the first two
clauses of the First Amendment
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to the
Constitution are illustrated
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in the book of Daniel.
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You say, what story is that?
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You remember that King Darius,
deceived by his advisers,
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gave a law, or a decree, that
no one could pray to any God
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during a period of how long?
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During a period of 30 days,
no one could pray to their God.
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Let me ask you, Was Darius
establishing religion? No.
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What was he doing?
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He was prohibiting the
free exercise of religion.
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He was saying, You can't pray.
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He wasn't saying, You
have to pray this way.
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He said, No, you can't pray.
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He's, in other words,
trying to eliminate the free
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exercise of religion.
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And you know what happened.
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Daniel, as usual...
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He was very obedient
to the king's civil laws.
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He was greatly
respectful of the king.
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He prayed for the king.
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He was loyal to him.
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But when it came to the civil
power making this religious
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decree violating the Free
Exercise Clause, so to speak,
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he opened the windows to
his room as he always did
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three times a day.
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The Bible tells us that he
was arrested, and he was thrown
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into a den of lions.
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Let me ask you, What
happens when the Free Exercise
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Clause is violated?
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The immediate result
is what? persecution.
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That's what happened
in the days of Jesus.
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That's what
happened in the Middle Ages.
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That's what's going to
happen at the end of time.
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This second land beast is going
to make an image of the first
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beast, which means that because
the first beast joined church
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and state, it used
the sword of the state.
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It must mean that this second
beast from the earth is also
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going to use what? is going
to use the sword of the state.
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Because an image is a likeness.
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This beast that rises from
the earth is going to be similar
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to the beast that dominated
during the Middle Ages.
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And, by the way, what
was Daniel's only escape?
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The law of man could not deliver
him, because the laws of the
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Medes and Persians
could not be changed.
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So who had to
intervene to deliver Daniel?
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God had to intervene
to deliver Daniel from the
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mouths of the lions.
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By the way, Do you know
that neither Nebuchadnezzar,
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nor Darius really
understood what God was
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trying to teach them?
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Because immediately
after this experience...
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It's interesting. Nebuchadnezzar
says, Now I forbid anyone
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to say anything
against the God of Daniel.
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Because if you say anything
against the God of Daniel,
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I'm going to raze your house
to the ground, and I'm going to
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chop you up in pieces.
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Let me ask you, Did he have
a legitimate right to do that?
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Absolutely not!
He was a civil ruler.
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He could not say
that of the true religion,
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or of a false religion.
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And Darius didn't understand
either, because after this
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experience he says, I command
everyone to tremble and to fear
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before the God of Daniel.
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No king can command
to tremble and to fear
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before the God of anyone.
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Because the government
has been placed to govern in
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civil matters, not
in religious matters.
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Are you understanding
the picture that we're
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talking about here?
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The Establishment Clause,
and the Free Exercise Clause
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of the Constitution of the
United States were divinely
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inspired, because these clauses
are actually found illustrated
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in Holy Scripture.
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Somebody might say, Pastor Bohr,
do you really think that it's
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possible in the end
time that such a scenario
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is going to take place?
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That the United States of
America, this beast that rises
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from the earth, which we clearly
identified last time from
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the Bible, that it would violate
the Free Exercise Clause,
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and the Establishment
Clauses of the Constitution
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of the United States?
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Do you really believe
that such a thing is possible?
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Not only do I believe that
such a thing is possible, but
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prophecy tells us that that's
exactly what is going to happen.
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You see, the papacy
destroyed the view of Jesus,
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and the apostles of the
separation of church and state.
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We studied in one of our
lectures that Jesus taught
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that Caesar's things, and God's
things are to remain separate.
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They are not to
be blended or mixed.
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In fact, when the two kingdoms
came together, when the Jews
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used the civil power of
Rome the result was persecution
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and the death of Jesus Christ.
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The apostles also, in the book
of Acts, they never used the
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civil power of Rome to advance
the kingdom of Jesus Christ.
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Never! They
preached the word of God.
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They used the
sword that God gave them.
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And people were converted,
and they joined the church.
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But they never used
the civil power of Rome.
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But the Jews used
the civil power of Rome
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to persecute the Christians.
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You see, the apostolic view
was to keep the things of the
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church, and the
things of the state separate.
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But the papacy changed
that during the Middle Ages.
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The founding fathers of
the United States of America
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returned to the view
of Jesus and the apostles
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when they established the
government of the United States
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of America; a government
of the people, by the people,
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and for the people; a government
that recognized that there are
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two kingdoms in
the United States.
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And we can be citizens of
both kingdoms: a civil kingdom,
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and the religious
kingdom, but they should
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remain always separate.
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That was the view that
Jesus and the apostles had held.
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But prophecy tells us that
in the United States of America
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these principles
will be repudiated,
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and the United States will
return to the position that the
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papacy had
during the 1260 years.
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In other words, they
will make an image of that.
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And you say,
Pastor Bohr, you're crazy!
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That could never happen in
the United States of America;
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the land of the free,
and the home of the brave.
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Listen, you don't think so?
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You say, Well we
have the Constitution.
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We have the First Amendment.
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How could this ever happen?
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Listen, prophecy tells us
that this beast that rises from
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the earth, has two horns like
a lamb, but at the same time
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that it has the horns,
it speaks like a dragon.
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Let me ask you, Is that kind of
like a split personality type?
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Absolutely! You say, How is it
possible that it has two horns
00:20:54.72\00:20:57.99
like a lamb, the two principles
that Jesus recognized:
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separation of church and state,
civil and religious matters,
00:21:01.06\00:21:04.49
separate one from another.
00:21:04.53\00:21:05.86
And you're saying that at the
same time that it has those two
00:21:05.89\00:21:09.06
principles, that it's
going to speak like a dragon?
00:21:09.10\00:21:11.57
It's going to speak like Rome?
00:21:11.60\00:21:13.07
It's going to
persecute like Rome?
00:21:13.10\00:21:15.07
It's going to join
church and state like Rome?
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How could you say such a thing?
00:21:17.77\00:21:19.54
The fact is that prophecy
tells us that it's going to be
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that type of thing, because
it's still going to have the two
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horns like a lamb, which
we've identified as civil
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and religious liberty.
00:21:27.82\00:21:29.15
But at the same
time that it has those,
00:21:29.18\00:21:30.95
it's going to
speak like a dragon.
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In other words, the United
States is not necessarily going
00:21:32.69\00:21:36.02
to eradicate, or get rid of the
First Amendment, but it is going
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to act contrary to
the First Amendment.
00:21:40.80\00:21:43.63
And you say, How
is this possible?
00:21:43.67\00:21:45.90
Well, the United States
government has three branches.
00:21:45.93\00:21:51.01
And you know
which ones they are.
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They're the Executive
Branch, the Legislative Branch,
00:21:53.27\00:21:56.88
and the Judicial Branch.
00:21:56.91\00:21:59.38
The Executive
Branch enforces the laws.
00:21:59.41\00:22:04.12
The Legislative Branch makes
the laws, or writes the laws.
00:22:04.15\00:22:09.72
And the Judicial Branch
primarily the Supreme Court,
00:22:09.76\00:22:14.46
interprets the laws, and
tells you whether they are
00:22:14.50\00:22:18.93
Constitutional or
not Constitutional.
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Let me ask you, What if Congress
should write a law and actually
00:22:21.84\00:22:30.28
give it for enforcement, and
it's taken to the Supreme Court,
00:22:30.31\00:22:35.18
and the Supreme Court says
this law is unconstitutional.
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What happens? The
law does not go, right?
00:22:38.99\00:22:43.99
But what happens if
the Congress enacts a law
00:22:44.03\00:22:48.03
that is unconstitutional,
and somebody appeals it to the
00:22:48.06\00:22:53.30
Supreme Court, and the Supreme
Court says it is Constitutional.
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Let me ask you, Will
that law be enforced?
00:22:57.31\00:22:59.21
It most
certainly will be enforced.
00:22:59.24\00:23:01.48
Even if a law goes
against the Constitution,
00:23:01.51\00:23:04.81
if the Supreme Court says
that that law goes, it goes.
00:23:04.85\00:23:08.48
So let me ask you,
Which is the most powerful
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branch of government?
00:23:11.49\00:23:12.85
You know, most of the time
when I ask this people say,
00:23:12.89\00:23:15.82
the Executive;
they enforce the law.
00:23:15.86\00:23:19.26
But not really. The most
powerful branch of government
00:23:19.29\00:23:23.33
is the Judicial Branch;
primarily the Supreme Court
00:23:23.37\00:23:26.90
of the United States of America.
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And if you don't believe that,
all you have to do is remember
00:23:28.44\00:23:33.71
the election of the year
2000; a very contemporary event.
00:23:33.74\00:23:39.78
Do you remember
what happened in Florida?
00:23:39.81\00:23:41.58
all the hanging chads?
00:23:41.62\00:23:43.25
Ha! Well, you know, that will
stick in our memory forever,
00:23:43.28\00:23:47.36
the fiasco of the hanging chads.
00:23:47.39\00:23:50.53
And, you know, that you had
lawyers involved, and they were
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.80
taking it to this Circuit
Court, and to the Appeals Court,
00:23:53.83\00:23:56.26
and the lawyers
were fighting it.
00:23:56.30\00:23:57.73
But when the Supreme Court said
George Bush won; case closed.
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George Bush became President
of the United States of America.
00:24:03.34\00:24:06.71
And, actually, the Supreme
Court elected the President
00:24:06.74\00:24:10.41
of the United States of America.
00:24:10.45\00:24:11.85
Now this is the scary thing;
the Supreme Court presently has
00:24:11.88\00:24:17.09
five Roman Catholic Judges:
John Roberts, the Chief Justice,
00:24:17.12\00:24:22.66
Antonin Scalia, Clarence
Thomas, Anthony Kennedy,
00:24:22.69\00:24:27.70
and Samuel Alito. Within the
next eight years or so some of
00:24:27.73\00:24:33.64
the more liberal judges on
the Supreme Court, you know,
00:24:33.67\00:24:38.34
Judge Justice Ginsburg, for
example, was just operated on
00:24:38.37\00:24:43.21
for, I think it
was pancreatic cancer.
00:24:43.24\00:24:45.05
And so many of
these more liberal judges
00:24:45.08\00:24:47.72
are going to pass.
00:24:47.75\00:24:49.08
What if we had one or two
more Roman Catholics named
00:24:49.12\00:24:52.65
to the Supreme Court?
00:24:52.69\00:24:54.02
You say, Well, the Justices are
red blooded Americans, you know.
00:24:54.06\00:24:57.36
They're patriotic and
they're really Christian.
00:24:57.39\00:25:00.10
But you know, Roman Catholicism
teaches that your first
00:25:00.13\00:25:03.87
loyalty is to the church.
00:25:03.90\00:25:05.23
Whatever the church
commands, that's what you do.
00:25:05.27\00:25:09.17
Even if it means setting the
civil power on the back burner
00:25:09.20\00:25:13.98
you always do
what the church says.
00:25:14.01\00:25:17.45
You see, the problem is
many Protestants today are
00:25:17.48\00:25:21.12
fascinated by the papacy.
00:25:21.15\00:25:22.82
And the reason why
they're fascinated by the papacy
00:25:22.85\00:25:26.02
is because the papacy
fights for human rights.
00:25:26.05\00:25:28.42
It fights for the poor.
00:25:28.46\00:25:29.86
It fights for morality.
00:25:29.89\00:25:31.79
It fights for
conventional marriage.
00:25:31.83\00:25:34.16
It fights for
religion in America.
00:25:34.20\00:25:36.46
It even fights
for religious freedom.
00:25:36.50\00:25:39.13
And so Protestants in the United
States say, Well, this system
00:25:39.17\00:25:44.11
has definitely changed.
00:25:44.14\00:25:46.31
But, you know, I've
looked in vain for any change
00:25:46.34\00:25:49.81
in the teachings of
the Roman Catholic Church.
00:25:49.84\00:25:51.51
They have changed not one dogma.
00:25:51.55\00:25:53.85
And as we looked at the
book, The Keys of This Blood,
00:25:53.88\00:25:57.39
by Malachi Martin, he
clearly expressed that the Roman
00:25:57.42\00:26:00.96
Catholic papacy has the desire
for geopolitical world power
00:26:00.99\00:26:05.23
once again, as she had
during the Middle Ages.
00:26:05.26\00:26:07.60
In other words,
she has not changed.
00:26:07.63\00:26:09.90
She presents a new
facade after Council Vatican II,
00:26:09.93\00:26:14.34
but inside she's the same.
00:26:14.37\00:26:16.91
Behind the variable appearance
of the chameleon there is the
00:26:16.94\00:26:21.58
invariable
vehenom of the serpent.
00:26:21.61\00:26:24.55
Now let me read you a
couple of statements here from
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my favorite book on Bible
prophecy, The Great Controversy.
00:26:29.62\00:26:32.35
This, folks, was
written over 100 years ago,
00:26:32.39\00:26:37.13
what I'm going to read
now, over 100 years ago!
00:26:37.16\00:26:40.66
And when it was written the
United States wanted nothing
00:26:40.70\00:26:43.80
to do with the
Roman Catholic papacy.
00:26:43.83\00:26:45.80
It was a Protestant country,
and nobody wanted anything
00:26:45.83\00:26:49.84
to do with this
system when she wrote this.
00:26:49.87\00:26:52.37
But she said the following:
00:26:52.41\00:26:54.68
Is that what happened
in the Middle Ages? Yes.
00:27:16.00\00:27:18.50
That's what the image would
be; a replica, or a copy of what
00:27:18.53\00:27:24.87
existed in the Middle
Ages; the church using the state
00:27:24.91\00:27:28.71
to accomplish her purposes.
00:27:28.74\00:27:30.68
Also in the same book, The
Great Controversy, Page 581,
00:27:30.71\00:27:35.28
this visionary writer says this:
00:27:35.32\00:27:37.39
If she needs to re-establish it
it is because she what? lost it.
00:27:41.72\00:27:46.09
See, the word recover.
00:27:50.37\00:27:51.97
And this country, folks,
will speak like a dragon.
00:28:20.20\00:28:23.10
It will speak like Rome.
00:28:23.13\00:28:25.57
On Page 445 she says this:
00:28:25.60\00:28:29.30
You see, at that time the
issue will be global survival.
00:28:58.90\00:29:03.51
The same argument will be
used as was used when Jesus was
00:29:03.54\00:29:09.54
condemned by the
Jewish Sanhedrin.
00:29:09.58\00:29:13.31
Do you remember what they said?
00:29:13.35\00:29:14.68
It is better for
these dissenter to die,
00:29:14.72\00:29:17.62
than for our nation to perish.
00:29:17.65\00:29:21.09
And so the same argument
will be used once again,
00:29:21.12\00:29:24.86
and everybody will
say, This is Christian.
00:29:24.89\00:29:27.60
This is patriotic.
00:29:27.63\00:29:28.96
We need to do this
for the land of the free
00:29:29.00\00:29:31.27
and the home of the brave.
00:29:31.30\00:29:32.70
And, folks, there's a growing
intimacy between Protestant
00:29:32.73\00:29:37.07
America, and Roman Catholicism.
00:29:37.11\00:29:39.87
For example, Protestants
have delighted in participating
00:29:39.91\00:29:43.85
with the Roman Catholic
Church on social issues such as
00:29:43.88\00:29:47.05
abortion, gay marriage, judicial
activism, electing people to the
00:29:47.08\00:29:52.35
Supreme Court that they
feel they should elect there.
00:29:52.39\00:29:55.22
Documents of great significance
have been signed; for example,
00:29:55.26\00:29:59.96
Evangelicals and Catholics
together were great leaders of
00:30:00.00\00:30:03.93
Protestant denominations,
and great leaders of the Roman
00:30:03.97\00:30:07.80
Catholic Church basically said,
Let's stop proselytizing one
00:30:07.84\00:30:12.87
another's members, and
lets just go out and preach
00:30:12.91\00:30:16.14
the gospel together.
00:30:16.18\00:30:17.51
Also, the Lutherans and the
Catholics, of all people folks,
00:30:17.55\00:30:21.65
the Lutherans? Martin
Luther was the one who began
00:30:21.68\00:30:24.69
the Protestant Reformation
in the year 1517 when he put the
00:30:24.72\00:30:28.56
the 95 Theses on the
cathedral door in Wittenberg.
00:30:28.59\00:30:31.99
Lutherans and Roman Catholics
signed the Joint Declaration
00:30:32.03\00:30:37.47
on Righteousness by Faith.
00:30:37.50\00:30:38.87
And basically the Lutherans
are saying it was just a battle
00:30:38.90\00:30:42.57
over words, over semantics.
00:30:42.60\00:30:44.41
We basically
agree on the doctrine of
00:30:44.44\00:30:47.08
righteousness by faith.
00:30:47.11\00:30:48.44
You see,
Protestants in the United States
00:30:48.48\00:30:51.01
have forgotten history.
00:30:51.05\00:30:52.41
And when we forget
history, we are doomed to repeat
00:30:52.45\00:30:57.19
the errors of history.
00:30:57.22\00:30:58.79
On a state level, the United
States has drawn very, very
00:30:58.82\00:31:02.82
close to the
Roman Catholic papacy.
00:31:02.86\00:31:04.86
From the time that
Ronald Reagan joined forces with
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.96
John Paul II to overthrow
Communism in the Eastern Block,
00:31:08.00\00:31:12.67
to giving a Congressional medal
to John Paul II, a Congressional
00:31:12.70\00:31:18.14
Medal of Freedom to establish
diplomatic relations with
00:31:18.17\00:31:23.14
the papacy to three
presidents, a president's wife,
00:31:23.18\00:31:27.05
and a Secretary of State
kneeling before the body of
00:31:27.08\00:31:31.32
John Paul II, to the
pope visiting the White House.
00:31:31.35\00:31:35.22
All of these things show
us that there's a political
00:31:35.26\00:31:38.36
correctness involved.
00:31:38.39\00:31:39.73
There's this desire
to draw forces together.
00:31:39.76\00:31:42.96
In other words, there's
no longer any desire to be
00:31:43.00\00:31:46.37
different, to be separate.
00:31:46.40\00:31:47.77
In fact, many are saying,
We are all in this together.
00:31:47.80\00:31:53.07
Let's just love one another,
and preach the gospel together.
00:31:53.11\00:31:57.28
The question is, Which gospel?
00:31:57.31\00:31:59.41
Is it the gospel that the Bible
presents, or is it the gospel
00:31:59.45\00:32:03.99
that is presented by
the Roman Catholic Church?
00:32:04.02\00:32:06.55
You know, if history
proves right, and I believe that
00:32:06.59\00:32:10.79
history does prove right,
because history repeats itself.
00:32:10.83\00:32:14.56
Unscrupulous, and self-serving
legislators in the United States
00:32:14.60\00:32:19.23
of America will repeat the
same mistake that Pontius Pilate
00:32:19.27\00:32:23.34
committed back in the
times of Jesus Christ.
00:32:23.37\00:32:26.61
They will give in in
order to preserve their position
00:32:26.64\00:32:30.58
of power, in order to continue
being elected by the people,
00:32:30.61\00:32:34.12
in order to gain popularity
they will deliver people whom
00:32:34.15\00:32:39.02
they knowingly
know are innocent.
00:32:39.05\00:32:41.62
Let me just read Mark
15:11 where it speaks about the
00:32:41.66\00:32:47.03
trial of Jesus,
and it says there:
00:32:47.06\00:32:49.66
In other words, the enemy
of Jesus was not the state.
00:32:57.34\00:33:02.41
Pilate didn't have
any gripe with Jesus.
00:33:02.44\00:33:04.61
Even the multitudes
were not really, technically,
00:33:04.65\00:33:08.25
the enemies of Jesus.
00:33:08.28\00:33:09.62
It was the religious leaders.
00:33:09.65\00:33:11.35
And the religious
leaders influenced the people
00:33:11.39\00:33:15.26
to clamor to the state
that they would destroy and kill
00:33:15.29\00:33:20.93
public enemy number one.
00:33:20.96\00:33:22.36
That's exactly the way that it's
going to happen in the future
00:33:22.40\00:33:25.57
in the United States of America;
exactly the same thing that
00:33:25.60\00:33:29.50
happened during the Middle Ages.
00:33:29.54\00:33:31.54
Ellen White, once again in
the book, The Great Controversy,
00:33:31.57\00:33:34.74
Page 592, has this
rather chilling description
00:33:34.78\00:33:38.38
of this time. She says:
00:33:38.41\00:33:39.98
And we're going to discuss
this a little bit later on.
00:33:41.55\00:33:44.02
And you say, Pastor
Bohr, that could never happen
00:34:37.91\00:34:41.71
in the United States of America.
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.41
Well, folks, that's
not what prophecy says.
00:34:43.45\00:34:48.08
Prophecy tells us that this
beast from the earth is going
00:34:48.12\00:34:53.09
to make an image
of that first beast.
00:34:53.12\00:34:56.52
It's going to join church
and state, and eventually it is
00:34:56.56\00:35:00.80
going to condemn
God's people to death,
00:35:00.83\00:35:03.87
as happened with Jesus Christ.
00:35:03.90\00:35:06.40
You see, people today have been
unwilling, to a great degree,
00:35:06.43\00:35:11.91
of learning from the experience
of the earliest church.
00:35:11.94\00:35:16.14
You see, what happened in the
early church is that the early
00:35:16.18\00:35:19.31
church lost its power.
00:35:19.35\00:35:21.58
And as a result of losing its
power, the moral condition of
00:35:21.62\00:35:26.89
society deteriorated.
00:35:26.92\00:35:28.29
And so the church said, We
need to straighten things out.
00:35:28.32\00:35:33.60
And so, basically, what they did
was unite with the civil power
00:35:33.63\00:35:37.07
to enforce morality,
and to enforce religion
00:35:37.10\00:35:40.80
to moralize society.
00:35:40.84\00:35:42.70
Protestantism today is
experiencing a drought.
00:35:42.74\00:35:47.88
You see, Protestants
today want to do the same thing
00:35:47.91\00:35:51.58
that the church did in
the third and fourth centuries
00:35:51.61\00:35:55.15
of the history of
the Christian church.
00:35:55.18\00:35:56.85
You see, the church had
gone astray from its roots.
00:35:56.89\00:35:59.29
It had gone astray from
preaching the word of God.
00:35:59.32\00:36:01.52
The Holy Spirit had
slowly but surely been
00:36:01.56\00:36:04.76
withdrawn from the church.
00:36:04.79\00:36:06.13
Therefore the church said, In
order for society to be moral,
00:36:06.16\00:36:09.86
we have to appeal to the
arm of the state to force
00:36:09.90\00:36:12.73
people to be moral.
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.27
In the United States Protestants
today believe that by having
00:36:14.30\00:36:20.04
on our currency, In God We
Trust, and by saying in the
00:36:20.08\00:36:24.65
Pledge of Allegiance,
One nation under God,
00:36:24.68\00:36:27.42
and by the government mandating
prayer in public schools,
00:36:27.45\00:36:31.85
and by posting the Ten
Commandments in our court rooms,
00:36:31.89\00:36:36.12
and by having Christmas
displays on public property,
00:36:36.16\00:36:39.83
or by enacting a Constitutional
Amendment against gay marriage
00:36:39.86\00:36:43.77
we say society is
going to become moral.
00:36:43.80\00:36:46.47
Let me tell you, folks,
what makes people moral is not
00:36:46.50\00:36:50.71
what the government says,
but it is God, through the Holy
00:36:50.74\00:36:53.64
Spirit, taking the law and
writing it on the human heart.
00:36:53.68\00:36:57.08
Then you don't
need any human laws.
00:36:57.11\00:36:59.51
You don't need any civil laws
to enforce morality in society.
00:36:59.55\00:37:03.72
Because Jesus is in the
heart through His Holy Law.
00:37:03.75\00:37:07.66
You see, Protestantism
has lost its power.
00:37:07.69\00:37:11.99
Instead of preaching the
unadulterated word of God,
00:37:12.03\00:37:15.83
through the powerful
ministration of God's
00:37:15.86\00:37:18.10
Holy Spirit, Protestants today
preach a prosperity gospel.
00:37:18.13\00:37:21.70
They say, Oh, plant a seed in
my ministry and you'll get rich.
00:37:21.74\00:37:26.47
Many Protestant churches
major in signs and wonders,
00:37:26.51\00:37:31.65
and people just
love signs and wonders.
00:37:31.68\00:37:34.28
Other Protestant
denominations major in
00:37:34.32\00:37:37.32
psychological self help courses.
00:37:37.35\00:37:40.52
And many even major in political
involvement, thinking that this
00:37:40.56\00:37:46.90
is going to
better people's lives.
00:37:46.93\00:37:49.76
But Scripture tells us that that
which can improve people's lives
00:37:49.80\00:37:54.27
is the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God,
00:37:54.30\00:37:57.34
which penetrates deep,
and transforms the heart
00:37:57.37\00:38:01.34
of the human being.
00:38:01.38\00:38:02.71
You know what's
going to happen folks,
00:38:02.74\00:38:05.11
is described in Revelation 17.
00:38:05.15\00:38:07.95
We've studied this
before, but let me review
00:38:07.98\00:38:10.55
some of the details.
00:38:10.59\00:38:11.92
In Revelation 17 you have
a harlot, and that harlot is
00:38:11.95\00:38:17.16
sitting on many waters.
00:38:17.19\00:38:18.53
The many waters on which
the harlot sits are multitudes,
00:38:18.56\00:38:23.23
nations, tongues, and peoples.
00:38:23.26\00:38:25.37
In other words, this fallen
church, this apostate church,
00:38:25.40\00:38:28.20
sits on the
multitudes of the worlds.
00:38:28.24\00:38:30.84
She governs them,
and she controls them.
00:38:30.87\00:38:33.61
And she also fornicates
with the kings of the earth,
00:38:33.64\00:38:37.15
which means that this is an
apostate church, a harlot church
00:38:37.18\00:38:40.45
that has illicit relations
with the kings of the earth.
00:38:40.48\00:38:43.85
It says there in Revelation
17 that this apostate church
00:38:43.89\00:38:48.12
is clothed in
purple and scarlet.
00:38:48.16\00:38:50.19
Those are her favorite colors.
00:38:50.23\00:38:51.76
And she's adorned
with gold and silver,
00:38:51.79\00:38:55.46
and with precious stones.
00:38:55.50\00:38:57.80
And she has a
golden cup in her hand.
00:38:57.83\00:38:59.80
And with the golden cup
are found her abominations,
00:38:59.83\00:39:02.47
or her wine. And she
gives those false doctrines,
00:39:02.50\00:39:05.47
or abominations, to the nations.
00:39:05.51\00:39:07.28
And the nations drink,
and the nations become drunk.
00:39:07.31\00:39:11.55
And along with her, they
want to shed the blood of all of
00:39:11.58\00:39:15.52
those who are not in
harmony with her teachings.
00:39:15.55\00:39:17.82
And she appeals to the kings of
the earth to be the enforcers.
00:39:17.85\00:39:22.32
But as we studied, the Bible
says in Revelation 17:16, 17,
00:39:22.36\00:39:28.16
that the kings will hate the
harlot, and they will make her
00:39:28.20\00:39:32.90
desolate, and
naked, and eat her flesh,
00:39:32.93\00:39:36.10
and burn her with fire.
00:39:36.14\00:39:37.77
Basically what this is saying
is that the political powers
00:39:37.81\00:39:42.08
with which this apostate church
fornicated, the political powers
00:39:42.11\00:39:47.62
that she used to accomplish her
purpose, are going to eventually
00:39:47.65\00:39:51.95
rise against her to destroy her.
00:39:51.99\00:39:55.32
I'd like to read you another
statement that we find in
00:39:55.36\00:39:59.06
The Great Controversy, Page 655,
that describes this climatic
00:39:59.09\00:40:03.60
moment when people
realize that they've been
00:40:03.63\00:40:05.73
deceived by this system.
00:40:05.77\00:40:07.27
The people see that
they have been deluded.
00:40:07.30\00:40:11.77
They accuse one another of
having led them to destruction.
00:40:11.81\00:40:15.68
But all unite in heaping
their bitterest condemnation
00:40:15.71\00:40:19.71
upon the ministers.
00:40:19.75\00:40:21.08
It's a serious
thing to be a minister.
00:40:21.12\00:40:22.68
If you're a minister
don't deceive people.
00:40:22.72\00:40:26.05
Study your Bible,
and make sure that you're
00:40:26.09\00:40:28.69
teaching the truth.
00:40:28.72\00:40:30.06
The day is coming; the
reckoning day is coming.
00:40:55.38\00:40:57.45
She continues saying:
00:40:57.49\00:40:59.19
Interesting that she
uses the words swords.
00:41:24.31\00:41:26.55
Let me ask you, What happened
at the French Revolution?
00:41:38.43\00:41:42.00
Did you have a small
scale model of this event
00:41:42.03\00:41:45.30
in the French Revolution?
00:41:45.33\00:41:46.67
What did this beast, this sea
beast do during the 1260 years?
00:41:46.70\00:41:51.81
It used the state to persecute
and kill everyone who was not
00:41:51.84\00:41:58.01
in harmony with it.
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.38
Is that true, or
is that not true?
00:41:59.41\00:42:01.02
It is absolutely true.
00:42:01.05\00:42:02.85
All you have to do is punch
into the computer, inquisition,
00:42:02.88\00:42:07.42
and that will give you all
of the gory details of how the
00:42:07.46\00:42:10.49
church used the state to
persecute those who were not
00:42:10.53\00:42:14.33
in harmony with the church.
00:42:14.36\00:42:16.20
Well, the fact is folks,
that what happened in 1798
00:42:16.23\00:42:20.84
is that, actually even before,
during the French Revolution,
00:42:20.87\00:42:24.51
the people said, We're not going
to put up with this anymore.
00:42:24.54\00:42:27.24
In other words, the lid of
the pressure cooker blew off.
00:42:27.28\00:42:32.55
Because the people had been so
oppressed, and so trampled upon,
00:42:32.58\00:42:36.22
that they said, We're
not going to take it anymore.
00:42:36.25\00:42:38.49
And they arose against the
kings, and they arose against
00:42:38.52\00:42:42.19
the religious system.
00:42:42.22\00:42:43.56
In fact historians say
that the blood flowed freely
00:42:43.59\00:42:47.96
in the streets of Paris
in France, because they rose
00:42:48.00\00:42:52.47
against the church.
00:42:52.50\00:42:53.84
Is that going to happen again
when the people of the world
00:42:53.87\00:42:56.07
see that this
system has oppressed them,
00:42:56.10\00:42:58.21
and has trampled upon them?
00:42:58.24\00:42:59.87
Absolutely! Reckoning
day will definitely come.
00:42:59.91\00:43:04.35
The Bible describes
this moment when God's
00:43:04.38\00:43:08.08
people are in jeopardy.
00:43:08.12\00:43:09.45
Do you remember in Daniel 3
when the three young men were
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.15
delivered from
the fiery furnace?
00:43:12.19\00:43:13.66
The word delivered is used
several times in chapter 3.
00:43:13.69\00:43:16.46
Do you remember
when Daniel was delivered
00:43:16.49\00:43:18.69
from the lions den?
00:43:18.73\00:43:20.06
The word delivered
is used many times.
00:43:20.10\00:43:21.56
Those stories are typological.
00:43:21.60\00:43:23.73
In other words, those
stories actually illustrate
00:43:23.77\00:43:26.60
in small scale model,
what is going to happen
00:43:26.63\00:43:28.87
at the end of time.
00:43:28.90\00:43:30.24
And you say, How is that?
00:43:30.27\00:43:31.61
Notice Daniel 12:1.
00:43:31.64\00:43:34.01
Here is where you have the
end times scenario of Daniel
00:43:34.04\00:43:38.85
in the lions den, and the three
young men in the fiery furnace.
00:43:38.88\00:43:42.58
It says in Daniel
12:1, At that time...
00:43:42.62\00:43:45.75
If you look at the previous
verses, it speaks about the
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.59
King of the North that goes out
to kill and slay God's people.
00:43:48.62\00:43:52.49
It says:
00:43:52.53\00:43:53.86
Let me ask you, Was the
time that Daniel spent in the
00:44:02.34\00:44:05.07
lion's den a time of trouble?
00:44:05.11\00:44:06.44
Do you think it was a time of
trouble for the three young men
00:44:06.47\00:44:09.31
in the fiery furnace?
00:44:09.34\00:44:10.68
You'd better
believe it! And so it says:
00:44:10.71\00:44:12.61
There's the key word
in Daniel 3 and Daniel 6.
00:44:22.86\00:44:25.09
And you say, How do
you know this is talking
00:44:30.57\00:44:32.10
about the end
time? Notice verse 2.
00:44:32.13\00:44:33.97
It's speaking about
the resurrection, right?
00:44:37.21\00:44:38.77
This is the end time.
00:44:38.81\00:44:40.14
Now I would like us to take a
look at two stories as we draw
00:44:58.13\00:45:03.97
our presentation
today to a close.
00:45:04.00\00:45:06.77
Do you remember the story that
we find in the book of Esther?
00:45:06.80\00:45:11.71
Do you all remember
the story that we find
00:45:13.84\00:45:15.78
in the book of Esther?
00:45:15.81\00:45:17.15
You see, you have a three fold
alliance in the book of Esther
00:45:17.91\00:45:22.85
that wants to destroy the Jews.
00:45:22.88\00:45:26.25
You have, first of all the king,
secondly you have a vile woman
00:45:26.29\00:45:33.53
who is the wife of
Haman, and in the third place,
00:45:33.56\00:45:36.97
of course, you have Haman.
00:45:37.00\00:45:38.93
And then you have
Mordecai, who represents
00:45:38.97\00:45:41.84
God's faithful people.
00:45:41.87\00:45:43.61
Now how does this story develop?
00:45:43.67\00:45:46.71
Go with me to Esther
3:8, Esther 3:8. It says:
00:45:46.74\00:45:55.98
So how does the plot develop?
00:46:19.77\00:46:23.58
Haman, because Mordecai
does not bow before him,
00:46:23.61\00:46:28.75
as the king has commanded...
00:46:28.78\00:46:30.12
See, there you
have a religious decree.
00:46:30.15\00:46:31.49
The king has commanded
that everybody needs to kneel
00:46:31.52\00:46:33.86
and bow before Haman.
00:46:33.92\00:46:35.26
Mordecai says, I can't do that.
00:46:35.29\00:46:37.43
I'm a Hebrew. Thou shalt not
have any other God's before Me.
00:46:37.46\00:46:43.47
The Bible forbids idolatry,
he said. So I can't do it.
00:46:43.50\00:46:48.40
So the Bible says that
Haman was filled with wrath.
00:46:48.44\00:46:50.94
And he said, I've got
to destroy this individual.
00:46:50.97\00:46:54.68
But he says, Not only him.
00:46:54.71\00:46:56.04
I've got to
destroy all of his people.
00:46:56.08\00:46:58.71
Let me ask you, Did you
have a union of church and state
00:46:58.75\00:47:03.59
in this story? You
most certainly did.
00:47:03.62\00:47:06.05
The king was Ahasuerus.
00:47:06.09\00:47:09.32
Who was the religious
figure that really wanted
00:47:09.36\00:47:12.43
the destruction of the Jews?
00:47:12.46\00:47:13.80
Did the king want the
death of the Jews? No!
00:47:13.83\00:47:16.73
He was deceived by his what?
by his religious adviser, right?
00:47:16.77\00:47:22.47
And he actually thought
that his religious adviser was
00:47:22.50\00:47:25.21
doing him some good.
00:47:25.24\00:47:26.57
He says, Wow,
thank you so much Haman.
00:47:26.61\00:47:28.64
These people are a
risk to my kingdom.
00:47:28.68\00:47:30.98
If we let them remain then the
kingdom is going to disappear,
00:47:31.01\00:47:34.88
and there's going to be anarchy.
00:47:34.92\00:47:36.25
Thank you for being so
interested in my kingdom.
00:47:36.28\00:47:38.22
So for awhile the
plot goes real well.
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But to make a long story short,
instead of Mordecai and his
00:47:42.22\00:47:47.46
people being destroyed, who
hung on the very gallows that he
00:47:47.50\00:47:52.73
created for Mordecai?
00:47:52.77\00:47:54.10
Haman and his wife
hung on those gallows
00:47:54.14\00:47:58.94
that they made for Mordecai.
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And on the day of the battle
God's people were delivered
00:48:01.71\00:48:05.35
from the hand of Haman.
00:48:05.38\00:48:07.42
So in this story we
find an illustration of what
00:48:07.45\00:48:11.59
we're talking about here.
00:48:11.62\00:48:12.95
An illustration of the dangers
of having a religious figure
00:48:12.99\00:48:17.39
try to influence a political
figure into punishing those
00:48:17.43\00:48:22.86
who do not worship as this
union says that it's supposed
00:48:22.90\00:48:28.34
to worship. And as a
result what do you have?
00:48:28.37\00:48:30.54
You have persecution.
00:48:30.57\00:48:33.04
Now there's another interesting
story that we find in Scripture.
00:48:33.07\00:48:37.58
And this will illustrate
fully, and completely,
00:48:37.61\00:48:41.32
the scenario that we're
portraying here that's going
00:48:41.38\00:48:43.99
to happen to the
United States of America.
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.55
Do you remember the
story of John the Baptist?
00:48:46.59\00:48:49.92
You know, John the
Baptist was thrown into prison.
00:48:49.96\00:48:53.26
Why was he thrown into prison?
00:48:53.29\00:48:55.06
Because he told king Herod that
it was not licit for him to have
00:48:55.10\00:49:03.51
another man's wife.
00:49:03.54\00:49:04.87
By the way, what is
that called? adultery.
00:49:04.91\00:49:08.14
So what did John
the Baptist denounce?
00:49:08.18\00:49:11.81
He denounced adultery of
the king with this vile woman.
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What was her name? Herodias.
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.75
Interesting! And
that landed him in jail.
00:49:18.79\00:49:22.52
The fact that he denounced
the fornication of the king
00:49:22.56\00:49:26.19
with this vile woman, Herodias.
00:49:26.23\00:49:29.40
And so the Bible says that
Herodias hated John the Baptist.
00:49:29.46\00:49:33.64
She wanted to get rid of him.
00:49:33.67\00:49:35.17
But the problem is, evidentially
the king didn't listen to her
00:49:35.20\00:49:38.71
very much, and so she was always
looking for the opportunity.
00:49:38.74\00:49:44.75
She says, How can I get rid
of this man who denounces this
00:49:44.81\00:49:49.75
relationship that
I have with the king?
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.55
So an opportune day
came when king Herod was
00:49:51.59\00:49:58.26
celebrating his birthday.
00:49:58.29\00:49:59.63
And it just so happens that
this vile woman had a daughter.
00:49:59.66\00:50:03.50
And the name of the
daughter was Salome.
00:50:03.57\00:50:07.27
And this is when
Herodias, this adulterous woman,
00:50:07.30\00:50:12.67
this fornicating woman, who
was fornicating with the king,
00:50:12.71\00:50:16.48
because the king
was not her husband.
00:50:16.51\00:50:20.28
She said to her daughter...
00:50:20.32\00:50:22.12
By the way, the king
was under the influence.
00:50:22.15\00:50:24.89
He had drunk wine.
00:50:24.92\00:50:26.25
So he wasn't thinking
straight in this story.
00:50:26.29\00:50:29.99
There's music involved.
00:50:30.03\00:50:31.53
Just like in Daniel 3
you have music involved.
00:50:31.59\00:50:34.80
Which the wrong kind
of music can bewitch you.
00:50:34.83\00:50:38.57
The wrong kind of music
can hypnotize you. Hello!
00:50:38.60\00:50:42.30
The Devil knows that.
00:50:42.34\00:50:43.67
That's why he's using
it in the world today.
00:50:43.71\00:50:45.81
So she notices
that the king is drunk.
00:50:45.84\00:50:48.98
And she says to the daughter,
You know, go in and dance
00:50:49.04\00:50:55.02
for the king, because
the king had his eye on her.
00:50:55.05\00:50:58.69
So she goes in. The king
says, Please dance for me.
00:50:58.72\00:51:02.32
I want to see you dance.
00:51:02.36\00:51:03.69
She says, Only if
you grant me a wish.
00:51:03.73\00:51:07.00
And he says, Oh, yes, I'll
grant you any wish you want,
00:51:07.03\00:51:11.60
up to half the kingdom.
00:51:11.63\00:51:13.13
He had to be drunk to offer
half the kingdom for a dance.
00:51:13.17\00:51:18.61
The Bible says that he
swore in the presence of the men
00:51:18.67\00:51:24.08
that were in the court.
00:51:24.11\00:51:25.45
He said, I will give
you what you request,
00:51:25.48\00:51:27.75
up to half the kingdom.
00:51:27.78\00:51:30.09
And so Salome
went in and danced.
00:51:30.12\00:51:34.16
And then she went to...
00:51:34.22\00:51:35.96
Listen to this,
she went to her mother.
00:51:35.99\00:51:38.56
She did not have
a mind of her own.
00:51:38.59\00:51:41.16
She was the image of her mother.
00:51:41.20\00:51:42.53
She went to her mother,
this adulterous woman that John
00:51:42.56\00:51:45.63
the Baptist landed
in jail, because he was
00:51:45.67\00:51:47.80
denouncing this fornication.
00:51:47.84\00:51:49.30
In Revelation is there a message
against the fornication of
00:51:49.34\00:51:53.41
Babylon at the end
of time? Absolutely!
00:51:53.44\00:51:55.64
You see, this literal story
illustrates great spiritual and
00:51:55.68\00:51:59.68
religious principles at the
end of time; worldwide global
00:51:59.71\00:52:02.78
movements at the end of time.
00:52:02.82\00:52:04.15
And so she goes to her
mother and says, Mother,
00:52:04.19\00:52:07.19
what should I ask for?
00:52:07.22\00:52:09.52
And her mother says, The
head of John the Baptist.
00:52:09.56\00:52:16.03
Let me ask you, Was
she just like her mother?
00:52:16.06\00:52:19.27
She was just like her mother.
00:52:19.30\00:52:22.17
You say, How do we know that?
00:52:22.20\00:52:23.54
You know, what would a normal
daughter have done if her mother
00:52:23.57\00:52:27.64
had said, I want
the head of Pastor Bohr?
00:52:27.68\00:52:31.68
Mother! I hope that
that would be the case.
00:52:31.71\00:52:35.68
Mother! How is it that you
ask for the head of Pastor Bohr?
00:52:35.72\00:52:41.59
No! That can't be!
00:52:41.62\00:52:43.02
You know what she said? Okay.
00:52:43.06\00:52:45.49
Was she just like her mother?
00:52:45.56\00:52:47.96
She was identical.
00:52:48.00\00:52:49.60
She was an image of her mother.
00:52:49.63\00:52:51.47
And so she goes to the king.
00:52:51.53\00:52:53.30
She says, I want, on a platter,
the head of John the Baptist.
00:52:53.34\00:52:57.14
And now the king saw
that he had been deceived,
00:52:57.17\00:53:00.14
but it was too late.
00:53:00.18\00:53:02.94
He was too embarrassed to
go against his sworn statement
00:53:02.98\00:53:08.45
before all of the
courtiers that were in there.
00:53:08.48\00:53:10.72
And so he did what Pilate did.
00:53:10.75\00:53:12.82
He washed his hands.
00:53:12.85\00:53:15.46
The Bible says that the
henchman went into the prison
00:53:15.49\00:53:20.80
and beheaded John the Baptist.
00:53:20.86\00:53:23.26
And the interesting thing is the
way that this story ends, folks.
00:53:23.30\00:53:26.84
If you read this story that,
by the way, is in Mark 6:14,
00:53:26.87\00:53:31.81
all the way through verse 28.
00:53:31.84\00:53:33.41
It says that the man who
cut off John the Baptist's head
00:53:33.44\00:53:38.61
brought his head on a platter,
and gave it to the girl,
00:53:38.65\00:53:42.25
and the girl gave it, or the
daughter gave it to her mother.
00:53:42.28\00:53:48.92
Who is the dangerous
figure in this story?
00:53:48.96\00:53:52.86
The dangerous figure in
this story is the mother.
00:53:52.89\00:53:56.23
Not the king, not the daughter,
but the daughter is used as an
00:53:56.26\00:54:00.40
instrument for the mother to
get her purposes accomplished.
00:54:00.44\00:54:04.51
Let me ask you, Does the harlot
of Revelation 17 have daughters?
00:54:04.54\00:54:10.28
She's called the
mother of harlots,
00:54:10.31\00:54:12.71
and the
fornications of the earth.
00:54:12.75\00:54:15.05
Are her daughters
going to do her bidding?
00:54:15.08\00:54:18.02
They were born from her
in the 16th Century, and they
00:54:18.05\00:54:24.93
sustain many of the same
teachings that she sustains.
00:54:24.96\00:54:28.20
And eventually they
will join church and state,
00:54:28.23\00:54:31.43
as she joined church and state.
00:54:31.47\00:54:33.60
And eventually they
will be the instrument;
00:54:33.64\00:54:37.61
they are not the protagonist.
00:54:37.64\00:54:39.61
They will be the
instrument through which she,
00:54:39.64\00:54:43.11
the mother of harlots,
will give a death decree
00:54:43.14\00:54:47.62
against God's people; for
God's people to be eradicated
00:54:47.65\00:54:51.49
from planet Earth.
00:54:51.52\00:54:53.25
You say, Pastor Bohr, what
you've presented is insane.
00:54:53.29\00:54:58.93
It could never happen in
these United States of America.
00:55:01.50\00:55:04.13
Let me tell you, folks,
in a time of severe crisis,
00:55:04.17\00:55:08.30
natural disasters, a collapsed
economy, crime such as never
00:55:08.34\00:55:19.48
has been seen before,
nations do very strange things.
00:55:19.51\00:55:24.52
And they have the
tendency to look for a scapegoat
00:55:24.55\00:55:29.49
for what is happening.
00:55:29.52\00:55:31.93
And you know, when I sit down
and I think about these things,
00:55:31.96\00:55:36.36
I'm saddened, because
this is a great country.
00:55:36.40\00:55:40.90
I wouldn't have wanted to have
been born in any other country
00:55:40.94\00:55:44.07
in the world than
the United States.
00:55:44.11\00:55:46.01
Not because it has more
people, or has more money,
00:55:46.04\00:55:49.51
or because it's
scenery is more beautiful.
00:55:49.54\00:55:51.38
No, but because of the wonderful
principles upon which this
00:55:51.41\00:55:54.85
country was established.
00:55:54.88\00:55:56.22
And when I think that the United
States is going to repudiate
00:55:56.25\00:55:59.89
those principles,
I'm deeply saddened.
00:55:59.92\00:56:03.09
What could have been and wasn't.
00:56:03.12\00:56:07.36
Now the question is,
What religious observance is
00:56:07.40\00:56:13.77
the United
States going to enforce?
00:56:13.80\00:56:15.77
You say, It's going to enforce
religion, and it's going to
00:56:15.80\00:56:20.28
prohibit the free
exercise of religion.
00:56:20.31\00:56:23.14
So what religious observance, or
observances is the United States
00:56:23.18\00:56:28.15
going to enforce
contrary to its principles?
00:56:28.18\00:56:31.42
Would you like to know?
00:56:31.45\00:56:33.19
Well, all I can say is don't
miss the next exciting episode.
00:56:35.39\00:56:40.46
Allow me just to say that in our
next lecture we're going to talk
00:56:40.50\00:56:45.90
about the number of the beast.
00:56:45.93\00:56:48.47
Fascinating study!
00:56:48.50\00:56:50.94
It's the number of
his name, the Bible says.
00:56:50.97\00:56:54.74
You say, How do you
get a number from a name?
00:56:54.78\00:56:57.45
We're going to talk about that
tomorrow, and it's going to be a
00:56:57.48\00:57:01.48
fascinating subject.
00:57:01.52\00:57:03.05
And I hope that you make it
a point to come, because what
00:57:03.08\00:57:06.02
we're talking about are
life and death matters folks.
00:57:06.05\00:57:09.89
This is not just
intellectual information.
00:57:09.92\00:57:13.63
These are matters of life
and death that we know them,
00:57:13.66\00:57:16.90
or else we'll come
out on the wrong side.
00:57:16.93\00:57:19.33
I pray to God that we will
choose to be on the right side.
00:57:19.37\00:57:23.67