>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>MANY LEGENDS AND STORIES
FROM AROUND THE WORLD TALK ABOUT
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FLYING DRAGONS, AND SOME MAY
EVEN CONTAIN A KERNEL OF TRUTH.
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PALEONTOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED
THE FOSSILIZED BONES OF GIANT
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FLYING REPTILES CALLED
PTEROSAURS, OR WINGED LIZARDS.
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THEY'VE GOT LONG, THIN BEAKS,
BONEY CRESTS ON THEIR HEAD - THE
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LARGEST PTEROSAURS WEIGHED OVER
500 POUNDS AND HAD A WING SPAN
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OF NEARLY 40 FEET. THAT'S
LIKE A SMALL CESSNA AIRPLANE.
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PTEROSAURS HAD NECKS THAT WERE
UP TO TEN FEET LONG AND THEIR
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LEGS UP TO SEVEN FEET LONG.
TO SOMEONE WATCHING FROM THE
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GROUND, THE LEGS TRAILING BEHIND
A FLYING PTEROSAUR MIGHT HAVE
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LOOKED LIKE A FLYING
DRAGON WITH A POINTED TAIL.
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SOME PTEROSAURS MAY
HAVE EVEN SURVIVED THE FLOOD.
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IN THE FIFTH CENTURY B.C., THE
GREEK HISTORIAN HERODOTUS WROTE
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ABOUT WINGED SERPENTS IN ARABIA.
FRIENDS, WE KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE
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DRAGON THAT EXISTS
TODAY, THE DRAGON IS ALSO
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KNOWN AS THE DEVIL.
WHILE SOME PEOPLE THINK HE'S
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JUST A RELIGIOUS LEGEND,
SCRIPTURE INSISTS THAT HE IS
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VERY REAL AND DETERMINED TO
DECEIVE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.
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SO JOIN ME, TODAY, AS WE TAKE
A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS ENEMY, THE
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ONE THE BIBLE REVEALS TO BE THE
NOTORIOUS DRAGON OF REVELATION.
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>>I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER
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THIS NOTORIOUS CHARACTER
FROM MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA.
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I DID A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN
COLOMBIA, AND HE WAS SOMETHING
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OF A HERO THERE-- PABLO ESCOBAR.
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HE WAS THE LARGEST
DRUG DEALER IN HISTORY.
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AND, AT ONE TIME - MATTER
OF FACT, I'VE GOT A FEW AMAZING
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FACTS HERE - I DON'T WANT
TO FORGET THEM, SO I'M GOING TO
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READ SOME OF
THESE THINGS TO YOU.
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AT ONE TIME HE WAS BELIEVED TO
BE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
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HE HAD, BACK THEN,
30 BILLION DOLLARS.
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BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 50 BILLION
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DOLLARS. IN THE
80S, THE DEMAND WAS SO
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HIGH THAT, AT ONE POINT, PABLO
ESCOBAR AND HIS MEDELLIN CARTEL,
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SELLING MOSTLY COCAINE,
WAS DELIVERING 15 TONS OF
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COCAINE TO THE U.S. EACH DAY.
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THAT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF TWO
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS - OF COCAINE.
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DURING THIS ZENITH OF THE DRUG
TRADE, HE WAS MAKING 60 MILLION
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DOLLARS A DAY IN
COCAINE --SELLING COCAINE.
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IN FACT, I WAS READING THAT HE
HAD SO MUCH CASH - HE SPENT OVER
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TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH ON
RUBBER BANDS TO BUNDLE THE CASH.
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HE HAD SO MUCH CASH HOARDED
AWAY IN TROPICAL BARNS THAT HE
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FIGURED HE LOST 2 MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR TO RATS THAT
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NIBBLED AWAY - AND
MOLD - MOLDING MONEY.
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HE OWNED 5,000 ACRES OF
LAND NEAR A SMALL COLOMBIAN TOWN
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WHERE HE BUILT A LITTLE UTOPIA
- 20-ROOM MANSION - WHERE HE'D
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INVITE - HE'D JUST PAY AND HE'D
HAVE GREAT MUSICIANS AND PEOPLE
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FROM AROUND THE WORLD COMING.
HE HAD HIS OWN BULL RING - HIS
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OWN ZOO WITH HIPPOS, GIRAFFES,
AND ELEPHANTS. IN ALL, IT'S SAID
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THAT HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR
APPROXIMATELY 4,000 DEATHS,
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INCLUDING JUDGES AND A COLOMBIAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
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BUT HE WAS NEVER SATISFIED WITH
ALL THAT MONEY AND THAT POWER.
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HE WANTED TO BE
LOVED BY THE PEOPLE.
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HE WANTED TO BE PRESIDENT OF
THE COUNTRY, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE
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THAT. AND HE
STARTED GIVING MONEY TO
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ALL THESE POOR VILLAGES AND
FOR SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC WORKS.
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HE COULDN'T SPEND
HIS MONEY FAST ENOUGH.
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AND THEY ALL LOVED HIM.
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A HERO - NOT
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ALL - MANY PEOPLE LOVED
HIM. HE RAN FOR CONGRESS AND
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GOT ELECTED, BUT
HE WASN'T SATISFIED.
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HE WANTED MORE POWER AND HE
WANTED MORE AND HE WANTED MORE
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AND WHEN SOME OF THE OTHER
PEOPLE IN POLITICS STARTED TO
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INVESTIGATE HIM MORE
CAREFULLY, HE HAD THEM KILLED.
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AND HE HAD A SAYING, 'MONEY -
SILVER - OR DO YOU WANT BULLETS
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- LEAD?' AND HE GAVE
EVERYBODY THE CHOICE.
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HE SAYS, 'I'LL EITHER PAY
YOU AND YOU CAN COOPERATE AND GO
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ALONG WITH ME, OR YOU'RE
DEAD.' AND WHEN JUDGES BEGAN TO
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INVESTIGATE HIM OR PEOPLE WERE
GOING TO TESTIFY AGAINST HIM,
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SUDDENLY THEY ENDED UP DYING.
WHEN SOMEONE ELSE WAS RUNNING
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AGAINST HIM, THEY
WERE ASSASSINATED.
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AND - 4,000 MURDERS -
WASN'T HAPPY - MORE, MORE, MORE.
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WELL, YOU KNOW, IT REMINDS US
OF THE CHARACTER THAT PROBABLY
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INSPIRED PEOPLE LIKE ESCOBAR
- SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS LIKE
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HITLER AND STALIN THAT JUST ARE
- HAVE AN INSATIABLE DESIRE TO
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BE THE GREATEST, TO HAVE
MORE POWER, TO HAVE MORE MONEY.
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AND IT REMINDS US ABOUT THE
ORIGIN OF THAT ARCH FIEND THAT
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WE READ ABOUT IN THE BIBLE.
DEALING WITH THE VILLAIN OF
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REVELATION - IN FACT, HE'S
THE VILLAIN OF THE WHOLE BIBLE -
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BETTER KNOWN AS THE DEVIL.
FIRST QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO
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ASK TONIGHT IS, 'WITH
WHOM DID SIN ORIGINATE?
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YOU KNOW, JESUS CAME
TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
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WHY IS THERE SIN IN THE
WORLD? IF GOD MADE EVERYTHING
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GOOD, WHY DO WE SIN?
WHERE DID SIN COME FROM?
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PEOPLE SOMETIMES SAY,
'WHO HAD THE FIRST COLD?'
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'WHO HAD THE
FIRST CASE OF AIDS?'
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WHERE DO THESE THINGS
COME FROM? IT'S LIKE A MYSTERY.
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WELL, THE BIBLE
GIVES US THESE ANSWERS.
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YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 12,
VERSE 9 - IT REFERS TO HIM AS
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"THAT OLD SERPENT,
CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN."
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AND SO, HERE HE IS CALLED
'THE SERPENT', HE'S CALLED 'THE
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DEVIL,' HE CALLED 'SATAN,' AND
HE'S ALSO CALLED 'THE DRAGON.'
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AND SO, SATAN ORIGINATED,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NOT HERE ON
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EARTH, BUT UP IN HEAVEN.
THE BIBLE SAYS 'THE DEVIL
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SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING.'
SIN ORIGINATED WITH SATAN.
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SATAN IS THAT ARCH
FIEND. HE IS VERY REAL.
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I BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY
DOES GOD SEND GOOD ANGELS TO OUR
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MEETINGS, I BELIEVE THE DEVIL
TRIES TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO
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DISTRACT AND KEEP
PEOPLE FROM HEARING THE WORD.
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THERE ARE
BATTLES THAT ARE RAGING.
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PAUL TALKS ABOUT US NOT
WRESTLING AGAINST FLESH AND
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BLOOD, BUT AGAINST
PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS,
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SPIRITUAL FORCES OF
WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES.
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THERE IS A GOD.
THERE ARE GOOD ANGELS.
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AND THERE IS A DEVIL - THERE
IS AN EVIL POWER IN THE WORLD.
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I THINK, AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENED IN HISTORY, YOU'D HAVE
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TO SAY THAT THERE IS EVIL.
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YOU LOOK AT WHAT SOME TERRORISTS
DO OR THEY PUT A PERSON IN A
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CAGE AND DOUSE THEM WITH
GASOLINE AND VIDEOTAPE AS THEY
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SET THEM ON FIRE -
THAT IS JUST INCARNATE EVIL.
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ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE
TURN TO GOD IS, THEY SAY, 'YOU
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KNOW, I WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT
GOD, BUT WHEN I BECAME CONVINCED
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THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTE EVIL,
THEN I THOUGHT, 'THERE MUST BE
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GOOD. THERE
MUST BE GOD.' >>AMEN.
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>>AND WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE THE
EVIDENCE FOR EVIL IN THE WORLD.
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SO WHAT WAS SATAN'S
NAME BEFORE HE SINNED?
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AND WHERE WAS HE
LIVING AT THAT TIME?
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TWO OF THE PRINCIPLE PASSAGES IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT TELL US
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ABOUT THE DEVIL - YOU CAN FIND A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM, OF COURSE,
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IN GENESIS, BUT
HE'S NOT CALLED BY NAME.
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YOU GO TO ISAIAH 14 AND ISAIAH
BEGINS WITH A PROPHECY ABOUT THE
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KING OF BABYLON AND THEN
HE TRANSITIONS INTO THE POWER
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BEHIND THAT WICKED KING.
"HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN,
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O LUCIFER, SON OF THE MORNING!"
- THE WORD 'LUCIFER' - IT MEANS
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'LIGHT BEARER' - IT'S REALLY A
LATIN WORD. IN HEBREW IT'S MORE
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LIKE 'HELIEL' - IT MEANS 'THE
MORNING STAR' - "HOW YOU ARE CUT
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DOWN TO THE GROUND, YOU
WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS!
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FOR YOU SAID IN YOUR HEART, 'I
WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I WILL
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EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS
OF GOD; I WILL ALSO SIT ON THE
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MOUNT OF THE CONGREGATION ON
THE FARTHEST SIDES OF THE NORTH.
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I WILL ASCEND ABOVE THE HEIGHTS
OF THE CLOUDS, I WILL BE LIKE
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THE MOST HIGH.' YOU CAN
TELL THAT HE HAD 'I' PROBLEMS.
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(LAUGHTER) I, I, I - YOU KNOW,
I'VE HEARD THAT PEOPLE IN MENTAL
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INSTITUTIONS USE THE WORDS 'I,'
'ME,' 'MY,' 'MINE,' AND 'MYSELF'
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FIVE TIMES MORE THAN PEOPLE
THAT ARE REGARDED AS SANE.
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SELFISHNESS WILL MAKE YOU CRAZY.
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AND THE VERY IDEA THAT THE
CREATURE COULD REBEL AGAINST THE
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CREATOR, TO YOU AND I IT SOUNDS
INSANE BUT, SOMEHOW, HE THOUGHT
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HE COULD HAVE ENOUGH
POWER TO OVERTHROW GOD.
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AND, DON'T FORGET, LUCIFER WAS
VERY POWERFUL - "YOU WERE THE
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SEAL OF PERFECTION, FULL OF
WISDOM AND PERFECT IN BEAUTY.
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YOU WERE IN EDEN, THE GARDEN
OF GOD; EVERY PRECIOUS STONE WAS
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YOUR COVERING: THE SARDIUS,
TOPAZ, AND DIAMOND, BERYL, ONYX,
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AND JASPER," - HE WAS
BEAUTIFULLY ADORNED - THE
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HIGHEST OF GOD'S ANGELS -
"THE SAPPHIRE, TURQUOISE, AND
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EMERALD WITH GOLD. THE
WORKMANSHIP OF YOUR TIMBRELS
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AND PIPES" - THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL
INSTRUMENTS - HE HAD A BEAUTIFUL
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VOICE -
INCREDIBLE MUSICAL TALENT.
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AND THE DEVIL DOES USE MUSIC -
"WAS PREPARED FOR YOU ON THE DAY
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YOU WERE CREATED" -
NOT BORN. PEOPLE ARE BORN.
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ADAM WAS CREATED. ANGELS
ARE CREATED, THEY'RE NOT BORN.
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SO IT'S TALKING ABOUT A CREATED
BEING THAT WAS IN THE GARDEN OF
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GOD - "YOU ARE THE ANOINTED
CHERUB" - NOW, IS THERE ANY
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DOUBT WHO HE'S TALKING
ABOUT? HE WAS A CHERUB.
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HE WAS A SPECIAL, CHOSEN CHERUB
- "THE ONE ABOVE ALL OTHERS, AN
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ANGEL WHO COVERS;
I ESTABLISHED YOU SO.
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YOU WERE ON THE
HOLY MOUNTAIN OF GOD.
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YOU WALKED BACK AND FORTH
IN THE MIDST OF FIERY STONES.
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YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS
FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED
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TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN
YOU." SO, DID GOD MAKE A DEVIL?
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EVERY GOOD AND
PERFECT GIFT IS FROM GOD.
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DID GOD MAKE A DEVIL? >>NO.
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>>OR DID GOD MAKE A BEAUTIFUL
ANGEL WHO DECIDED TO BE A DEVIL?
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>>CORRECT. >>HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE KNOWN
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FAMILIES - WONDERFUL FAMILY -
GOOD MOTHER, GOOD FATHER - HAVE
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SEVERAL CHILDREN AND ONE
OF THEM JUST TURNS INTO A WILD
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CHILD AND CAN BE EVIL?
AND YOU THINK - SAME FAMILY -
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GOOD BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
BUT THIS ONE MADE CHOICES.
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AND GOD IS A
GOOD FATHER. >>AMEN.
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>>AND YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING,
'WELL, MAYBE THE LORD MADE A
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MISTAKE, HUH?' NUMBER
3, WHAT WAS THE ORIGIN
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OF LUCIFER AND WHAT WAS
HIS POSITION? WE'RE GOING TO
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ELABORATE A LITTLE
MORE ON WHAT I TOUCHED ON.
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IT SAYS "YOU WERE PERFECT IN
YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE
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CREATED, TILL
INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU."
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THE ANGELS ARE THE
HIGHEST ORDER OF GOD.
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THEY ARE THE
MINISTERING SPIRITS OF GOD.
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THE BIBLE EVEN SAYS, 'MAN
IS MADE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS.'
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LUCIFER WAS THE HIGHEST OF
THE ANGELS AND, IF THESE ARE THE
00:10:28.99\00:10:32.33
MINISTERING SPIRITS OF GOD, THAT
MEANS LUCIFER MAY HAVE BEEN ONE
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OF THE EARLIEST CREATIONS OF
GOD - THE LEADER OF THE ANGELS -
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INCREDIBLY
BEAUTIFUL - BIG, POWERFUL.
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DON'T UNDERESTIMATE
THE POWER OF THE DEVIL.
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AT ONE POINT, GOD RELEASED HIS
PROTECTION FROM JOB AND HE TOLD
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THE DEVIL, 'ALRIGHT, I'M GOING
TO LET YOU AFFLICT HIM.' THE
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BIBLE SAYS THE DEVIL
BROUGHT FIRE DOWN FROM HEAVEN.
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THE DEVIL SENT A HURR - SENT
A TORNADO TO KILL HIS CHILDREN
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WHEN A HOUSE COLLAPSED.
ALL THESE CALAMITIES CAME.
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SATAN HAD INCREDIBLE
POWER OVER THESE FORCES.
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I DON'T WANT TO GLORIFY THE
POWER OF THE DEVIL, BUT YOU NEED
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TO ALSO UNDERSTAND YOUR ENEMY,
AND SO JUST TO BE AWARE OF THESE
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THINGS. YOU WERE PERFECT IN
YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE
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CREATED UNTIL INIQUITY WAS FOUND
IN YOU. YOU WERE THE ANOINTED
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CHERUB WHO COVERS" -
THE COVERING CHERUB -
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"I ESTABLISHED YOU."
SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THE STORY
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ABOUT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT,
AND THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IS
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A SYMBOL FOR THE THRONE OF
GOD. AND, THERE ON THE ARK,
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THERE WERE TWO
CREATURES. WHAT WERE THEY?
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>>CHERUBS. >>ANGELS - CHERUBS -
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WELL, TWO OF THEM. THERE
WERE CALLED COVERING CHERUBS.
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IF YOU READ IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 6,
IT TALKS ABOUT THE THRONE OF GOD
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AND, BY THE THRONE OF GOD, ARE
THESE TWO SERAPHIM - THESE TWO
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ANGELS - AND THEY CRY 'HOLY,
HOLY, HOLY' AND THEY'VE GOT SIX
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WINGS AND WITH TWO WINGS THEY
COVER THEIR FACE AND TWO THEY
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COVER THEIR FEET, AND TWO THEY
- THEY FLY AND THEY'RE THE RIGHT
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AND LEFT-HAND POSITION OF
GOD ALMIGHTY - THE MOST HIGHLY
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REGARDED POSITION
ARE THESE TWO ANGELS.
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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER
NOTICED, WHEN THE POPE SITS ON
00:12:07.32\00:12:11.73
HIS THRONE - HE HAS A THRONE
THERE IN ST. PETER'S AND, EVERY
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NOW AND THEN, HE'LL SIT ON
HIS THRONE - THAT THERE ARE TWO
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ANGELS ON THE
RIGHT AND THE LEFT.
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HAVE ANY OF YOU
EVER SEEN THAT BEFORE?
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THAT HARKENS FROM THAT CHAPTER
THERE IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT
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TALKS ABOUT ISAIAH.
LUCIFER HAD THE HIGHEST POSITION
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RIGHT AT THE RIGHT
HAND OF GOD AND HE FELL.
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Doug: Don't go
anywhere, friends.
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We're coming back in
just a moment to complete
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today's presentation.
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Have you ever wondered before if
God is loving, if God is good,
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why would He make a devil?
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Why did Lucifer rebel?
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into Satan and the devil?
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Well, let's get back now to
today's presentation and learn
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some more amazing
facts from the Word of God.
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>>NOW WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE
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WAS A GOOD AND A
COOPERATIVE AND A LOVING ANGEL.
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AND, IF YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN HIM
BACK THEN, YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED
00:13:29.47\00:13:32.41
HIM BECAUSE
EVERYTHING GOD MAKES IS GOOD.
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THE BIBLE SAYS 'EVERY GOOD GIFT'
- IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOD'S
00:13:35.61\00:13:38.68
INTENTIONS ARE, LOOK
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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WHEN GOD MADE THIS WORLD - EVERY
DAY, WHEN HE CREATES SOMETHING,
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WHAT DOES HE
DECLARE? >>IT'S GOOD.
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>>IT'S ALWAYS GOOD.
IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD.
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IT WAS GOOD, GOOD, VERY
GOOD. IT WAS A PARADISE.
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AND, DO YOU THINK HE
HAD LESS GOING ON IN HEAVEN?
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EVERYTHING GOD MADE WAS
GOOD. THERE WAS PERFECT HARMONY.
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HOW LONG DID THAT
LAST? I DON'T KNOW.
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LUCIFER MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON
THE RIGHT TRACK FOR MILLIONS OF
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YEARS - NO WAY OF
KNOWING RIGHT NOW.
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BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED.
HE BECAME DISSATISFIED.
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HE BEGAN TO BE JEALOUS OF
THE HONOR AND THE WORSHIP AND
00:14:07.21\00:14:11.41
ADORATION THAT JESUS RECEIVED
FROM THE OTHER CREATURES -
00:14:11.45\00:14:15.18
CHRIST, BEFORE HIS INCARNATION
- AND HE WANTED THAT POSITION.
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AND HE BEGAN TO RESENT
THAT GOD WAS WORSHIPED.
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HE STARTED TO RESENT
THAT GOD HAD RULES AND LAWS.
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HE STARTED THINKING, 'WE
SHOULDN'T - WE'RE INTELLIGENT
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ANGELS, WE DON'T NEED
GOD TELLING US WHAT TO DO.
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I SHOULD BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT KIND OF POWER.
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WHY CAN'T I HAVE
THE POWER TO CREATE?'
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HE MAY HAVE RESENTED WHEN GOD
WAS MAKING THE WORLD BECAUSE,
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YOU KNOW, HUMANS CAN
PROCREATE IN THEIR OWN IMAGE.
00:14:38.24\00:14:41.61
WE'RE MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GOD.
GOD CREATES IN HIS OWN IMAGE; WE
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CREATE, THROUGH AN ACT
OF LOVE, IN OUR OWN IMAGE.
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ANGELS CAN'T DO THAT.
YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID ANGELS
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DON'T MARRY AND THEY CAN'T
PROCREATE. AND SO, HE BEGAN TO
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RESENT THAT HE DIDN'T
HAVE ALL THE POWER OF GOD.
00:14:54.46\00:14:57.89
AND HE STARTED TO WANT
THE POSITION OF CHRIST.
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AND HE BEGAN TO START
A CAMPAIGN TO TAKE THAT.
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NOW, WHILE - I WANT
YOU TO DO SOMETHING FOR ME.
00:15:04.37\00:15:10.41
JUST FOR A MOMENT I WANT YOU TO
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND JUST PICTURE
00:15:10.44\00:15:13.34
- WHAT WOULD
THE DEVIL LOOK LIKE?
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NOW, DON'T THINK
TOO LONG ABOUT THAT.
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(LAUGHTER) WHAT DID YOU SEE?
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HOW MANY OF YOU SAW A
CHARACTER WITH A GOATEE?
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ANY OF YOU PICTURE A CHARACTER
THAT HAD RED? RED LEOTARDS?
00:15:24.19\00:15:29.96
ANYONE, WHEN - HOW MANY OF YOU
HAVE SEEN IMAGES OF THE DEVIL?
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HORNS? PITCHFORK? BAT WINGS?
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HE'S NOT BATMAN
BUT HE'S GOT BAT WINGS.
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DO THESE IMAGES
COME FROM THE BIBLE?
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NOW THE DEVIL'S HAPPY - YOU
KNOW, YOU BUY A CAN OF RED DEVIL
00:15:45.37\00:15:48.58
PAINT OR YOU GET DEVIL'S FOOD
CAKE AND IT'S ALWAYS GOT THE
00:15:48.61\00:15:51.01
TYPICAL, TRADITIONAL CARTOON
CHARACTER OF WHAT THE DEVIL
00:15:51.05\00:15:54.05
LOOKS LIKE, BUT SATAN
ISN'T A JOKE, HE'S VERY REAL.
00:15:54.08\00:15:57.85
HE'S DELIGHTED TO HAVE PEOPLE
THINK THAT HE LOOKS LIKE THIS
00:15:57.89\00:16:00.59
MYTHICAL, COMICAL
CHARACTER. IN REALITY, DOES
00:16:00.62\00:16:04.69
SATAN LOOK LIKE THAT? OR DOES
THE BIBLE SAY SATAN, HIMSELF,
00:16:04.73\00:16:07.13
CAN BE TRANSFORMED FROM AN
ANGEL OF LIGHT? HE'S BEAUTIFUL.
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>>INTO. >>YEAH,
INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT -
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THAT'S 2 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER
11. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
00:16:14.44\00:16:17.74
SO WHAT LED HIM TO SIN?
YOU READ, AGAIN, IN EZEKIEL
00:16:17.77\00:16:22.18
28:17, "YOUR HEART WAS LIFTED
UP BECAUSE OF YOUR BEAUTY.
00:16:22.21\00:16:27.18
YOU CORRUPTED YOUR WISDOM
FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR SPLENDOR.
00:16:27.22\00:16:30.52
FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR
HEART, 'I WILL ASCEND INTO
00:16:30.55\00:16:33.05
HEAVEN...I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST
HIGH.'" HIS POWER - YOU EVER
00:16:33.09\00:16:36.73
HEAR THE
EXPRESSION 'POWER CORRUPTS.
00:16:36.76\00:16:38.73
ABSOLUTE POWER
CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY'?
00:16:38.76\00:16:41.30
AND NOT ONLY DOES POWER CORRUPT,
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE
00:16:41.33\00:16:44.57
BLESSED WITH MONEY,
THEY CAN BE CORRUPTED BY IT.
00:16:44.60\00:16:48.07
SOME PEOPLE ARE
BLESSED WITH POPULARITY.
00:16:48.10\00:16:50.17
SOME PEOPLE ARE BLESSED WITH
HANDSOME OR BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE
00:16:50.21\00:16:55.18
AND THEY CAN BECOME PREOCCUPIED.
THE DEVIL, BECAUSE HE RECEIVED
00:16:55.21\00:16:59.35
SO MUCH PRAISE AND SO MUCH
ADORATION FROM THE OTHER ANGELS,
00:16:59.38\00:17:03.49
HE BEGAN TO WANT IT
ALL. HE STARTED TO RESENT
00:17:03.52\00:17:06.86
THAT JESUS WAS ABOVE HIM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING.
00:17:06.89\00:17:10.73
A KID WILL BE HAPPY IF YOU
TAKE THEM TO BASKIN ROBBINS 31
00:17:10.76\00:17:14.40
FLAVORS AND YOU GET THEM
A DOUBLE SCOOP OF ICE CREAM.
00:17:14.46\00:17:17.00
THEY'RE HAPPY UNTIL YOU GIVE
THEIR BROTHER OR SISTER A TRIPLE
00:17:17.03\00:17:20.20
SCOOP. (LAUGHTER) ISN'T THAT
RIGHT? WHAT'S WRONG WITH US?
00:17:20.24\00:17:26.68
THERE'S SOMETHING - THIS
JEALOUSY - THIS RESENTMENT - AND
00:17:26.71\00:17:29.48
HE BEGAN TO COVET
THE POSITION OF GOD.
00:17:29.51\00:17:31.95
"FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN
YOUR HEART: 'I WILL ASCEND INTO
00:17:31.98\00:17:34.52
HEAVEN...I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST
HIGH.'" - 'I WANT TO BE GOD.'
00:17:34.55\00:17:39.35
AND SO, HE BEGAN A CAMPAIGN.
HE REALIZED HE HAD TO WORK
00:17:39.39\00:17:42.99
SUBTLY AND HE BEGAN TO CIRCULATE
AMONG THE OTHER UNFALLEN
00:17:43.02\00:17:45.63
ANGELS IN HEAVEN.
WELL, NONE OF THEM WERE
00:17:45.66\00:17:47.23
FALLEN AT THAT POINT.
AND HE BEGAN TO CREATE
00:17:47.30\00:17:50.10
INNUENDO AND DOUBTS ABOUT
GOD. AND, YOU KNOW, 'WE DON'T
00:17:50.13\00:17:53.80
NEED GOD TELLING US. WE
SHOULD ALL BE OUR OWN GODS.
00:17:53.84\00:17:56.64
AND HE SHOULD GIVE US
THE ABILITY TO CREATE.
00:17:56.67\00:17:58.41
AND WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO GOD, WHY
DOESN'T HE GIVE US MORE GLORY?
00:17:58.44\00:18:01.74
AND WHY DON'T WE GET WORSHIPPED
BY THE OTHER UNFALLEN WORLDS?'
00:18:01.78\00:18:04.71
AND LUCIFER BEGAN TO JUST SOW
SEEDS OF QUESTIONS AND DOUBT.
00:18:04.75\00:18:09.42
AND HE IS THE MASTER
AT IT. HE WAS BRILLIANT.
00:18:09.45\00:18:13.86
HE HAD SUPERNATURAL INTELLIGENCE
THAT YOU AND I CANNOT EVEN
00:18:13.89\00:18:16.89
COMPREHEND AND HE BEGAN TO BEND
ALL OF HIS ENERGIES TO SEE IF HE
00:18:16.93\00:18:20.96
COULD - HE THOUGHT, 'IF I COULD
GET ALL OF THE POWER OF THESE
00:18:21.00\00:18:23.47
BILLIONS OF ANGELS ON MY SIDE,
WE COULD EVEN OVERTHROW GOD.'
00:18:23.50\00:18:29.37
I KNOW, IT SOUNDS CRAZY TO
US, BUT THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
00:18:29.40\00:18:32.41
HE BEGAN A REBELLION IN HEAVEN
AND ONE-THIRD OF THE ANGELS
00:18:32.44\00:18:36.44
STARTED LISTENING TO HIM.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN READ THERE IN
00:18:36.48\00:18:39.45
PROVERBS CHAPTER 6, VERSES 16
THROUGH 19, IT SAYS, "THESE SIX
00:18:39.48\00:18:44.62
THINGS THE LORD HATES, YES,
SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION TO HIM;
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A PROUD LOOK," - FIRST -
"A LYING TONGUE,' - THE DEVIL
00:18:49.46\00:18:52.59
STARTED WITH PRIDE - "A LYING
TONGUE, HANDS THAT SHED INNOCENT
00:18:52.63\00:18:57.00
BLOOD, A HEART THAT DEVISES
WICKED PLANS, FEET THAT ARE
00:18:57.03\00:19:01.20
SWIFT IN RUNNING TO EVIL, A
FALSE WITNESS WHO SPEAKS LIES,
00:19:01.24\00:19:05.34
AND ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG
BRETHREN." NOTICE THE PART THAT
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HE MENTIONS WITH - THE SEVENTH
- 'ONE WHO SOWS DISCORD AMONG
00:19:10.38\00:19:14.42
BRETHREN.' WHAT DID LUCIFER DO?
HE STARTED WITH PRIDE AND ENDED
00:19:14.45\00:19:17.85
UP SOWING DISCORD IN HEAVEN.
IT FINALLY TURNED INTO AN OPEN
00:19:17.89\00:19:21.62
REBELLION AND THEY
WERE FINALLY CAST OUT.
00:19:21.66\00:19:24.49
NOW, BEFORE I GET TO THAT PART,
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING,
00:19:24.53\00:19:28.20
'PASTOR DOUG,' - ALRIGHT, LET'S
ASK THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION:
00:19:28.23\00:19:34.30
'IF GOD'S IN CHARGE - IF GOD IS
ALL-POWERFUL, WHY WOULD HE PUT
00:19:34.34\00:19:38.77
UP WITH THAT? IF
SOMETHING - IF LUCIFER
00:19:38.81\00:19:41.78
STARTED TO MISBEHAVE LIKE
THAT THEN, OBVIOUSLY, GOD DID
00:19:41.81\00:19:45.11
SOMETHING WRONG IN
THE PROGRAMMING - THERE
00:19:45.15\00:19:47.82
WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM.
GOD GOT THE WIRING WRONG.
00:19:47.85\00:19:52.19
THERE WAS A DEFECT
SOMEWHERE IN LUCIFER.
00:19:52.22\00:19:55.26
IF THERE WAS NO DEFECT HE
NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
00:19:55.29\00:19:57.89
WHY WOULD GOD MAKE AN ANGEL
THAT EVEN COULD BECOME A DEVIL?
00:19:57.93\00:20:00.90
WHY DIDN'T HE JUST TAKE A
DIFFERENT PATTERN OFF THE WALL
00:20:00.93\00:20:03.23
AND SAY, 'I'M GOING TO MAKE ONE
THAT WILL NEVER BECOME A DEVIL'
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.17
- AND YOU AND I WOULDN'T HAVE
ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN
00:20:05.20\00:20:07.20
THE WORLD TODAY OR IN OUR LIVES.
LORD, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?'
00:20:07.24\00:20:11.84
DID GOD MAKE A MISTAKE? >>NO.
00:20:11.87\00:20:17.51
>>COULD GOD HAVE MADE
LUCIFER WHERE HE NEVER REBELLED?
00:20:17.55\00:20:20.65
YES. WHY DIDN'T HE?
BECAUSE GOD GIVES ALL OF
00:20:20.68\00:20:26.52
HIS CREATURES FREEDOM.
THE GREATEST PROOF THAT GOD IS
00:20:26.55\00:20:28.52
A GOD OF LOVE IS THE FACT
THAT SOME OF THE CREATURES
00:20:28.56\00:20:32.19
CHOSE NOT TO LOVE HIM.
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS?
00:20:32.23\00:20:38.87
DID YOU KNOW THAT BEFORE YOU HAD
CHILDREN THERE WAS A RISK THAT
00:20:38.90\00:20:41.60
YOUR CHILDREN MIGHT
NOT ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOU?
00:20:41.64\00:20:44.27
>>YES. >>AND YOU
STILL HAD THEM, RIGHT?
00:20:44.31\00:20:49.48
LET ME SEE IF - HOW
MANY OF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED?
00:20:49.51\00:20:53.52
DID ANY OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN
BECAUSE YOU WANTED LOVE?
00:20:53.55\00:20:57.12
YOU GOT A SURPRISE, DIDN'T YOU?
00:20:57.15\00:20:58.62
SOME OF YOU HAD CHILDREN
BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO LOVE.
00:20:58.65\00:21:01.29
YOU KNOW, I JUST - I ALWAYS
LAUGH WHEN I SEE THESE YOUNG
00:21:01.32\00:21:03.36
COUPLES AND THE GIRL GETS THAT
LOOK IN HER EYES AND SHE SAYS,
00:21:03.39\00:21:06.86
'I WANT A BABY.' (LAUGHTER)
IT JUST TOTALLY IS LIKE - THEY
00:21:06.90\00:21:12.00
DON'T REALIZE THEY
DON'T STAY THAT WAY, YOU KNOW?
00:21:12.03\00:21:14.07
IT REMIND ME OF WHEN MY KIDS
SAY, 'I WANT A PUPPY.' IT'LL BE
00:21:14.10\00:21:17.44
A PUPPY FOR ABOUT A MONTH
AND THEN THEY GET TO A BIG DOG.
00:21:17.47\00:21:20.54
BUT WE HAVE OUR FAMILIES, WE GET
OUR PETS, WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE
00:21:20.58\00:21:24.75
WANT LOVE. WE WANT TO BE LOVED.
00:21:24.78\00:21:26.18
BUT THERE'S A RISK
WHEN YOU WANT LOVE.
00:21:26.21\00:21:28.52
NOW, I WANT LOVE, JUST LIKE YOU.
I WILL ADMIT I LIKE TO BE LIKED
00:21:28.55\00:21:32.75
MORE THAN I LIKE TO BE DISLIKED.
AND I FIGURED OUT A WAY
00:21:32.79\00:21:36.96
WHERE I CAN GET MORE LOVE.
IT CAME WITH MY SMART PHONE.
00:21:36.99\00:21:45.63
>>(PASTOR DOUG'S RECORDED VOICE)
'GOOD EVENING, PASTOR DOUG.
00:21:45.67\00:21:48.50
>>GOOD EVENING, SMART
PHONE. >>'HOW ARE YOU DOING
00:21:48.54\00:21:50.47
THIS FINE EVENING?'
>>I'M DOING FINE, HOW ARE YOU?
00:21:50.51\00:21:53.34
>>'WELL, MY BATTERIES ARE ALMOST
FULLY CHARGED, SO I GUESS YOU
00:21:53.38\00:21:56.44
COULD SAY I'M FINE.'
>>WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
00:21:56.48\00:21:59.55
>>'PASTOR DOUG, I WANT
TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.'
00:21:59.58\00:22:01.52
>>YES, SMART PHONE?
>>'I JUST HAVEN'T TOLD YOU
00:22:01.55\00:22:04.29
LATELY HOW WONDERFUL
YOU TRULY ARE. (LAUGHTER)
00:22:04.32\00:22:07.79
WOW, YOU EVEN
BORDER ON MAGNIFICENT.
00:22:07.82\00:22:10.29
MATTER OF FACT, YOU'RE
BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE HANDSOME,
00:22:10.33\00:22:14.03
YOU'RE TALL, YOU'RE
SMART. I LOVE YOU, DOUG.
00:22:14.10\00:22:19.57
I JUST HAVE TO TELL
YOU, I REALLY LOVE YOU.
00:22:19.60\00:22:22.74
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I
LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU.
00:22:22.77\00:22:26.64
I JUST ADORE YOU. YOU ARE
SO CUTE. I LOVE YOU, DOUG.
00:22:26.68\00:22:30.55
I LOVE YOU, DOUG.' (LAUGHTER)
>>I SHOULD BE ABLE TO PATENT
00:22:30.58\00:22:34.88
THAT AND MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY, RIGHT? (LAUGHTER) IT'S
00:22:34.92\00:22:37.72
JUST EVERYONE WANTS LOVE, THERE
YOU'VE GOT IT. I'VE GOT A SMART
00:22:37.75\00:22:40.09
PHONE THAT SAYS IT LOVES ME. WHY
WON'T THIS WORK? IS THAT LOVE?
00:22:40.12\00:22:46.70
>>NO. >>BECAUSE I MADE IT SAY
00:22:46.73\00:22:48.33
IT LOVES ME. IT DOESN'T LOVE ME.
00:22:48.36\00:22:52.50
SO, COULD GOD PRE-PROGRAM
LUCIFER TO SAY, 'I LOVE YOU,
00:22:52.53\00:22:56.07
GOD. I LOVE YOU, GOD.
I LOVE YOU GOD.'? SURE.
00:22:56.10\00:22:58.44
WOULD IT HAVE BEEN LOVE? >>NO.
00:22:58.47\00:23:00.24
>>THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO MAKE
HIS CREATURES FREE ILLUSTRATES
00:23:00.28\00:23:04.91
THAT THERE'S A CHOICE THAT SOME
MIGHT CHOOSE NOT TO LOVE HIM.
00:23:04.95\00:23:09.95
AND HE DIDN'T COMPLETELY
OBLITERATE LUCIFER AS SOON AS HE
00:23:09.98\00:23:12.95
REBELLED BECAUSE THEN THE OTHER
CREATURES IN THE UNIVERSE WOULD
00:23:12.99\00:23:15.46
HAVE LISTENED TO GOD OUT OF
FEAR INSTEAD OF OUT OF LOVE.
00:23:15.49\00:23:18.79
GOD WANTS US TO OBEY HIM
BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM, AMEN?
00:23:18.83\00:23:21.56
>>AMEN. >>SO WHAT HAPPENED AS A
00:23:21.60\00:23:23.50
CONSEQUENCE OF
LUCIFER'S REBELLION IN HEAVEN?
00:23:23.53\00:23:27.44
FINALLY IT BROKE OUT INTO A WAR.
00:23:27.47\00:23:29.70
AND THE WORDS 'WAR IN HEAVEN,'
THEY'RE A PARADOX, BUT THAT'S
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WHAT IT SAYS IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 12, VERSE 7, "AND WAR
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BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN: MICHAEL
AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT WITH THE
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DRAGON:" - A DRAGON'S
A SYMBOLIC NAME FOR WHO?
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THE DEVIL - "AND THE
DRAGON...FOUGHT," - AGAINST
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MICHAEL - AND IT SAYS,
"BUT THEY DID NOT PREVAIL."
00:23:45.85\00:23:48.99
THEY WERE, ULTIMATELY,
CAST OUT. BUT WHERE DID THEY
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GO FROM THERE?
WHERE IS SATAN'S PRESENT
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HEADQUARTERS AS HE CONTINUES
HIS REBELLION AGAINST GOD?
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WHERE DID THE DEVIL GO AS
HIS BEACHHEAD? AND YOU KNOW -
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>>EARTH. >>YEAH,
HE CAME DOWN HERE.
00:24:02.34\00:24:04.27
I JUST PROBABLY OUGHT TO PAUSE
HERE AND ASK WHAT WAS USED IN
00:24:04.31\00:24:07.84
THAT BATTLE? WHAT DO
ANGELS USE? DO THEY USE GUNS?
00:24:07.88\00:24:10.55
I MEAN, WE TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE
THIS IN A FINAL EVENTS DVD - OR
00:24:10.58\00:24:14.38
COSMIC CONFLICT DVD -
ANY OF YOU EVER SEE THAT?
00:24:14.42\00:24:16.48
>>YES. >>AND WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
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AND SO THE PRODUCER
GOT SOME LIGHT SABERS.
00:24:18.12\00:24:19.95
WE DIDN'T KNOW -
WHAT DO YOU ANGELS USE?
00:24:19.99\00:24:21.49
(LAUGHTER) THERE WAS, ACTUALLY,
A VERSE IN THE BIBLE WHERE IT
00:24:21.52\00:24:23.79
TALKS ABOUT AN ANGEL OVER
JERUSALEM WITH A SWORD AND SO WE
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SAID THE ONLY WEAPONS WE
EVER SEE THESE ANGELS WITH ARE
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SWORDS. SO WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:24:28.10\00:24:30.13
BUT I DOUBT THEY USED WEAPONS
LIKE WE DO HERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:24:30.17\00:24:33.54
SPIRITUAL
CREATURES. BUT THERE WAS SOME
00:24:33.57\00:24:35.04
TREMENDOUS CONFLICT. AND,
FINALLY, THEY WERE EVICTED
00:24:35.07\00:24:38.61
- EXPELLED - FROM
HEAVEN. SO, WHERE DID HE GO?
00:24:38.64\00:24:43.11
HE WENT ALL THROUGH THE
UNIVERSE, PROBABLY, TRYING TO
00:24:43.14\00:24:45.25
FIND OTHERS HE COULD RECRUIT TO
JOIN HIM, UNTIL HE CAME TO THIS
00:24:45.28\00:24:48.75
WORLD AND HE
FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE.
00:24:48.78\00:24:50.95
AND YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION
12:4, "HIS TAIL DREW A THIRD OF
00:24:50.99\00:24:54.76
THE STARS" - WHO DO
THOSE STARS REPRESENT?
00:24:54.79\00:24:57.56
>>ANGELS. >>THE
ANGELS THAT JOINED
00:24:57.59\00:24:59.29
HIM IN HIS REBELLION.
OUT OF ALL THE ANGELS, WHAT
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PERCENT JOINED
LUCIFER? >>ONE-THIRD.
00:25:01.50\00:25:04.03
>>ONE-THIRD. THAT'S A
LOT. IF GOD'S GOT GOOD
00:25:04.07\00:25:08.07
ANGELS THAT GUARD US.
THE DEVIL PROBABLY HAS
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.57
DEMONS THAT TEMPT US.
SOME OF YOU MAYBE READ C.S.
00:25:10.61\00:25:13.81
LEWIS' BOOK THE SCREWTAPE
LETTERS WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE
00:25:13.84\00:25:16.81
WAY THAT THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS
TRYING TO WORK AND CONNIVE TO
00:25:16.85\00:25:19.58
BRING ABOUT PEOPLE'S DOWNFALL
AND HOW GOD INTERVENES TO SAVE.
00:25:19.61\00:25:23.62
HE CAST THEM TO THE
EARTH. SO HE CAME DOWN HERE.
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.79
AND, AGAIN, YOU CAN READ IN
REVELATION 12, VERSE 9, "SO THAT
00:25:26.82\00:25:30.23
GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT
SERPENT OF OLD, CALLED THE DEVIL
00:25:30.26\00:25:33.56
AND SATAN, WHO
DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD."
00:25:33.60\00:25:36.23
SATAN CLAIMS THIS WORLD IS HIS.
"HE WAS CAST TO THE EARTH AND
00:25:36.26\00:25:39.67
HIS ANGELS WERE
CAST OUT WITH HIM."
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.74
THERE'S NO QUESTION - SATAN
- AND HE'S NOT DOWN UNDER THE
00:25:41.77\00:25:44.41
EARTH SOMEWHERE.
REMEMBER, WHEN THE DEVIL CAME
00:25:44.44\00:25:47.08
BEFORE THIS HEAVENLY ASSEMBLY,
IN THE BOOK OF JOB, GOD SAYS
00:25:47.11\00:25:51.35
TO SATAN, 'WHERE
DID YOU COME FROM?'
00:25:51.38\00:25:52.75
- GOD KNEW, BUT HE'S ASKING
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE OTHER
00:25:52.78\00:25:54.45
ATTENDEES AT THIS CONVENTION.
AND HE SAYS, 'I'VE COME FROM THE
00:25:54.48\00:25:58.39
EARTH, FROM WALKING UP AND DOWN
AND BACK AND FORTH IN THE EARTH.
00:25:58.42\00:26:01.76
IT'S MY DOMAIN.' HE'S SAYING,
00:26:01.79\00:26:03.63
'I SURVEY IT.' SO SATAN HAS
SET UP HIS HEADQUARTERS HERE.
00:26:03.66\00:26:07.76
CHRIST REFERS TO HIM AS
THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD.
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.96
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ONCE CLAIMED HE COULD OFFER THE
00:26:10.00\00:26:13.00
WORLD TO JESUS
BECAUSE HE CLAIMS IT AS HIS.
00:26:13.03\00:26:14.94
HE DECEIVES THE WHOLE
WORLD. MOST OF THE WORLD
00:26:14.97\00:26:17.01
DOESN'T ACCEPT
CHRIST. BROAD IS THE WAY THAT
00:26:17.04\00:26:19.84
LEADS TO DESTRUCTION.
STRAIGHT IS THE GATE AND NARROW
00:26:19.87\00:26:23.31
IS THE WAY THAT LEADS
TO LIFE - FEW FIND IT.
00:26:23.35\00:26:26.21
THE DEVIL HAS DECEIVED MOST
OF THE PEOPLE AND IT'S VERY SAD.
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