>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>THE 14TH CENTURY AZTEC EMPIRE
WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND
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SOPHISTICATED CIVILIZATIONS
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YET,
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THIS KINGDOM OF TWO MILLION
PEOPLE WAS CONQUERED WITHIN A
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YEAR BY A SPANISH FORCE OF
JUST 600 LIGHTLY ARMORED MEN.
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HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
WELL, THE AZTECS BELIEVED IN
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THE COMING OF QUETZALCOATL,
A LEGENDARY FEATHERED, BEARDED,
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LIGHT-SKINNED GOD-KING WHO
WAS GOING TO COME FROM ACROSS
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THE SEA TO MEXICO. WHEN
THE CONQUISTADORS ARRIVED
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IN 1519, HERNANDO
CORTEZ IMPERSONATED THIS GOD OF
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THE AZTECS TO BEFUDDLE THE
SUPERSTITIOUS KING MONTEZUMA.
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BY FOOLING THE NATIVE PEOPLE,
CORTEZ COMPLETED HIS CONQUEST
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THAT INCLUDED ENSLAVING
AND MURDERING MANY OF THEM.
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THE VAGUE PROPHECIES OF THEIR
AZTEC GOD EASILY PAVED THE WAY
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FOR A COUNTERFEIT.
JESUS HAS FORETOLD THAT IN THE
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LAST DAYS, MANY FALSE CHRISTS
AND FALSE PROPHETS WILL USE
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GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS TO
DECEIVE, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE,
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EVEN GOD'S VERY ELECT.
HE ALSO SAID MOST PEOPLE
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WILL BE DECEIVED, WILL YOU?
THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO JOIN ME
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FOR TODAY'S PROGRAM, AS WE LEARN
FROM THE BIBLE HOW TO IDENTIFY
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FALSE CHRISTS
AND FALSE PROPHETS.
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>> I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE,
AGAIN, WHO ARE WATCHING, TO THE
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PROPHECY ENCOUNTER SERIES.
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NOW, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
YOU'RE TUNING IN, YOU DO NEED TO
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BRACE YOURSELF BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO BE - YOU'RE GOING TO BE
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HEARING JUST ONE OF THE
MOST INTENSE CONTROVERSIAL
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PRESENTATIONS THAT CAN BE COMING
FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION, AND
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WE JUST ARE PRAYING FOR
GOD'S SPIRIT TO BE WITH US.
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YOU PRAY FOR ME THAT I'LL JUST
SAY THINGS GRACEFULLY, BUT I
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ALSO WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
IN SHARING THE TRUTH WITH YOU
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BECAUSE, AS CHRIST
SAID, THE TIME IS AT HAND.
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THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT
IS DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT A
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WOMAN RIDES A BEAST AND THIS
HEARKENS FROM A PROPHECY IN A
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PICTURE THAT YOU'LL
FIND IN REVELATION 17.
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NOW, IN THIS PRESENTATION IN
PARTICULAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE
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TALKING ABOUT 'WHAT IS THIS
BEAST THAT KEEPS REAPPEARING IN
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THE BOOKS OF
REVELATION AND DANIEL?'
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SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY
CLUES TO IDENTIFY THE ANTICHRIST
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BEAST THAT YOU
FIND IN REVELATION 17?
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TURN IN YOUR BIBLES REAL QUICK
- REVELATION CHAPTER 17 AND THIS
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IS WHERE YOU NEED TO, LIKE, TAKE
A DEEP BREATH, "THEN ONE OF THE
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SEVEN ANGELS" - VERSE 1 - "WHO
HAD THE SEVEN BOWLS CAME AND
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TALKED WITH ME, SAYING TO
ME, 'COME, I WILL SHOW YOU THE
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JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT HARLOT'" -
THAT'S OBVIOUS SHE'S NOT GOOD -
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"WHO SITS ON MANY WATERS." -
WHAT DO THE WATERS REPRESENT?
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CONTROL OVER MANY PEOPLE - "WITH
WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH" -
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THE GOVERNMENTS - "'COMMITTED
FORNICATION, AND THE INHABITANTS
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OF THE EARTH WERE MADE
DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF HER
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FORNICATION.' SO HE CARRIED
ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT INTO THE
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WILDERNESS. AND I
SAW A WOMAN SITTING ON A
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SCARLET BEAST WHICH WAS FULL
OF NAMES OF BLASPHEMY HAVING
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SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS.
THE WOMAN WAS ARRAYED" - SHE
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WAS CLOTHED - "IN
PURPLE AND SCARLET," -
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WHAT COLORS DID I SAY? >>PURPLE.
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>>"AND ADORNED WITH GOLD AND
PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS" -
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SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL - "AND A GOLDEN
CUP FULL OF ABOMINATIONS AND THE
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FILTHINESS OF HER
FORNICATION WAS IN HER HAND.
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AND ON HER FOREHEAD A
NAME WAS WRITTEN: MYSTERY.
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BABYLON THE GREAT. THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF
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THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
I SAW THE WOMAN, DRUNK WITH THE
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BLOOD OF THE SAINTS AND WITH THE
BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS OF JESUS.
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AND WHEN I SAW HER, I
MARVELED WITH GREAT AMAZEMENT.
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BUT THE ANGEL SAID TO
ME, 'WHY DID YOU MARVEL?
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I WILL TELL YOU THE MYSTERY OF
THE WOMAN AND OF THE BEAST THAT
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CARRIES HER," - SO LET'S
GO AHEAD NOW AND GO INTO THE
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INTERPRETATIONS
THAT YOU'LL FIND HERE.
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WHO IS THIS WOMAN? "AND
THE WOMAN WHOM YOU SAW" -
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YOU LOOK IN THE LAST
VERSE IN CHAPTER 17 - YOU GOT
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YOUR BIBLE THERE? - IT
SAYS THE WOMAN THAT YOU SAW
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"IS THAT GREAT CITY WHICH REIGNS
OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH."
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WHEN JOHN WAS A PRISONER ON THE
ISLE OF PATMOS, WHAT GREAT CITY
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WAS REIGNING OVER
THE KINGS OF THE EARTH?
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>>ROME. >>ROME.
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SO WHAT DOES A
WOMAN REPRESENT? >>ROME.
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>>A WOMAN. >>CHURCH.
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>>A CHURCH. SO YOU'VE
GOT A WOMAN RIDING ROME.
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IF I SAID NOTHING ELSE, YOU
OUGHT TO START GETTING IT RIGHT
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THERE. BUT WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP GOING.
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IT JUST - THIS IS, I THINK,
A PRETTY VIVID EXAMPLE OF BIBLE
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PROPHECY BEING CLEAR. IT
SAYS THERE'S SEVEN HEADS.
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WHAT DO THE
SEVEN HEADS REPRESENT?
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IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE WITH
GABRIEL, YOU TAKE IT UP WITH
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HIM, BUT HE TOLD JOHN, "HERE IS
THE MIND WHICH HAS WISDOM: THE
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SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS
ON WHICH THE WOMAN SITS."
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NOW, IS EVERYBODY HERE AWARE
THAT IF YOU JUST LOOK IN THE
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ENCYCLOPEDIA IT'S GOING TO TELL
YOU ROME IS CALLED THE CITY OF
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SEVEN HILLS? IS THERE
A PRINCIPLE CHURCH THAT
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HAS ITS
HEADQUARTERS IN ROME? >>YES.
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>>MM HMM. >>WHAT
COLORS IS SHE WEARING?
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>>RED. >>PURPLE AND SCARLET.
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PURPLE AND SCARLET ARE THE
OFFICIAL COLORS OF THE HIERARCHY
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OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
CARDINALS WEAR SCARLET ROBES AND
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THE ARCHBISHOPS WEAR PURPLE.
AND YOU'LL EVEN FIND TIMES
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WHERE THE POPE WILL WEAR
BOTH. WHAT OTHER CLUES WERE
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GIVEN THERE IN CHAPTER
17? IT SAYS THAT THE WOMAN IS
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"ADORNED WITH GOLD AND
PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS."
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WELL, HAVE ANY OF
YOU EVER BEEN TO ROME?
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HAVE YOU SEEN THE VATICAN
AND SOME OF THE TREASURES THERE?
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IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. IT
SAYS THE VATICAN TREASURE OF
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SOLID GOLD HAS BEEN ESTIMATED
BY THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD
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MAGAZINE - IT NUMBERS
IN SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS.
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NOW THAT'S JUST THE HOLDINGS OF
GOLD - THAT'S THE GOLD THAT IS
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IN THE AMERICAN RESERVE, IT'S IN
SWITZERLAND, IT'S IN A VARIETY
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OF BANKS. IT'S NOT
COUNTING THE GOLD IN THE ACTUAL
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PRICELESS TREASURES
THEY OWN AND IT DOESN'T COUNT
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THE REAL ESTATE. IT
DOES NOT COUNT ALL THEIR
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HOLDINGS IN SILVER AND THE
CASH THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED.
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THEY ARE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST
INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.
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SO SHE'S GOT A GOLDEN CUP IN
HER HAND AND IF YOU READ IN - IT
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SAYS "THE GOLDEN CHALICE" -
IN THERE - YOU CAN GO TO THE
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA - IT
OCCUPIES THE FIRST PLACE AMONG
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ALL THE SACRED VESSELS OF THE
CHURCH." NOW WHERE IS THAT IN
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THE BIBLE? IS THAT A BIBLE
TEACHING? ARE THERE ANY CLEAR
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POINTS FROM WHICH WE CAN
DRAW FROM DANIEL 7 TO HELP US
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IDENTIFY THE ANTICHRIST POWER?
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING
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BACK IN DANIEL 7 -
WE'RE COMPARING SCRIPTURE WITH
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SCRIPTURE - AND IT
GIVES US TEN CHARACTERISTICS.
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I PUT THEM IN LETTERS HERE
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, IT'LL GO A
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THROUGH J AND IT SAYS THAT,
FIRST OF ALL, IT ARISES FROM
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AMONG THE TEN; IT'S A HUMAN
LEADER; IT UPROOTS THREE OTHER
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LEADERS; IT'S DIVERSE OR
DIFFERENT; IT'S A PERSECUTING
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POWER; AND AFTER 476 AD IT
DIVIDES; IT RULES FOR 1260 YEARS
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OR A TIME, A TIME
AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME.
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IT'S GUILTY OF BLASPHEMY; IT'S
CHANGED GOD'S LAW - 'HE WOULD
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THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS'
- AND THERE'S THIS LITTLE HORN
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POWER THAT'S GOT - IT'S UNIQUE
OR DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS.
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DOES THE PAPACY FIT THESE
TEN POINTS THAT WE JUST SAW?
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LOOK HERE, FIRST OF ALL, DID
IT COME UP FROM AMONG THE MAIN
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NATIONS THAT YOU
FIND IN EUROPE? IT DID.
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WHERE'S [ROME]? IT WAS
RIGHT IN THE VERY MIDDLE
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OF [ITALY] - IT CAME UP IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
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YOU NOTICE WHAT
IT SAID IN DANIEL 7?
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'I SAW THESE BEASTS
COME UP FROM THE GREAT SEA.'
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WHAT WAS THE GREAT
SEA FOR BIBLE WRITERS?
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THEY HAD THE SEA OF GALILEE,
THEY HAD THE DEAD SEA, AND THEN
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THEY HAD THE GREAT SEA,
WHICH IS THE MEDITERRANEAN.
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AND, OF COURSE, ITALY IS A
PENINSULA IN THE VERY MIDST OF
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THE GREAT SEA.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT
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SAYS THIS POWER RISES UP.
IT SAYS "THE DRAGON GAVE HIM
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HIS POWER, HIS SEAT,
AND GREAT AUTHORITY."
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SO PAGAN ROME, WHICH IS
THE DRAGON, THEN GIVES THE VERY
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POSITION TO THIS NEW INSTITUTION
THAT DEVELOPED, AND YOU CAN JUST
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READ ABOUT THAT.
WITH THE CONVERSION OF
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CONSTANTINE - YOU REALIZE
CHRISTIANITY WAS CALLED 'RELIGIO
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ILLICITA' IN ROME TO BEGIN WITH.
CHRISTIANS WERE CHASED OUT OF
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ROME, AT ONE POINT - AND JEWS.
YOU CAN READ THAT IN THE BOOK OF
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ACTS - AND IT WAS FORBIDDEN AND
THEY WERE TERRIBLY PERSECUTED.
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BUT OVER TIME, CONSTANTINE WAS
FIGHTING BATTLES ON THE OUTSIDE
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- HE WAS A ROMAN EMPEROR - AND
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS
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AREN'T HURTING ANYBODY.
THEY'RE PRETTY PEACEFUL.' NERO
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WANTED TO WIPE THEM
OUT BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
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THE MORE THEY PERSECUTED
THEM THE MORE THEY GREW.
00:09:02.87\00:09:06.44
AND HE CLAIMED TO HAVE A VISION,
HE SAID, 'I'M NOW TO FIGHT AND
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CONQUER UNDER THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
00:09:09.34\00:09:11.91
CONSTANTINE LEGALIZED
CHRISTIANITY AND - HIS MOTHER
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WAS A CHRISTIAN - AND ALMOST
OVERNIGHT IT BECAME VOGUE TO BE
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A CHRISTIAN AND EVERYBODY IN
THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO BE A
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CHRISTIAN. AND, ALL
OF A SUDDEN, ALL THE
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PAGAN PRIESTS AND THE PAGAN GODS
IN ROME, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW,
00:09:25.16\00:09:30.30
'WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR GODS?'
AND THERE WAS A BIG RUSH - ALL
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OF A SUDDEN, EVERYONE
WANTED TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
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BUT WHAT THE DEVIL COULD NOT DO
IN TRYING TO DESTROY THE CHURCH
00:09:35.60\00:09:39.54
ON THE OUTSIDE BY PERSECUTION -
FEEDING THE CHRISTIANS TO LIONS,
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CHASING THEM UNDERGROUND TO
THE CATACOMBS - THE DEVIL NOW
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ACCOMPLISHED BY
JOINING THE CHURCH.
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HE LEGALIZED IT. AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS
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GREAT COMPROMISE
THAT CAME INTO THE CHURCH.
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>>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS,
IN JUST A MOMENT WE WILL
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RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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>>YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUITE A
BIT OF ZOOLOGY IN BIBLE SYMBOLS:
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LIONS, AND LEOPARDS, AND BEARS
AND, AMONG THE OMINOUS CREATURES
00:10:05.70\00:10:09.84
THAT ARE PICTURED IN THE BOOK OF
REVELATION IS A 7-HEADED DRAGON
00:10:09.87\00:10:14.01
THAT'S BEING
RIDDEN BY A VICIOUS WOMAN.
00:10:14.04\00:10:16.54
WHO DO THESE POWERS
REPRESENT? ARE THEY OPERATING
00:10:16.58\00:10:19.31
IN THE WORLD TODAY? DOES
AMERICA PLAY A ROLE IN THE
00:10:19.35\00:10:22.65
FINAL EVENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY?
AND HOW CAN WE KNOW FOR SURE
00:10:22.68\00:10:26.22
WHAT THESE SYMBOLS MEAN?
FRIENDS, I BELIEVE WE ARE IN
00:10:26.25\00:10:30.69
THE LAST DAYS AND UNDERSTANDING
THESE PROPHECIES IS CRUCIAL FOR
00:10:30.73\00:10:35.30
THOSE WHO WANT TO KNOW
THEY'RE ON GOD'S SIDE IN
00:10:35.33\00:10:37.50
THESE TRYING TIMES.
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS
00:10:37.53\00:10:39.90
SUBJECT, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE
AVAILABLE TO YOU A POWERFUL BOOK
00:10:39.93\00:10:43.07
CALLED THE BEAST, THE DRAGON,
AND THE WOMAN AND IT'LL WALK YOU
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STEP BY STEP THROUGH EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
00:10:46.68\00:10:49.21
REVELATION'S MOST
PERPLEXING END-TIME SYMBOLS.
00:10:49.24\00:10:52.05
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE CONFUSED ANY LONGER.
00:10:52.08\00:10:53.85
THIS STUDY GUIDE WILL OPEN YOUR
EYES AND INSPIRE YOU TO STAND
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FIRM FOR JESUS CHRIST
TODAY AND BE READY FOR THE END.
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TO GET YOUR FREE COPY CALL THE
PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN RIGHT
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NOW AND ASK FOR OFFER #126
OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS ON THE
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SCREEN. AND, AFTER YOU READ THIS
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INCREDIBLE RESOURCE, MAKE
SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
00:11:11.17\00:11:14.40
>> WELL, LET'S GET BACK NOW TO
TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LEARN
00:11:14.44\00:11:17.57
SOME MORE AMAZING
FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
00:11:17.61\00:11:19.94
>>YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS, 'DO NOT
00:11:21.88\00:11:23.51
MAKE IMAGES AND PRAY TO
THEM.' IT'S ONE OF THE TEN
00:11:23.55\00:11:25.61
COMMANDMENTS, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT
TO TAKE THAT UP WITH THE LORD.
00:11:25.65\00:11:28.18
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS,
RIGHT? SECOND COMMANDMENT.
00:11:28.22\00:11:31.49
WELL, THEY HAD ALL THESE IDOLS
OF ALL THE GODS ALL OVER ROME.
00:11:31.52\00:11:34.49
THEY HAD - SOMEONE SAID THEY HAD
MORE IDOLS IN ROME THAN THEY HAD
00:11:34.52\00:11:38.53
BIRDS. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
00:11:38.56\00:11:40.53
THEY HAD MERCURY AND APOLLOS AND
ZEUS AND ALL THE GREEK GODS THAT
00:11:40.56\00:11:44.10
THEY MINGLED WITH THE ROMAN GODS
AND THEY HAD PANTHEONS OF GODS
00:11:44.13\00:11:48.00
AND EVEN PAUL, IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS, HE GOES AND HE PREACHES TO
00:11:48.04\00:11:50.41
THE GREEKS - HE SAID, 'AS I WAS
LOOKING AT ALL YOUR GODS' - THEY
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HAD IDOLS AND STATUES OF DIANA
AND ATHENA AND ALL - AND WHEN
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EVERYONE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND
THE BIBLE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
00:12:00.05\00:12:04.32
TO WORSHIP GOD, THEY SAID,
'WHAT ARE DO WE DO WITH OUR
00:12:04.35\00:12:06.05
IDOLS?' WELL, THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE
00:12:06.09\00:12:08.89
THE PAGANS AND THEY SAID, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TEACH THEM
00:12:08.92\00:12:11.63
GRADUALLY.' AND SO, THEY SAID,
'GIVE THEM CHRISTIAN NAMES TO
00:12:11.66\00:12:14.73
START WITH.' AND SO THEY STARTED
CALLING THEIR IDOLS PETER,
00:12:14.76\00:12:18.83
JAMES, JOHN, JESUS, MARY -
ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING BEGAN
00:12:18.87\00:12:22.04
TO CHANGE IN THE
CHURCH. GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEY
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BEGAN TO COMPROMISE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
00:12:24.57\00:12:27.61
CHRISTIAN LEADERS, THEY SAID,
'WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET MORE
00:12:27.64\00:12:29.78
PEOPLE INTO THE CHURCH IF
WE MAKE A FEW COMPROMISES.
00:12:29.81\00:12:32.81
WE'LL BRING MORE IN.'
AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA.
00:12:32.85\00:12:36.75
"THE TRANSFER OF THE EMPEROR'S
RESIDENCE TO CONSTANTINOPLE WAS
00:12:36.79\00:12:40.29
A SAD BLOW TO THE
PRESTIGE OF ROME."
00:12:40.32\00:12:43.12
NOW IT SAYS THAT THEY GOT THEIR
POWER, SEAT, AND AUTHORITY FROM
00:12:43.16\00:12:46.23
THIS FOURTH BEAST -
ROME. WHEN THE EMPEROR MOVED
00:12:46.26\00:12:51.07
THE CAPITAL FROM ROME TO
CONSTANTINOPLE, IT LOOKED LIKE
00:12:51.10\00:12:54.40
ROME WAS GOING
TO LOSE ITS GLORY.
00:12:54.44\00:12:55.97
BUT LISTEN TO WHAT THE
HISTORIANS SAY: 'SOMEONE MIGHT
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HAVE PREDICTED AT THAT
TIME HER SPEEDY DECLINE, BUT THE
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH
AND THE GROWING AUTHORITY OF THE
00:13:01.31\00:13:04.75
BISHOP OF ROME,' - BETTER KNOWN
AS THE POPE - 'IT GAVE HER A NEW
00:13:04.78\00:13:08.98
LEASE ON LIFE AND MADE HER,
AGAIN, THE CAPITAL - THIS TIME
00:13:09.02\00:13:11.99
THE RELIGIOUS CAPITAL - OF THE
CIVILIZED WORLD.' WHERE IT USED
00:13:12.02\00:13:14.99
TO BE IN JERUSALEM, NOW THE
CHRISTIAN CAPITAL MOVED TO ROME.
00:13:15.02\00:13:18.16
AND WHERE ROME WAS THE WORLD
EMPIRE FOR POLITICAL POWER, NOW
00:13:18.19\00:13:22.76
IT BECAME THE SPIRITUAL CAPITAL
OF THE WORLD AND THAT HASN'T
00:13:22.80\00:13:26.90
CHANGED IN OVER A
THOUSAND YEARS, OF COURSE.
00:13:26.94\00:13:30.34
'TO THE SUCCESSION OF THE
CAESARS CAME THE SUCCESSION OF
00:13:30.37\00:13:33.14
THE PONTIFFS IN ROME.' AND
SO, INSTEAD OF IT NOW HAVING A
00:13:33.17\00:13:37.65
SUCCESSION OF ONE CAESAR
FOLLOWING ANOTHER, THE CAESARS
00:13:37.68\00:13:40.55
SORT OF LEFT TOWN - THEY BEGAN
TO LOSE POWER - BUT THE CHURCH
00:13:40.58\00:13:43.95
IN ROME BEGAN TO GAIN POWER.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN AN
00:13:43.99\00:13:46.52
ARMY TO ENFORCE
RELIGION. AND WE'LL GET TO
00:13:46.55\00:13:49.76
THAT IN A MOMENT. WHEN
CONSTANTINE LEFT ROME, HE
00:13:49.79\00:13:52.83
GAVE HIS SEAT TO THE
PONTIFF. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE JUST
00:13:52.86\00:13:56.23
READ FROM THE BIBLE? GOT
HIS POWER AND HIS SEAT FROM
00:13:56.26\00:14:00.10
THE DRAGON - THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED, HISTORICALLY.
00:14:00.14\00:14:04.71
IT WOULD HAVE A MAN AS ITS HEAD
WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR THE PAPACY.
00:14:04.74\00:14:09.44
THE PAPACY, OF COURSE, HAS ONE
MAN, THE POPE WHO SPEAKS FOR IT,
00:14:09.48\00:14:13.48
SO IT'S A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
THAT IS THE LEADER OF THIS
00:14:13.52\00:14:16.38
ORGANIZATION, IT
MEETS THAT CRITERIA AS WELL.
00:14:16.42\00:14:20.32
IT SAYS, "AND AUTHORITY
WAS GIVEN HIM OVER EVERY TRIBE,
00:14:20.36\00:14:24.23
TONGUE, AND NATION."
00:14:24.26\00:14:25.73
WHAT DOES THE
WORD 'CATHOLIC' MEAN?
00:14:26.09\00:14:28.23
>>UNIVERSAL.
>>IT MEANS UNIVERSAL.
00:14:28.26\00:14:31.70
MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF YOU, YOU
MAY EVEN BE A PROTESTANT AND YOU
00:14:31.73\00:14:34.17
MAY HAVE, FROM TIME TO
TIME, READ WHAT THEY CALL THE
00:14:34.20\00:14:36.54
APOSTLE'S CREED AND IT SAYS,
'I AM PART OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC
00:14:36.57\00:14:38.97
CHURCH'. WHEN I
FIRST READ THAT IN
00:14:39.01\00:14:40.71
A PROTESTANT
CHURCH I SAID, 'WHAT?'
00:14:40.74\00:14:42.24
THEY SAID, 'NO, THE WORD
'CATHOLIC' MEANS UNIVERSAL.'
00:14:42.28\00:14:45.58
AND SO, IT IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT
- IT'S NOT JUST LOCALIZED.
00:14:45.61\00:14:50.72
AND IN ANOTHER STATEMENT, IT
SAYS HERE - POPE BONIFACE VIII
00:14:50.75\00:14:57.06
SAID, "WE, MOREOVER, PROCLAIM,
DECLARE AND PRONOUNCE THAT IT IS
00:14:57.09\00:15:00.96
ALTOGETHER NECESSARY TO
SALVATION FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING
00:15:01.00\00:15:04.83
TO BE SUBJECT TO
THE ROMAN PONTIFF."
00:15:04.87\00:15:07.67
THEY SAY THIS IS THEIR TEACHINGS
- THAT HE IS TO HAVE ABSOLUTE
00:15:07.70\00:15:11.24
RESPECT AS THE
SUPREME AUTHORITY.
00:15:11.27\00:15:13.14
IT SAYS IT WAS A MAN WITH A
MOUTH SPEAKING GREAT THINGS.
00:15:13.17\00:15:17.75
IT GOES ON AND TELLS US THEN
THAT THIS POWER WOULD PLUCK UP
00:15:17.78\00:15:21.28
OR UPROOT THREE OTHER KINGDOMS -
REMEMBER THAT LITTLE HORN COMES
00:15:21.32\00:15:24.29
UP? THREE OTHER HORNS ARE, SORT
00:15:24.32\00:15:26.32
OF, DISPLACED BECAUSE OF
THAT. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
00:15:26.35\00:15:29.59
YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, IT SAYS THE
THREE ARIAN KINGDOMS THAT DID
00:15:29.62\00:15:33.66
NOT SUPPORT THE PAPACY -
THE HERULI, THE VANDALS, AND THE
00:15:33.70\00:15:37.80
OSTROGOTHS - WHEN THE POPE CAME
INTO POWER WITH AN ARMY ABOUT
00:15:37.83\00:15:42.10
538, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
HE DID WAS HE SENT HIS ARMIES TO
00:15:42.14\00:15:45.74
FIGHT AGAINST THESE KINGDOMS
THAT WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE HIS
00:15:45.77\00:15:48.68
AUTHORITY AND DID NOT
AGREE WITH THEIR THEOLOGY.
00:15:48.71\00:15:51.91
AND THEY WERE DESTROYED.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE THE
00:15:51.95\00:15:54.55
OSTROGOTHS AND THE
VANDALS AND THE HERULI ANYMORE.
00:15:54.58\00:15:57.19
IT'S BECAUSE THOSE KINGDOMS
WERE UPROOTED JUST AS IT SAID.
00:15:57.22\00:16:00.59
BUT, UP UNTIL THEN, IT HAD
TEN HORNS - THREE OF THOSE HORNS
00:16:00.62\00:16:03.63
WERE UPROOTED. THAT
HAPPENED BETWEEN 493 AND 538.
00:16:03.66\00:16:08.93
WHAT TIME? THE
LAST DATE: 493 TO 538.
00:16:08.96\00:16:12.73
I WANT YOU TO MAKE
A MENTAL NOTE OF THAT.
00:16:12.77\00:16:14.84
IT SAYS IT WOULD BE DIVERSE
FROM OR DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER
00:16:14.87\00:16:18.44
KINGDOMS. IT'S
DIVERSE IN THAT IT'S NOT
00:16:18.47\00:16:21.01
JUST A
GOVERNMENT, IT'S A RELIGION.
00:16:21.04\00:16:24.71
THE ROMAN CHURCH HAS GOT ABOUT
1.2 BILLION MEMBERS AT THE TIME
00:16:24.75\00:16:28.25
OF THIS RECORDING. I
JUST CHECKED THE FIGURES -
00:16:28.28\00:16:30.55
THERE ARE ABOUT 2.2 BILLION
CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY,
00:16:30.59\00:16:33.72
BECAUSE YOU ADD THE PROTESTANTS
- BUT CATHOLICS ARE THE LARGEST
00:16:33.76\00:16:37.36
SINGLE GROUP - ROMAN CATHOLICS.
IT GOES ON AND TELLS US THAT
00:16:37.39\00:16:41.26
THIS POWER WOULD MAKE WAR
WITH AND PERSECUTE THE SAINTS.
00:16:41.30\00:16:45.73
WHAT HAPPENED IS, BACK IN 2000,
THE POPE, JOHN PAUL II, HAD A
00:16:45.77\00:16:49.67
YEAR OF JUBILEE AND, DURING
THAT YEAR OF JUBILEE, THE CHURCH
00:16:49.70\00:16:53.58
PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED FOR
THE ACTIONS OF THE CHURCH IN
00:16:53.61\00:16:57.45
PERSECUTING DURING THE
TIME OF THE INQUISITION.
00:16:57.48\00:17:00.55
IT'S A FACT OF HISTORY THAT
THERE WERE GREAT PERSECUTIONS
00:17:00.58\00:17:03.22
THAT TOOK PLACE. YOU
CAN GO TO EUROPE - I'VE BEEN
00:17:03.25\00:17:05.52
THERE - THEY'VE TAKEN ME
IN CHURCHES AND THEY SAY,
00:17:05.55\00:17:07.52
'WANT TO SEE THE DUNGEON?'
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE DUNGEON -
00:17:07.56\00:17:10.53
THEY SAY, 'HERE'S THE TORTURE
CHAMBERS' - AND THEY HAVE THESE
00:17:10.56\00:17:12.93
IMPLEMENTS OF TORTURE
ON DISPLAY IN THE BASEMENTS
00:17:12.96\00:17:15.80
OF THE CHURCHES. AND
SO, IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR FACT
00:17:15.83\00:17:20.10
OF HISTORY THAT
IT WOULD MAKE WAR.
00:17:20.14\00:17:22.80
AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS IN
REVELATION 13, THAT IT WOULD
00:17:22.84\00:17:24.97
"MAKE WAR WITH THE
SAINTS, AND TO OVERCOME THEM."
00:17:25.01\00:17:28.28
THEY HAD TO GO
UNDERGROUND DURING THAT TIME.
00:17:28.31\00:17:30.78
BRITISH HISTORIAN WILLIAM EDWARD
LECKY WROTE "THAT THE CHURCH OF
00:17:30.81\00:17:34.38
ROME HAS SHED MORE INNOCENT
BLOOD THAN ANY OTHER INSTITUTION
00:17:34.42\00:17:38.39
THAT HAS EVER EXISTED AMONG
MANKIND, WILL BE QUESTIONED BY
00:17:38.42\00:17:42.22
NO PROTESTANT WHO HAS A
COMPETENT KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY."
00:17:42.26\00:17:45.56
IT GOES ON TO TELL US THAT
"GOD'S PEOPLE (THE SAINTS) WOULD
00:17:45.59\00:17:48.46
BE GIVEN INTO ITS
HAND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME."
00:17:48.50\00:17:50.67
WHAT IS THAT PERIOD OF
TIME? IT SAYS "A TIME AND TIMES
00:17:50.70\00:17:54.10
AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME."
THAT'S THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
00:17:54.14\00:17:57.67
"POWER WAS GIVEN" - LOOK IN
REVELATION 13:5 - "POWER WAS
00:17:57.71\00:18:01.08
GIVEN UNTO HIM TO
CONTINUE FORTY AND TWO MONTHS."
00:18:01.11\00:18:05.25
AND THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME.
NOW, I TOLD YOU THE STARTING
00:18:05.28\00:18:07.32
DATE - 538 IS WHEN HE
FINALLY SECURED HIS POWER.
00:18:07.35\00:18:12.09
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THAT. IF YOU GO FROM 538, 1260
00:18:12.12\00:18:17.43
YEARS - THAT'S A TIME -
REMEMBER, IN BIBLE PROPHECY,
00:18:17.46\00:18:21.26
A DAY EQUALS WHAT? >>A YEAR.
00:18:21.30\00:18:23.37
>>YOU FIND THAT IN EZEKIEL
4:6 AND NUMBERS AND LUKE.
00:18:23.40\00:18:26.90
YOU FIND SEVERAL PASSAGES THAT
TEACH US THAT'S A PRINCIPLE.
00:18:26.94\00:18:29.97
IF YOU GO FROM THE STARTING
POINT OF 538, IN 538 THE ROMAN
00:18:30.01\00:18:35.34
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN LEFT TOWN, HE
GAVE THE POPE AN ARMY, THE POPE
00:18:35.38\00:18:41.22
WAS THE SUPREME RULER, THEY
BEGAN TO USE FORCE TO COMPEL
00:18:41.25\00:18:45.09
PEOPLE TO BELIEVE - DID JESUS
EVER ENDORSE THAT WE USE ARMIES
00:18:45.12\00:18:48.22
TO GET CONVERTS? AND THREATEN
WITH DEATH OR PERSECUTE?
00:18:48.26\00:18:52.36
NO, HE SAID, 'WHOSOEVER
WILL, COME' - IT'S TO BE FREE.
00:18:52.39\00:18:55.43
IT'S NOT TO BE COMPULSORY.
NOW HERE YOU'VE GOT - THIS
00:18:55.46\00:18:58.87
IS ACTUALLY A
MOSAIC OF CONSTANTINE.
00:18:58.90\00:19:01.34
THE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED SUPREMACY
OF THE POPE BEGAN IN 538 A.D.
00:19:01.37\00:19:06.47
WHEN THERE WENT INTO EFFECT
A DECREE OF EMPEROR JUSTINIAN,
00:19:06.51\00:19:10.41
MAKING THE BISHOP OF ROME" -
BETTER KNOWN AS THE POPE - TO BE
00:19:10.45\00:19:14.25
"HEAD OVER ALL THE CHURCHES,"
- HOW DID THE LEADER OF THE
00:19:14.28\00:19:17.45
CHRISTIAN CHURCH GET TO ROME?
DIDN'T THE EARLY COUNSELS OF
00:19:17.49\00:19:22.06
THE CHURCH HAPPEN IN JERUSALEM?
YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT THAT?
00:19:22.09\00:19:27.36
"MAKING THE BISHOP OF ROME
HEAD OVER ALL THE CHURCHES, THE
00:19:27.40\00:19:29.80
DEFINER OF DOCTRINE, AND
THE CORRECTOR OF HERETICS."
00:19:29.83\00:19:33.64
YOU CAN ALSO READ IN THE HISTORY
OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ,
00:19:33.67\00:19:36.20
"VIGILIUS...ASCENDED THE
PAPAL CHAIR (538 AD) UNDER THE
00:19:36.24\00:19:40.38
MILITARY
PROTECTION OF BELISARIUS."
00:19:40.41\00:19:43.61
AND THE DATE IS
PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED.
00:19:43.65\00:19:46.21
YOU START WITH 538, THEN IT SAYS
YOU GO 1260 YEARS - 42 MONTHS -
00:19:46.25\00:19:52.85
SAME TIME PERIOD - A TIME,
A TIME, AND HALF A TIME - THAT
00:19:52.89\00:19:57.09
TIME PERIOD IS A VERY IMPORTANT
TIME PERIOD AND IT'S GOING TO
00:19:57.13\00:19:59.63
REACH UNTO SOMETHING HAPPENING.
REVELATION 13:3, IT SAYS,
00:19:59.66\00:20:04.40
"...ONE OF THE HEADS AS
IT WERE WOUNDED TO DEATH:"
00:20:04.43\00:20:08.50
- BY THE SWORD. WHAT
DOES THE SWORD REPRESENT?
00:20:08.54\00:20:11.64
>>THE BIBLE. >>THE WORD OF GOD.
00:20:11.67\00:20:13.31
AND THE WORD OF GOD BEGAN TO GET
PRINTED AGAIN IN THE LANGUAGE OF
00:20:13.34\00:20:16.75
THE PEOPLE. THEY
STARTED SEEING SOME
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.41
OF THE INCONSISTENCIES.
THAT'S WHEN THE PROTESTANT
00:20:18.45\00:20:21.08
REFORMATION
STARTED IN THE 1500S.
00:20:21.12\00:20:23.08
BUT, FINALLY, THEY
LOST THEIR POLITICAL POWER.
00:20:23.12\00:20:25.89
IT SAYS THERE WAS A DEADLY WOUND
BUT THE WOUND WOULD BE HEALED
00:20:25.92\00:20:29.32
AND ALL THE WORLD
WOULD WONDER AFTER THE BEAST.
00:20:29.36\00:20:32.36
ALRIGHT, SO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
00:20:32.39\00:20:34.30
YOU'VE HEARD OF
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE?
00:20:34.36\00:20:36.97
HE'S SWEEPING ACROSS EUROPE,
HAD GREAT CONTROL, HE CONQUERED
00:20:37.00\00:20:39.17
ITALY - ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HE DID IS HE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE
00:20:39.20\00:20:43.17
THAT THE CHURCH IN ROME
WAS NOT SUPPORTING HIS EMPIRE.
00:20:43.20\00:20:46.57
YOU KNOW, HE DECLARED
HIMSELF TO BE THE EMPEROR.
00:20:46.61\00:20:48.61
THEY HAD TOO MUCH INFLUENCE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE
00:20:48.64\00:20:50.85
FRENCH REVOLUTION - AND SO THE
MURDER OF A FRENCHMAN IN ROME
00:20:50.88\00:20:54.92
GAVE THEM THE EXCUSE FOR HIM TO
SEND HIS GENERAL, BERTHIER, INTO
00:20:54.95\00:20:59.55
ROME, HE ARRESTED THE POPE, HE
ABOLISHED THE PAPAL GOVERNMENT -
00:20:59.59\00:21:04.59
THAT HAPPENED IN 1798,
EXACTLY 1,260 YEARS AFTER 538.
00:21:04.63\00:21:11.73
BUT IT SAID THE DEADLY WOUND
WOULD BE HEALED AND ALL THE
00:21:11.77\00:21:14.97
WORLD WOULD
WONDER AFTER THE BEAST.
00:21:15.00\00:21:17.51
ANOTHER CHARACTER -
CHARACTERISTIC WE LEARNED, IT
00:21:17.54\00:21:20.14
SAID THIS BEAST POWER
WOULD BE GUILTY OF BLASPHEMY.
00:21:20.18\00:21:23.95
BLASPHEMY, BY DEFINITION,
THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
00:21:23.98\00:21:26.21
IT MEANS, FIRST OF ALL,
ONE CLAIMING THE POWERS OR
00:21:26.25\00:21:30.22
PREROGATIVES THAT BELONG TO GOD;
CLAIMING TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE
00:21:30.25\00:21:33.46
SINS. AND SO,
DOES THIS BEAST POWER
00:21:33.49\00:21:36.99
MEET THOSE TWO DEFINITIONS?
APRIL 30, 1922, POPE PIUS SAID,
00:21:37.03\00:21:42.93
"YOU KNOW THAT I AM THE HOLY
FATHER, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
00:21:42.96\00:21:46.30
GOD ON EARTH, THE VICAR
OF CHRIST, WHICH MEANS I
00:21:46.33\00:21:51.24
AM GOD ON THE EARTH."
THAT'S AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
00:21:51.27\00:21:55.88
- A DECLARATION OF THE POPE.
POPE LEO XIII, "THE SUPREME
00:21:55.91\00:21:59.81
TEACHER IN THE
CHURCH IS THE ROMAN PONTIFF.
00:21:59.85\00:22:03.28
UNION OF MINDS, THEREFORE,
REQUIRES, TOGETHER WITH A
00:22:03.32\00:22:06.52
PERFECT ACCORD IN THE ONE
FAITH, COMPLETE SUBMISSION AND
00:22:06.55\00:22:10.99
OBEDIENCE OF WILL TO THE CHURCH
AND TO THE ROMAN PONTIFF, AS TO
00:22:11.03\00:22:15.36
GOD HIMSELF." SEE,
PROTESTANTS, TYPICALLY,
00:22:15.40\00:22:19.27
WOULD CATEGORIZE
THAT AS BLASPHEMY.
00:22:19.30\00:22:22.84
ONE MORE YOU CAN READ IN 2
THESSALONIANS, PAUL SAID IN THE
00:22:22.87\00:22:25.81
LAST DAYS THIS ANTICHRIST POWER
WILL SIT IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
00:22:25.84\00:22:30.71
SHOWING HIMSELF
THAT HE IS GOD. >>WOW.
00:22:30.75\00:22:33.72
>>NOW THAT - THE TEMPLE OF
GOD DOESN'T MEAN JEWISH TEMPLE.
00:22:33.75\00:22:36.22
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD?'
00:22:36.25\00:22:39.45
IT MEANS THERE WOULD BE A
RELIGIOUS POWER THAT WOULD SIT
00:22:39.49\00:22:41.39
OVER THE PEOPLE OF GOD CLAIMING
PREROGATIVES THAT BELONG TO GOD.
00:22:41.42\00:22:45.33
SO, WHEN WE PRAY, DO WE
NEED TO GO THROUGH THE POPE?
00:22:45.36\00:22:49.20
DO WE NEED TO GO
THROUGH THE PRIESTS?
00:22:49.23\00:22:51.17
DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH MARY?
OR, THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:22:51.20\00:22:54.10
DO WE GO DIRECTLY TO
JESUS? AND THROUGH JESUS, WE
00:22:54.14\00:22:56.54
GO TO THE FATHER, RIGHT? >>AMEN.
00:22:56.57\00:22:58.21
>>RIGHT. >>AMEN.
00:22:58.24\00:22:59.47
>>AND SO THINGS CHANGED IN THE
CHURCH THAT SEPARATED IT FROM
00:22:59.51\00:23:02.31
THE BIBLE AND IT OBSCURED THE
TRUTH. THAT'S WHY THIS IS ALSO
00:23:02.34\00:23:05.28
VERY IMPORTANT - "SO THAT
HE SITS AS GOD IN THE TEMPLE OF
00:23:05.31\00:23:08.22
GOD, SHOWING HIMSELF THAT HE
IS GOD." SECOND DEFINITION OF
00:23:08.25\00:23:10.45
BLASPHEMY WAS CLAIMING
TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE SINS.
00:23:10.49\00:23:14.76
WELL, IF YOU LOOK IN THE
WRITINGS OF THE PRIESTHOOD -
00:23:14.79\00:23:18.29
THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT
I'VE WRITTEN - IT SAYS THAT "GOD
00:23:18.33\00:23:22.73
HIMSELF IS OBLIGED TO ABIDE
BY THE JUDGMENT OF HIS PRIESTS."
00:23:22.76\00:23:26.50
- GOD IS 'OBLIGED' TO ABIDE
BY THE JUDGMENT OF HIS PRIESTS -
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"AND EITHER NOT TO PARDON OR TO
PARDON, ACCORDING AS THEY REFUSE
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OR GIVE ABSOLUTION." SO
THE PRIESTS DECIDE WHETHER
00:23:34.38\00:23:38.11
OR NOT GOD IS
GOING TO PARDON A PERSON.
00:23:38.15\00:23:40.32
NOW THAT IS A VERY CONVENIENT
TEACHING BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU
00:23:40.35\00:23:43.22
CAN'T BE FORGIVEN WITHOUT GOING
THROUGH THE PAPAL HIERARCHY.
00:23:43.25\00:23:47.99
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN GO
DIRECTLY - I CAN COME BOLDLY
00:23:48.02\00:23:50.79
BEFORE THE THRONE
OF GRACE THROUGH JESUS.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.36
>>AMEN.
00:23:52.39\00:23:53.70
>>AND, YOU
KNOW, DON'T MISUNDER--
00:23:53.73\00:23:55.03
- THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE -
AND EVEN SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP,
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I THINK, DON'T
UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS.
00:23:57.63\00:23:59.13
I'VE HAD PRIESTS THAT HAVE COME
TO OR WATCHED THESE PROGRAMS AND
00:23:59.17\00:24:02.74
SAID, 'PASTOR DOUG, FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE MY EYES
00:24:02.77\00:24:05.17
ARE OPENED.' AND THEY CAME TO
CHRIST AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THE
00:24:05.21\00:24:07.61
BIBLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW,
YOU'VE GOT TO PREACH THE TRUTH.
00:24:07.64\00:24:09.54
>>AMEN.
00:24:09.58\00:24:11.01
>>AND YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO
MAKE FRIENDS WHEN YOU PREACH THE
00:24:11.05\00:24:12.91
TRUTH, BUT THE TRUTH IS THE
TRUTH AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
00:24:12.95\00:24:15.65
JESUS SAID, 'I'M THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER.'
00:24:15.68\00:24:17.55
>>AMEN. >>OH, BY THE WAY, I
00:24:17.59\00:24:18.89
DIDN'T FINISH THAT QUOTE. IT
GOES ON TO SAY, "THE SENTENCE
00:24:18.92\00:24:21.72
OF THE PRIEST PRECEDES, AND
GOD SUBSCRIBES" - HE FOLLOWS THE
00:24:21.76\00:24:25.76
SENTENCE OF THE PRIESTS.
IT SAYS IT WOULD GO ON - THIS
00:24:25.79\00:24:31.37
BEAST POWER WOULD THINK
TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS.
00:24:31.40\00:24:35.04
DID YOU KNOW THAT IN
THE OFFICIAL WRITINGS OF THE
00:24:35.07\00:24:36.81
CATHOLIC CHURCH - AND YOU'VE
GOT THE REFERENCE THERE ON THE
00:24:36.84\00:24:39.71
SCREEN - IT SAYS, "THE POPE
HAS POWER TO CHANGE TIMES TO
00:24:39.74\00:24:44.01
ABROGATE LAWS AND TO DISPENSE
WITH ALL THINGS, EVEN THE
00:24:44.05\00:24:48.02
PRECEPTS OF CHRIST."
THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
00:24:48.05\00:24:51.32
I - WHENEVER I GO PLAY
RACQUETBALL IN SACRAMENTO, I
00:24:51.35\00:24:54.32
DRIVE BY THIS CATHOLIC
CONGREGATION - VERY NICE - AND
00:24:54.36\00:24:58.46
THEY'VE GOT A TEN
COMMANDMENTS OUTSIDE.
00:24:58.49\00:24:59.96
I APPRECIATE THAT. AND
I STOPPED ONE TIME TO LOOK
00:25:00.06\00:25:01.56
AT IT - A BEAUTIFUL PEACE
OF ART - THEY DON'T HAVE THE
00:25:01.60\00:25:04.83
SECOND
COMMANDMENT. IT'S BEEN REMOVED.
00:25:04.87\00:25:08.04
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY DIVIDED
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT - CHECK
00:25:08.07\00:25:09.87
FOR YOURSELF - THEY DIVIDED THE
TENTH COMMANDMENT, THEY TOOK OUT
00:25:09.90\00:25:13.51
THE ONE ABOUT IDOLATRY SO THAT
THEY'D STILL HAVE THE NUMBER
00:25:13.54\00:25:16.85
TEN. THEY SIMPLY
SAY, 'THOU SHALT NOT
00:25:16.88\00:25:19.21
HAVE OTHER GODS' - THEY
SKIP OVER THE WHOLE THING ABOUT
00:25:19.25\00:25:21.08
MAKING IDOLS AND BOWING DOWN.
NOW, FRIENDS, AS I SHARE THESE
00:25:21.12\00:25:25.05
THINGS WITH YOU, THE MAIN
THING I WANT YOU TO DO IS SAY,
00:25:25.09\00:25:29.52
'WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?' DID GOD FORETELL WHAT WAS
00:25:29.56\00:25:33.16
GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE WORLD?
NOW I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
00:25:33.19\00:25:35.83
TONIGHT ABOUT
CATHOLICISM IN PROPHECY.
00:25:35.86\00:25:39.27
ON ANOTHER NIGHT I'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REVELATION 17
00:25:39.30\00:25:42.27
IT SAYS THAT WOMAN THAT RIDES
THE BEAST IS CALLED THE MOTHER
00:25:42.30\00:25:45.04
OF HARLOTS. SO
SHE HAS DAUGHTERS.
00:25:45.07\00:25:49.14
WHAT DOES A WOMAN
REPRESENT? >>A CHURCH.
00:25:49.18\00:25:50.71
>>A CHURCH. IT
MEANS THERE'S OTHERS AND,
00:25:50.75\00:25:53.15
BECAUSE SHE'S A HARLOT, HER
DAUGHTERS ARE ALSO UNFAITHFUL.
00:25:53.18\00:25:56.58
AND HERE, WE'RE FINDING
OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
00:25:56.62\00:25:59.85
CHRISTIANS IN OTHER
DENOMINATIONS - DAUGHTERS THAT
00:25:59.89\00:26:02.42
HAVE COME OUT OF
THE MOTHER CHURCH -
00:26:02.46\00:26:03.83
THAT ARE ALSO UNFAITHFUL.
00:26:03.86\00:26:05.59
SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING -
BECAUSE PROPHECY TALKS ABOUT A
00:26:05.63\00:26:08.13
LOT OF UNFAITHFULNESS THAT
HAS TAKEN PLACE IN PROPHECY.
00:26:08.16\00:26:12.27
JESUS WANTS TO BRING HIS PEOPLE
BACK TO THE WORD BEFORE HE
00:26:12.30\00:26:15.90
RETURNS, AND THAT'S WHY
WE PROCLAIM THESE MESSAGES.
00:26:15.94\00:26:18.84
THE IDEA OF
PROPHECY IS REDEMPTIVE.
00:26:18.87\00:26:21.78
THIS ISN'T ABOUT BUILDING UP
OR PUTTING DOWN ONE INSTITUTION
00:26:21.81\00:26:24.68
OVER ANOTHER, IT'S ABOUT SAYING,
'WHAT ARE THE TEACHINGS OF
00:26:24.71\00:26:28.08
JESUS? WHAT IS
THE TRUTH THAT WILL
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.12
SAVE US FROM OUR SINS?' >>AMEN.
00:26:30.15\00:26:32.59
>>CHRIST GAVE US THESE
PROPHECIES, NOT TO INTRIGUE US,
00:26:32.62\00:26:36.39
BUT TO BE REDEMPTIVE - TO SAVE
US. AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEAR
00:26:36.42\00:26:39.69
PEOPLE THAT ARE MIXED
UP IN FALSE TEACHINGS.
00:26:39.73\00:26:43.16
AND WITH EVERY TRUTH THAT A
PERSON LEARNS - JESUS SAID THE
00:26:43.20\00:26:45.93
TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE - IT
LIBERATES - IT SAVES - IT HELPS
00:26:45.97\00:26:51.17
PEOPLE TO SEE THE LIGHT AND TO
UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER OF GOD
00:26:51.21\00:26:54.51
BETTER. CAN YOU SAY 'AMEN'?
00:26:54.54\00:26:56.38
>> BEASTS, PLAGUES,
AND THE CRYPTIC NUMBER 666.
00:27:00.35\00:27:05.15
FOR MANY, THE BOOK OF
REVELATION'S BOTH FRIGHTENING
00:27:05.19\00:27:08.26
AND CONFUSING.
00:27:08.29\00:27:09.59
DOES THIS LAST BOOK OF THE BIBLE
REALLY PROVIDE INSIGHT FOR THE
00:27:09.62\00:27:13.03
FINAL DAYS?
00:27:13.06\00:27:14.36
OR IS IT NOTHING MORE THAN AN
OMINOUS BOOK OF DOOM AND GLOOM?
00:27:14.36\00:27:17.77
ON THE CONTRARY, REVELATION
IS, AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS,
00:27:17.80\00:27:21.94
A REVEALING, A POWERFUL,
PROPHETIC BOOK FILLED WITH HOPE,
00:27:21.97\00:27:26.11
ENCOURAGEMENT, AND YES, URGENT
MESSAGES OR FINAL WARNING FOR
00:27:26.14\00:27:30.28
OUR WORLD.
00:27:30.31\00:27:31.61
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