AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:00:03.43\00:00:08.64 >> COMING UP NEXT ON 'AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS'. 00:00:08.67\00:00:11.67 >> AND WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN UNITY'S GREAT AND WHEN YOU'VE 00:00:11.71\00:00:14.84 GOT TO SAY, "I'M DRAWING A LINE WHEN IT COMES TO BIBLICAL TRUTH. 00:00:14.88\00:00:17.41 I'M NOT COMPROMISING TRUTH FOR UNITY." 00:00:17.45\00:00:24.32 >> FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:00:24.35\00:00:27.42 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES 00:00:27.46\00:00:31.83 HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:00:31.86\00:00:36.87 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:00:36.90\00:00:39.50 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS 00:00:39.53\00:00:44.41 AN EXCERPT FROM THE PROPHECY CODE VIDEO SERIES. 00:00:44.44\00:00:52.91 >> THE USA IN BIBLE PROPHECY. TURN IN YOUR BIBLES WITH ME 00:00:52.95\00:00:58.02 PLEASE, REVELATION 17. I'M GONNA DO 00:00:58.05\00:01:01.62 A LITTLE REINFORCEMENT ON THAT FIRST BEAST AND THEN 00:01:01.66\00:01:04.09 GO TO THE SECOND BEAST BECAUSE SHE'S MENTIONED HERE. 00:01:04.13\00:01:07.86 "THEN ONE OF THE SEVEN ANGELS WHO HAD THE SEVEN BOWLS CAME AND 00:01:07.93\00:01:11.20 TALKED WITH ME SAYING, 'COME HERE, COME HITHER AND I'LL SHOW 00:01:11.23\00:01:14.60 YOU THE JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT WHORE THAT SITS ON MANY WATERS 00:01:14.64\00:01:18.77 WITH WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH HAVE COMMITTED FORNICATION AND 00:01:18.81\00:01:22.18 THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH WERE MADE DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF 00:01:22.21\00:01:25.11 HER FORNICATION.' SO, HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE 00:01:25.15\00:01:27.62 SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS AND I SAW A WOMAN SITTING ON A 00:01:27.65\00:01:31.55 SCARLET-COLORED BEAST." WHAT COLOR? SCARLET. 00:01:31.59\00:01:35.09 "WHO WITH THE NAMES FULL OF BLASPHEMY HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND 00:01:35.12\00:01:39.93 TEN HORNS AND THE WOMAN IS ARRAYED IN PURPLE." WHAT COLOR? 00:01:39.96\00:01:43.63 >> PURPLE. >> AND SCARLET, "ADORNED WITH 00:01:43.67\00:01:46.40 GOLD AND PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS HAVING IN HER HAND A 00:01:46.43\00:01:49.04 GOLDEN CUP FULL OF ABOMINATIONS AND FILTHINESS OF HER 00:01:49.07\00:01:52.71 FORNICATION AND ON HER FOREHEAD." 00:01:52.74\00:01:54.91 WHY FOREHEAD COMES UP A LOT IN REVELATION, DOESN'T IT? 00:01:54.94\00:01:57.58 "ON HER FOREHEAD WAS WRITTEN A NAME 'MYSTERY, BABYLON THE 00:01:57.61\00:02:01.95 GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.'" 00:02:01.98\00:02:04.82 NOW, DO YOU REALLY THINK THERE'S SOME WOMAN WALKING 00:02:04.85\00:02:07.09 AROUND IN THE LAST DAYS WHOSE GOT THIS WHOLE PARAGRAPH IN HER 00:02:07.12\00:02:09.59 HEAD, DRESSED LIKE THIS, RIDING ON A BEAST? OR IS THIS OBVIOUSLY 00:02:09.62\00:02:13.23 SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE? THAT'S WHY WE NEED THESE 00:02:13.26\00:02:16.16 PROPHETIC KEYS TO UNLOCK THESE THINGS. 00:02:16.20\00:02:19.23 BY THE WAY, THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS OF ISAIAH AND EZEKIEL 00:02:19.27\00:02:23.34 AND JEREMIAH, THEY TALK ABOUT BABYLON ALSO AS WELL AS EVEN AS 00:02:23.37\00:02:27.91 FAR BACK AS IN THE BOOKS OF GENESIS. 00:02:27.94\00:02:32.81 YOU CAN FIND SOME REFERENCE THERE. 00:02:32.85\00:02:34.32 I'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT LATER. 00:02:34.35\00:02:35.78 NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE 00:02:35.82\00:02:37.39 IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS FIRST BEAST. 00:02:37.42\00:02:40.12 REMEMBER THAT WOMAN IS RIDING THE SAME FIRST BEAST YOU SAW IN 00:02:40.16\00:02:42.79 REVELATION 13, RIGHT? SEVEN HEADS, TEN HORNS. 00:02:42.82\00:02:46.49 FIRST OF ALL, JUST VERY QUICKLY TO REVIEW THESE THINGS, IT SAYS 00:02:46.53\00:02:49.53 THAT SHE'S GUILTY OF WHAT? BLASPHEMY. 00:02:49.56\00:02:53.00 BOTH SCRIPTURES SAY THIS BEAST IS GUILTY OF BLASPHEMY. 00:02:53.03\00:02:55.47 WE'VE LEARNED BLASPHEMY IS PUTTING YOURSELF IN POSITION OF 00:02:55.50\00:02:58.07 GOD OR TAKING THE PREROGATIVES THAT BELONG TO GOD. 00:02:58.11\00:03:01.21 NOW, HERE'S A QUOTE FROM A BOOK THAT WAS A BEST SELLER BY POPE 00:03:01.24\00:03:04.48 JOHN PAUL II. I BELIEVE THAT HE'S A VERY SINCERE MAN. 00:03:04.51\00:03:08.82 IT'S CALLED "CROSSING THE THRESHOLD OF HOPE," BUT I WOULD 00:03:08.85\00:03:11.05 HAVE TO RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT. 00:03:11.09\00:03:14.09 "CONFRONTED WITH THE POPE," AND THIS IS ON THE OPENING 00:03:14.12\00:03:16.69 PAGE--"CONFRONTED WITH THE POPE, ONE MUST MAKE A CHOICE. 00:03:16.73\00:03:20.36 THE POPE IS CONSIDERED THE MAN ON EARTH WHO REPRESENTS THE SON 00:03:20.40\00:03:24.23 OF GOD, WHO TAKES THE PLACE OF THE SECOND PERSON," TAKES THE 00:03:24.27\00:03:27.84 PLACE OF THE SECOND PERSON, "OF THE OMNIPOTENT GOD OF THE 00:03:27.87\00:03:31.24 TRINITY. THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC 00:03:31.27\00:03:33.38 CHURCH IS DEFINED BY THE FAITH AS THE VICAR OF JESUS CHRIST 00:03:33.41\00:03:36.81 AND IS ACCEPTED AS SUCH BY BELIEVERS." 00:03:36.85\00:03:39.85 WELL BASICALLY, IT SAYS HE'S HERE ON EARTH TO TAKE THE PLACE 00:03:39.88\00:03:42.12 OF THE SECOND PERSON OF THE TRINITY; GOD THE FATHER FIRST, 00:03:42.15\00:03:44.85 GOD THE SON SECOND, TAKING THE PLACE OF GOD THE SON. 00:03:44.89\00:03:47.42 I REMEMBER JESUS SAYING, "I WOULD SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT AS MY 00:03:47.46\00:03:50.26 REPRESENTATIVE." I THINK IT'S BLASPHEMOUS WHEN A 00:03:50.29\00:03:53.19 MAN SAYS, "I AM HERE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF JESUS." 00:03:53.23\00:03:58.00 FURTHERMORE, IT SAYS SHE'S DRESSED IN WHAT COLOR? 00:03:58.03\00:04:01.50 PURPLE AND SCARLET. PURPLE IS THE COLOR THAT 00:04:01.54\00:04:04.24 REPRESENTS ROYALTY. AND SCARLET IS THE COLOR THAT 00:04:04.27\00:04:07.71 REPRESENTS SIN. THE BIBLE SAYS, ISAIAH CHAPTER 1, 00:04:07.74\00:04:10.71 "THOU THY SINS BE AS SCARLET." VERSE 5, SHE'S CALLED THE WHAT? 00:04:10.75\00:04:16.08 THE MOTHER. NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 00:04:16.12\00:04:18.52 WELL, IT'S A MOTHER CHURCH. THE WOMAN REPRESENTS A CHURCH. 00:04:18.55\00:04:21.89 THE TERM "MOTHER," NOW I'M READING FROM THE CATHOLIC 00:04:21.92\00:04:23.96 ENCYCLOPEDIA VOLUME 6, 1909. "THE TERM MOTHER CHURCH, 00:04:23.99\00:04:28.93 HOWEVER, AS APPLIED TO ROME, HAS A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE AS 00:04:28.96\00:04:32.27 INDICATING ITS HEADSHIP OF ALL CHURCHES." 00:04:32.30\00:04:37.07 IT GOES ON NOW, GET THIS, AND THE WOMAN THAT YOU SAW IF YOU 00:04:37.11\00:04:39.61 HAVE ANY DOUBTS, LAST VERSE OF THE CHAPTER. 00:04:39.64\00:04:41.28 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT WHO THIS FIRST BEAST IS, WE'RE NOW 00:04:41.31\00:04:44.95 IN REVELATION 17, "THAT WOMAN THAT YOU SAW IS THAT GREAT CITY 00:04:44.98\00:04:48.98 THAT REIGNS OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH." 00:04:49.02\00:04:51.05 ALL RIGHT, HELP ME. WHO WROTE THE BOOK 00:04:51.09\00:04:52.75 OF REVELATION? >> JOHN. 00:04:52.79\00:04:54.92 >> WHERE WAS JOHN THE APOSTLE WHEN HE WROTE THE BOOK OF 00:04:54.96\00:04:57.23 REVELATION? HE WAS IN PATMOS. 00:04:57.26\00:05:00.50 WAS HE THERE FREELY ON VACATION OR WAS HE A PRISONER? 00:05:00.53\00:05:03.06 >> A PRISONER. >> WHO PUT HIM THERE? 00:05:03.10\00:05:04.70 ROME. WHO WAS RULING THE WORLD? ROME. 00:05:04.73\00:05:08.54 "THAT WOMAN THAT YOU SAW IS THAT GREAT CITY THAT REIGNS OVER THE 00:05:08.57\00:05:11.37 KINGS OF THE EARTH." IS THERE ANY DOUBT WHEN YOU 00:05:11.41\00:05:13.54 START THINKING ABOUT A WOMAN OR A CHURCH THAT IS IN ROME 00:05:13.58\00:05:16.64 WHAT THIS BEAST POWER IS? THAT'S WHY I READ YOU THAT 00:05:16.68\00:05:20.25 LITANY OF BIBLE SCHOLARS THAT ALL AGREED, NOW THESE ARE THE 00:05:20.28\00:05:24.25 GREAT MINDS OF THE CHURCH, WITH WHAT I'M TEACHING YOU. 00:05:24.29\00:05:27.06 I'M NOT TEACHING YOU ANYTHING NEW OR ORIGINAL. 00:05:27.09\00:05:28.89 I'M TEACHING YOU WHAT HAS BEEN LOST BY THE CHURCH. 00:05:28.92\00:05:32.23 AND WE'RE TRYING TO REDISCOVER OUR ROOTS AS A BIBLE PEOPLE. 00:05:32.26\00:05:35.80 THE AVERAGE CHRISTIAN IN NORTH AMERICA IS BIBLICALLY ILLITERATE 00:05:35.83\00:05:38.90 NOW. IF THEY DON'T GET IT FROM THE 00:05:38.93\00:05:42.17 RADIO OR TELEVISION PREACHER, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 00:05:42.20\00:05:45.67 VERY FEW PEOPLE WAKE UP AND READ THEIR BIBLE FOR THEMSELVES AND 00:05:45.71\00:05:48.68 STUDY THEIR BIBLE, COMPARING SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE. 00:05:48.71\00:05:51.28 I HOPE THESE MEETINGS ARE INSPIRING YOU TO SPEND SOME TIME 00:05:51.31\00:05:54.32 IN BIBLE STUDY. AMEN, FRIENDS? IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE PAPACY 00:05:54.35\00:05:58.09 PREDICTED TO LOSE ITS WORLD INFLUENCE? 00:05:58.12\00:06:00.69 WE'VE KNOWN AND LEARNED THAT IN 1798, AFTER THE FRENCH 00:06:00.72\00:06:04.49 REVOLUTION, IN CONNECTION WITH THAT GENERAL BERTHIER CAPTURED 00:06:04.53\00:06:07.73 THE POPE WHO DIED IN CAPTIVITY BOTH FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY 00:06:07.76\00:06:11.50 ENDING THE PAPAL REIGN THAT LASTED EXACTLY 1,260 YEARS FROM 00:06:11.53\00:06:15.77 538 TO 1798. WHICH NATION WAS PREDICTED TO 00:06:15.80\00:06:19.21 ARISE AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE PAPACY WAS RECEIVING ITS 00:06:19.24\00:06:22.31 DEADLY WOUND? IT SAYS IN REVELATION 13:11-12, 00:06:22.34\00:06:25.85 "I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH." ALL RIGHT? 00:06:25.88\00:06:29.65 "TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB AND HE SPEAKS LIKE A DRAGON." 00:06:29.68\00:06:33.09 WHAT COUNTRY WAS STARTING OUT AS A CHRISTIAN NATION LIKE A LAMB 00:06:33.12\00:06:38.36 RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT THE PAPACY RECEIVED A DEADLY WOUND? 00:06:38.39\00:06:43.03 ONLY ONE NATION WAS BEING BORN THAT WOULD BECOME A WORLD POWER 00:06:43.06\00:06:47.10 THAT PROPHECY WOULD DEAL WITH. AND ARE YOU AWARE THAT MANY OF 00:06:47.14\00:06:51.24 THE SETTLERS THAT CAME TO OUR COUNTRY, THEY WERE NOT ALL 00:06:51.27\00:06:53.68 CONQUISTADORS LOOKING FOR MONEY. MANY OF THEM THAT CAME WERE 00:06:53.71\00:06:56.75 LOOKING FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND TOLERATION. 00:06:56.78\00:06:59.68 AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE PILGRIMS DID IS THEY KNELT DOWN 00:06:59.71\00:07:02.25 AND THEY PRAYED. AND THEY PRAYED OVER THE BIBLE. 00:07:02.28\00:07:04.32 IT WAS A VERY RELIGIOUS GROUP, SOME OF THE PURITANS AND THE 00:07:04.35\00:07:07.56 ONES WHO FIRST LANDED HERE. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 00:07:07.59\00:07:11.19 BEAST COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH? 00:07:11.23\00:07:14.13 WELL, WE READ EARLIER IN THE PROPHECY, REVELATION 17 TELLS US 00:07:14.20\00:07:17.57 THE WATERS REPRESENT A DENSELY POPULATED AREA. 00:07:17.60\00:07:21.94 WHAT NEW VASTLY OPEN COUNTRY WAS IN EXISTENCE AT THAT SAME TIME 00:07:21.97\00:07:27.61 PERIOD? POUND FOR POUND, PEOPLE PER 00:07:27.64\00:07:29.78 SQUARE MILE, THERE WAS A LOT OF LAND OUT THERE. 00:07:29.81\00:07:33.58 THIS WAS NOT DENSELY POPULATED CIVILIZATION AS THEY HAD IN THE 00:07:33.62\00:07:37.32 ROMAN EMPIRE. THEY HAD ALL ROADS LEADING TO ROME. 00:07:37.35\00:07:41.42 IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD, THERE WERE NO ROADS IN THIS PART OF 00:07:41.46\00:07:44.49 THE WORLD. SO, IT IS A FULFILLMENT OF THAT 00:07:44.53\00:07:47.00 PROPHECY. WHAT IS SYMBOLIZED BY THE TWO 00:07:47.03\00:07:49.90 LAMB-LIKE HORNS AND IN THE ABSENCE OF CROWNS? 00:07:49.93\00:07:53.47 NOTICE TWO HORNS REPRESENTS THE POWER BUT THERE ARE NO CROWNS ON 00:07:53.50\00:07:58.91 THE HORNS. HAVE WE EVER HAD A KING? 00:07:58.94\00:08:01.91 WELL OF COURSE, THE KING OF ENGLAND THOUGHT HE WAS OUR KING. 00:08:01.94\00:08:04.48 BUT NOT OVER--NO ONE SAT ON THE THRONE OVER HERE. 00:08:04.51\00:08:07.65 IT REPRESENTS FREEDOM OF RELIGION, FREEDOM OF CHURCH, 00:08:07.68\00:08:13.12 FREEDOM OF GOVERNMENT, FREEDOM OF STATE. 00:08:13.15\00:08:15.29 WHAT HAS MADE THIS COUNTRY STRONG IS THAT WE HAD A 00:08:15.32\00:08:18.29 GOVERNMENT WITH NO KING AND A CHURCH WITH NO POPE. 00:08:18.33\00:08:21.53 THERE WAS FREEDOM FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR GOVERNMENT LEADERS 00:08:21.56\00:08:25.00 AND FREEDOM FOR THE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR RELIGION. 00:08:25.03\00:08:27.40 AND THAT'S WHY IT FLOURISHED AND EXPLODED AND IT WAS A NEW 00:08:27.44\00:08:30.97 NATION. I MEAN YOU JUST READ THE PLAQUE 00:08:31.01\00:08:32.57 ON THE STATE OF LIBERTY OR GO OVER HERE TO LINCOLN MEMORIAL 00:08:32.61\00:08:35.58 AND READ THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AND IT REINFORCED. 00:08:35.61\00:08:38.25 WHAT DID LINCOLN SAY? "THIS NEW NATION, WILL IT SURVIVE?" 00:08:38.28\00:08:42.48 IT WAS EXPLODING WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE COMING SEEKING WHAT? 00:08:42.52\00:08:46.86 FREEDOM. AND THOSE PRINCIPLES THAT REALLY 00:08:46.89\00:08:49.39 FIRST FOUND ROOT HERE ARE NOW GOING EVERYWHERE, AREN'T THEY? 00:08:49.42\00:08:53.50 OH AND BY THE WAY, PLEASE DON'T INTERPRET ANYTHING I'M SAYING 00:08:53.53\00:08:57.43 TONIGHT AS TREASONOUS. I LOVE MY COUNTRY. 00:08:57.47\00:09:00.44 I AM SO GLAD I'M AN AMERICAN. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS THE SAME 00:09:00.47\00:09:02.60 WAY, I SAID I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ON OUR CATHOLIC FRIENDS OR 00:09:02.64\00:09:05.64 THE PAPACY. I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ON 00:09:05.67\00:09:07.18 AMERICANS. WHEN I TRAVEL ABROAD AS MUCH AS 00:09:07.21\00:09:09.71 I LOVE VISITING OTHER PEOPLE AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND SEEING 00:09:09.74\00:09:13.31 NEW CUSTOMS AND TASTING NEW FOOD, WHEN KAREN AND I CAME BACK 00:09:13.35\00:09:18.39 FROM RUSSIA, WE PRAISED GOD FOR TACO BELL. 00:09:18.42\00:09:21.59 AFTER 6 WEEKS, I MEAN YOU JUST WANT TO GET DOWN AND KISS THE 00:09:21.62\00:09:24.29 GROUND IF--AT LEAST, THAT'S HOW I FEEL. 00:09:24.33\00:09:26.63 AND MAYBE IT'S JUST I'M A LITTLE BIT PATRIOTIC THAT WAY. 00:09:26.66\00:09:29.23 BUT THE PROPHECIES SAY, AS MUCH AS IT HURTS ME TO SAY IT, JUST 00:09:29.26\00:09:33.47 AS SOME OF OUR CATHOLIC FRIENDS CAME UP AFTER THE MEETING AND 00:09:33.50\00:09:35.77 THEY SAID, "PASTOR DOUG, THIS REALLY HURTS BUT WE KNOW IT'S 00:09:35.80\00:09:37.31 TRUE." AND JUST AS IT HURTS ME TO SAY 00:09:37.34\00:09:39.57 IT, OUR COUNTRY'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO SPEAK LIKE A LAMB. 00:09:39.61\00:09:43.14 PROPHECIES ARE TELLING US THAT THE DEVIL HASN'T CHANGED. 00:09:43.18\00:09:45.98 DOES IT MEAN I'M CHANGING MY CITIZENSHIP? 00:09:46.01\00:09:48.22 NO, AS LONG AS I'M ALLOWED TO PRACTICE AND PREACH MY 00:09:48.25\00:09:51.12 CONVICTIONS, I'M SO THANKFUL. 00:09:51.15\00:09:53.32 WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THE PROPHECY IN REVELATION 13:11 00:09:53.36\00:09:56.89 SAYS AMERICA WILL SPEAK AS A DRAGON? 00:09:56.93\00:09:59.69 IT STARTS OUT LIKE A LAMB BUT IT SAYS IN VERSE 11 OF CHAPTER 13, 00:09:59.73\00:10:03.67 "HE SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON." WHO'S THE DRAGON? 00:10:03.70\00:10:06.53 IT REPRESENTS THE DEVIL AND REMEMBER THE DEVIL IN CHAPTER 12 00:10:06.57\00:10:09.34 WHERE THE DRAGON APPEARS AS WORKING THROUGH THE ROMAN 00:10:09.37\00:10:11.37 EMPIRE. WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK THE SAME WAY. 00:10:11.41\00:10:15.64 ALL RIGHT, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAW. 00:10:15.68\00:10:18.55 WHEN GOD WROTE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, HOW MANY TABLES 00:10:18.58\00:10:20.92 DID HE WRITE THEM ON? TWO. AS I SAID BEFORE, IT WAS NOT 00:10:20.95\00:10:24.82 BECAUSE HE RAN OUT OF ROOM ON ONE AND SAID, "I BETTER CARVE 00:10:24.85\00:10:28.49 ANOTHER ONE." HE DID IT ON PURPOSE. 00:10:28.52\00:10:30.63 THERE IS A VERY CLEAR DIVISION IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 00:10:30.66\00:10:33.83 THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS DEAL VERY SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR 00:10:33.86\00:10:38.63 RESPONSIBILITY AND WORSHIP TO GOD. THE LAST SIX DEAL WITH OUR 00:10:38.67\00:10:44.14 RELATIONSHIP TO MAN AND THEY ARE CIVIL IN NATURE. 00:10:44.17\00:10:47.81 NO GOVERNMENT SHOULD TELL ITS CONSTITUENTS HOW TO KEEP THE 00:10:47.84\00:10:51.48 FIRST FOUR. THIS IS WHAT ROGER WILLIAMS 00:10:51.51\00:10:54.55 STARTED THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION. OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON THESE 00:10:54.58\00:10:57.89 PRINCIPLES. YOU DIVIDE THE TEN 00:10:57.92\00:10:59.52 COMMANDMENTS THE WAY GOD DIVIDED 'EM. 00:10:59.55\00:11:01.29 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF A COUNTRY THAT'S TELLING YOU HOW 00:11:01.32\00:11:03.73 TO KEEP THE FIRST FOUR OR WHAT YOU HAVE IS A TOTALITARIAN 00:11:03.76\00:11:06.53 DICTATORSHIP, A RELIGIOUS DICTATORSHIP IS WHAT YOU HAVE. 00:11:06.56\00:11:09.83 THEY'RE TELLING YOU HOW TO WORSHIP. 00:11:09.86\00:11:10.87 AND CAN YOU COMPEL SOMEONE TO WORSHIP GOD? 00:11:10.90\00:11:13.30 OUR COUNTRY IS NOT A THEOCRACY. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. 00:11:13.34\00:11:16.17 FREEDOM OF RELIGION. BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF 00:11:16.20\00:11:20.41 A COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT THE LAST SIX. 00:11:20.44\00:11:24.78 DO YOU WANT THE GOVERNMENT SAYING "WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE 00:11:24.81\00:11:26.41 OF YOUR CHILDREN"? THE PARENTS HAVE NO RIGHTS. 00:11:26.45\00:11:28.68 DO YOU WANT THE GOVERNMENT SAYING "MARRIAGE, IT DOESN'T 00:11:28.72\00:11:30.85 MATTER"? AND DO YOU WANT THE GOVERNMENT SAYING "WE DON'T CARE 00:11:30.89\00:11:34.76 IF PEOPLE STEAL YOUR PROPERTY OR KILL YOU"? 00:11:34.79\00:11:37.89 I MEAN OF COURSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO SUPPORT THE LAST SIX. 00:11:37.93\00:11:40.96 I'M HEARING VERY FEW LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION 00:11:41.00\00:11:44.70 UNDERSTAND WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE. 00:11:44.73\00:11:47.24 AND WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHEN UNITY'S GREAT AND WHEN YOU'VE 00:11:47.27\00:11:50.21 GOT TO SAY, "I'M DRAWING A LINE WHEN IT COMES TO BIBLICAL TRUTH. 00:11:50.24\00:11:52.87 I'M NOT COMPROMISING TRUTH FOR UNITY." 00:11:52.91\00:11:56.34 WHAT SPECIFICALLY WILL AMERICA DO THAT WILL CAUSE IT TO SPEAK 00:11:56.38\00:12:00.42 AS A DRAGON? IT SAYS IN REVELATION 13:12, "HE 00:12:00.45\00:12:04.95 EXERCISES ALL THE POWER OF THE FIRST BEAST BEFORE HIM." 00:12:04.99\00:12:09.82 WHEN DID THE FIRST BEAST BECOME A BEAST? 00:12:09.86\00:12:12.73 THE CHURCH IN ROME MADE A LOT OF COMPROMISES BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 00:12:12.76\00:12:15.30 THEY BEGAN TO USE AN ARMY THAT JUSTINIAN HAD GIVE THE POPE, THE 00:12:15.33\00:12:19.00 BISHOP OF ROME, TO START COMPELLING PEOPLE TO WORSHIP A 00:12:19.03\00:12:22.04 CERTAIN WAY OR THEY'D BE PUNISHED. 00:12:22.07\00:12:24.01 DID JESUS EVER USE PHYSICAL FORCE TO GET PEOPLE TO FOLLOW 00:12:24.04\00:12:26.44 HIM? SEE, IT'S A COMPLETE DETOUR FROM 00:12:26.47\00:12:32.78 THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRIST'S TEACHING WHEN THAT HAPPENS. 00:12:32.81\00:12:35.68 THE CHURCH AND THE STATE WILL UNITE AND ENFORCE RELIGIOUS 00:12:35.72\00:12:40.22 PRACTICES. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ALL THROUGH 00:12:40.26\00:12:42.39 THE DARK AGES DURING THE RULE OF THE PAPACY FROM 538 TO 1798. 00:12:42.42\00:12:47.36 THEY USED FORCE TO COMPEL PEOPLE TO WORSHIP A CERTAIN WAY. 00:12:47.40\00:12:50.67 WHEN THEY DID NOT COOPERATE, THEY COULD BE TORTURED. 00:12:50.70\00:12:52.97 THEY COULD BE KILLED. THEIR PROPERTY COULD BE TAKEN AWAY. 00:12:53.00\00:12:55.10 THEY COULD BE DRIVEN INTO THE HILLS. 00:12:55.14\00:12:56.47 READ THE HISTORY ABOUT THE ALBIGENSES, 00:12:56.50\00:12:58.57 THE WALDENSES, THE HUSSITES. 00:12:58.61\00:13:00.71 I THINK WE'VE FORGOTTEN OUR HISTORY AND SOMEONE 00:13:00.74\00:13:02.61 ONCE SAID IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT. 00:13:02.64\00:13:05.78 AND I'LL PREDICT WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT IT. 00:13:05.81\00:13:08.28 THE OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY IS BEING REPEATED RIGHT NOW. 00:13:08.32\00:13:11.29 HOW DOES THE SECOND BEAST SPEAK LIKE A DRAGON? 00:13:11.32\00:13:13.82 A NATION SPEAKS THROUGH ITS LAWS OR ITS LEGISLATIVE BODY, RIGHT? 00:13:13.86\00:13:18.79 IT'S NOT THE SUPERSTARS AND THE SPORTS HEROES THAT ARE SPEAKING 00:13:18.83\00:13:21.66 ON BEHALF OF THE NATION, ARE THEY? 00:13:21.70\00:13:23.83 IT'S WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT SAY. 00:13:23.87\00:13:25.97 WHAT ARE THE LAWS? YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S VERY 00:13:26.00\00:13:28.34 INTERESTING. IF YOU GO TO ROME, REMEMBER 00:13:28.37\00:13:30.44 THIS, THE PAPACY RECEIVED ITS SEAT FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE. 00:13:30.47\00:13:36.08 THE ROMAN EMPIRE RULED BY CAESARS. 00:13:36.11\00:13:38.41 AS IT BEGAN TO CRUMBLE AND ROME FELL, AT THE SAME TIME 00:13:38.45\00:13:41.32 IT WAS WANING, THE PAPACY, THE CHURCH WAS WAXING STRONGER. 00:13:41.35\00:13:46.39 AND THEY ADOPTED MANY OF THE COLLECTIVE RELIGIONS 00:13:46.42\00:13:49.69 OF ANCIENT ROME AND GREECE, THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PAPACY 00:13:49.72\00:13:54.00 AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS. A LOT OF IT IS ROMANESQUE. 00:13:54.03\00:13:56.33 WILL YOU AGREE WITH THAT? HAVE YOU WALKED 00:13:56.36\00:13:58.30 AROUND WASHINGTON D.C. IN THE VERY RECENT HISTORY? 00:13:58.33\00:14:02.60 I MEAN YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES BETWEEN 00:14:02.64\00:14:04.61 THE CAPITAL AND THE VATICAN AND SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURE. 00:14:04.64\00:14:10.21 AND THE SECOND BEAST WILL MAKE AN IMAGE TO THE FIRST BEAST 00:14:10.25\00:14:13.52 THAT HAD A DEADLY WOUND AND WAS HEALED. 00:14:13.55\00:14:15.35 DID ANCIENT ROME HAVE A SENATE? DO WE? 00:14:15.38\00:14:19.85 WHAT CALENDAR DO WE USE? GREGORIAN CALENDAR, 00:14:19.89\00:14:24.43 NAMED AFTER POPE GREGORY. AND THE MONTHS, YOU KNOW 00:14:24.46\00:14:27.73 WHERE THEY GET THEIR NAMES? THEY'RE THE ROMAN NAMES 00:14:27.76\00:14:29.56 FOR THE MONTHS. THEY'RE ALL MESSED UP. 00:14:29.60\00:14:32.70 FOR INSTANCE, JULY IS NAMED AFTER JULIUS CAESAR. 00:14:32.73\00:14:37.21 AND AUGUSTUS CAESAR WAS BOTHERED THAT JULIUS CAESAR HAD MORE DAYS 00:14:37.24\00:14:40.51 IN HIS MONTH AND SO HE WANTED A MONTH THAT WAS JUST AS LONG SO 00:14:40.54\00:14:42.98 HE TOOK SOME DAYS FROM FEBRUARY. THAT'S WHY AUGUST HAS GOT THAT. 00:14:43.01\00:14:47.72 AND FEBRUARY IS SO SHORT. THAT'S RIGHT. 00:14:47.75\00:14:49.82 THE CAESARS DID THAT IN THE SAME WAY THAT ANCIENT ROME WAS THE 00:14:49.85\00:14:54.62 UNDISPUTED LEADER MILITARILY AND IN MANY OTHER WAYS OF THE 00:14:54.66\00:15:00.50 ANCIENT WORLD. WHO WOULD YOU SAY IS THE WORLD 00:15:00.53\00:15:03.23 LEADER IN THOSE RESPECTS TODAY? THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 00:15:03.26\00:15:07.54 WE'RE GOING TO SAY MORE ABOUT THAT. 00:15:07.57\00:15:08.80 OVER WHAT SPECIFIC ISSUES WILL FORCE BE UTILIZED AND THE DEATH 00:15:08.84\00:15:13.34 SENTENCE PASSED? ANSWER: "AND HE WOULD CAUSE AS 00:15:13.38\00:15:17.11 MANY AS WOULD NOT WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST SHOULD BE 00:15:17.15\00:15:19.81 KILLED." A DEATH SENTENCE IF YOU DON'T 00:15:19.85\00:15:22.15 WORSHIP THE WAY YOU'RE BEING TOLD. 00:15:22.18\00:15:23.42 IT'S ALL DEALING WITH WHAT? WORSHIP. 00:15:23.45\00:15:26.86 THE WORD WORSHIP APPEARS MANY TIMES JUST IN CHAPTER 13, 00:15:26.89\00:15:29.29 WORSHIP, WORSHIP, WORSHIP. AND SO, WHEN YOU HEAR US TALK 00:15:29.32\00:15:31.79 ABOUT THE SABBATH TRUTH, WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? 00:15:31.83\00:15:34.36 IT'S WHAT GOD YOU WORSHIP AND WHAT DAY YOU WORSHIP HIM. 00:15:34.40\00:15:36.77 IT'S THE ONE COMMANDMENT THAT PRINCIPALLY DEALS WITH THIS, 00:15:36.80\00:15:40.67 THE DAY OF WORSHIP. 00:15:40.70\00:15:42.44 "CHRISTIANITY TODAY" NOTICE THIS, HAROLD LINDSELL, "ALL 00:15:42.47\00:15:47.24 BUSINESSES, INCLUDING GASOLINE STATIONS AND RESTAURANTS, SHOULD 00:15:47.28\00:15:50.28 CLOSE EVERY SUNDAY BY FORCE OF LEGISLATIVE FIAT THROUGH THE 00:15:50.31\00:15:54.45 DULY ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE PEOPLE." 00:15:54.48\00:15:56.48 IN OTHER WORDS, IT SHOULD BE MANDATED. 00:15:56.52\00:15:58.75 MORE AND MORE, THERE'S VOICES THAT ARE SPEAKING UP SAYING IT 00:15:58.79\00:16:02.32 SHOULD BE FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO TELL US TO 00:16:02.36\00:16:05.49 WORSHIP. GOD CAN'T BLESS OUR COUNTRY 00:16:05.53\00:16:07.30 BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WORSHIPPING WHEN HE TELLS US TO WORSHIP ON 00:16:07.36\00:16:09.93 SUNDAY, WHAT THEY CALL "THE LORD'S DAY." 00:16:09.96\00:16:11.87 PAT ROBERTSON'S BOOK "THE NEW WORLD ORDER," THE AUTHOR THERE 00:16:11.90\00:16:15.47 SAYS, "THE NEXT OBLIGATION THAT A CITIZEN OF GOD'S WORLD ORDER 00:16:15.50\00:16:19.81 OWES TO HIMSELF, REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY, IS 00:16:19.84\00:16:23.35 THE COMMAND OF THE PERSONAL BENEFIT OF EACH CITIZEN. 00:16:23.38\00:16:26.48 HIGHER CIVILIZATIONS RISE WHEN PEOPLE CAN REST AND DRAW 00:16:26.51\00:16:29.32 INSPIRATION FROM GOD. LAWS IN AMERICA THAT MANDATE A 00:16:29.35\00:16:33.19 DAY OF REST, SUNDAY LAWS, HAVE BEEN NULLIFIED AS A VIOLATION OF 00:16:33.22\00:16:37.56 CHURCH AND STATE." IN OTHER WORDS, HE SAYS IT'S 00:16:37.59\00:16:39.89 AWFUL HOW THE SUNDAY LAWS HAVE EVAPORATED. 00:16:39.93\00:16:42.36 THERE USED TO BE LAWS IN OUR COUNTRY TELLING PEOPLE 00:16:42.40\00:16:43.90 ABOUT WORK ON SUNDAY. AND "AS AN OUTRIGHT INSULT 00:16:43.93\00:16:47.37 TO GOD AND HIS PLAN, ONLY THOSE POLICIES THAT 00:16:47.40\00:16:49.97 CAN BE SHOWN TO HAVE A CLEARLY SECULAR PURPOSE ARE RECOGNIZED." 00:16:50.01\00:16:53.68 HE GOES ON THEN TO SAY, "IT'S NOT THE DUTY OF ANY PARTICULAR 00:16:53.71\00:16:58.28 GROUP OF PEOPLE, IT'S NOT THE DUTY OF THE CHURCH, BUT IT IS 00:16:58.31\00:17:01.68 THE DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE TO THUS PROCLAIM AS 00:17:01.72\00:17:05.65 A DAY AS SABBATH TO BE UNIVERSALLY OBSERVED THROUGHOUT 00:17:05.69\00:17:09.46 THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF THE LAND, SUNDAY AS THE LORD'S DAY. 00:17:09.49\00:17:13.06 IF WE AS A NATION WERE TO ESCAPE THE DOLDRUMS OF INCREASED 00:17:13.09\00:17:15.66 TROUBLE AS GOD'S HAND RESTS HEAVILY UPON HIS PEOPLE, 00:17:15.70\00:17:18.70 OPPOSITION TO SUNDAY NATIONALLY DECLARED MUST CEASE." 00:17:18.73\00:17:22.37 IT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 00:17:22.40\00:17:24.34 DO YOU HEAR THAT? AM I READING ANYTHING INTO THAT? 00:17:24.37\00:17:27.28 MAYBE THIS IS PLAIN ENOUGH FOR YOU. 00:17:27.31\00:17:28.98 I THINK SOME OF US HAVE HEARD OF REVEREND JERRY FALWELL, "ALL 00:17:29.01\00:17:32.15 AMERICANS WOULD DO WELL TO PETITION THE PRESIDENT AND THE 00:17:32.18\00:17:34.65 CONGRESS TO MAKE A FEDERAL LAW AND AN AMENDMENT TO THE 00:17:34.68\00:17:37.82 CONSTITUTION IF NEED BE TO ESTABLISH THE SABBATH AS A 00:17:37.85\00:17:41.42 NATIONAL DAY OF REST." DO YOU THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT 00:17:41.46\00:17:43.53 THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH? NO. AND THESE ARE THE SENTIMENTS 00:17:43.56\00:17:48.83 THAT TELL US WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING, FRIENDS. 00:17:48.86\00:17:52.47 AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED. 00:17:52.50\00:17:55.07 WHAT DO YOU THINK? COULD A GOVERNMENT REALLY 00:17:55.10\00:17:57.54 CONTROL BUYING AND SELLING? WHAT DOES IT SAY IN REVELATION 00:17:57.57\00:18:01.18 13 THAT THOSE THAT DON'T WORSHIP THE WAY THEY'RE BEING TOLD TO 00:18:01.21\00:18:03.85 WORSHIP WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BUY AND SELL? 00:18:03.88\00:18:06.25 ANYONE HERE REMEMBER WORLD WAR II? I MEAN WERE YOU ALIVE THEN? 00:18:06.28\00:18:09.92 MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND. 00:18:09.95\00:18:13.39 I KNOW SOME OF OUR FRIENDS WATCHING; FOOD AND GAS RATION 00:18:13.42\00:18:17.09 STAMPS WERE A COMMON THING. COULD THEY CONTROL BUYING AND 00:18:17.13\00:18:19.56 SELLING? IN TIMES OF CRISIS, IT'S VERY COMMON FOR THE 00:18:19.59\00:18:22.36 GOVERNMENT TO DO THAT. "CANNOT BUY OR SELL UNLESS HE 00:18:22.40\00:18:26.74 COOPERATES." ANYONE HEAR EVER HEARD OF 00:18:26.77\00:18:28.40 ECONOMIC SANCTIONS? KEEP IN MIND THESE PROPHECIES IN 00:18:28.44\00:18:31.54 REVELATION ARE TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENT POWERS. 00:18:31.57\00:18:34.28 AND SO, WHEN IT SAYS THOSE THAT DO NOT COOPERATE CANNOT BUY OR 00:18:34.31\00:18:37.11 SELL, IT'S NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE LOCAL PERSON WHO WANTS 00:18:37.15\00:18:40.18 TO GO TO THE MARKET WITH THEIR ATM AND BUY SOMETHING. 00:18:40.22\00:18:43.32 IT'S TALKING ABOUT GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD THAT DO NOT 00:18:43.35\00:18:46.09 COOPERATE WITH THIS UNIVERSAL WORSHIP THAT WILL BE FORCED. 00:18:46.12\00:18:50.39 WE'LL BE LOCKED OUT ECONOMICALLY FROM THE NEW WORLD ORDER, 00:18:50.43\00:18:54.86 WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT, I DON'T KNOW. 00:18:54.93\00:18:57.13 IS IT ALREADY HAPPENING WHERE THEY USE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS? 00:18:57.17\00:19:01.44 YEAH AND IT CAN BE DEVASTATING WHEN THEY BLOCKADE--I MEAN, YOU 00:19:01.47\00:19:05.77 KNOW, THE CHIEF PRODUCERS OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE WORLD ARE THE 00:19:05.81\00:19:10.75 NATIONS THAT BUY INTO THESE TWO POWERS: EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA. 00:19:10.78\00:19:17.92 EVEN AUSTRALIA'S TIED INTO EUROPE. 00:19:17.95\00:19:19.42 THEY RECOGNIZE THE QUEEN, RIGHT? AND JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER 00:19:19.45\00:19:22.42 COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS SOME WAY TIED INTO ONE OF THESE POWERS. 00:19:22.46\00:19:25.53 HOW STRONG AND INFLUENTIAL IS THE PAPACY TODAY? 00:19:25.56\00:19:28.93 HERE ARE SOME AMAZING QUOTES. 00:19:28.96\00:19:31.27 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME OUT IN "TIME" MAGAZINE THAT 00:19:31.30\00:19:33.64 AFTER REAGAN'S TENURE AS PRESIDENT, IT WAS REVEALED THAT 00:19:33.67\00:19:36.37 HE DID CONSPIRE WITH POPE JOHN PAUL II. IT WAS CALLED 00:19:36.40\00:19:39.37 "THE HOLY ALLIANCE." THEY WORKED TO UNDERMINE THE 00:19:39.41\00:19:42.78 COMMUNISM AND QUITE SUCCESSFULLY. 00:19:42.81\00:19:45.05 THIS IS FROM CARL BERNSTEIN IN THAT ARTICLE, "REAGAN AND THE 00:19:45.08\00:19:47.85 POPE AGREED TO UNDERTAKE A CLANDESTINE CAMPAIGN TO HASTEN 00:19:47.88\00:19:52.19 THE DISSOLUTION OF THE COMMUNIST EMPIRE." 00:19:52.22\00:19:54.06 THEY STARTED IN POLAND WITH A SOLIDARITY. 00:19:54.09\00:19:56.19 SOME OF YOU REMEMBER LECH WALESA. 00:19:56.22\00:19:57.69 AND IT WAS A CONSPIRACY TO BRING DOWN COMMUNISM. 00:19:57.73\00:20:00.16 DID IT WORK? ARE THEY POWERFUL? 00:20:00.20\00:20:03.73 IS THE PAPACY AND THE UNITED STATES A POWERFUL ENTITY TO 00:20:03.77\00:20:07.40 CONSIDER? IT GOES TO SAY THE U.S. 00:20:07.44\00:20:10.84 AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN, THOMAS P. MELADY, 00:20:10.87\00:20:13.71 "I BELIEVE THE UNITED STATES AS THE WORLD'S ONLY 00:20:13.74\00:20:15.94 SUPERPOWER AND THE HOLY SEE," THAT'S THE PAPACY, "AS THE ONLY 00:20:15.98\00:20:19.48 WORLDWIDE MORAL-POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY HAVE SIGNIFICANT 00:20:19.51\00:20:23.69 ROLES TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE. THEIR ACTIONS WILL IMPACT THE 00:20:23.72\00:20:27.39 LIVES OF PEOPLE IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE." 00:20:27.42\00:20:30.53 AND I THINK WE'VE MADE A STRONG CASE FOR THAT. 00:20:30.56\00:20:32.56 AND I COULD JUST SHOW YOU ONE PICTURE AFTER ANOTHER 00:20:32.59\00:20:35.63 OF THE PRESIDENTS ALL THE WAY BACK FROM J.F.K. 00:20:35.66\00:20:40.37 TO THE PRESENT MEETING WITH POPE JOHN PAUL II OR POPE PAUL. 00:20:40.40\00:20:47.34 SO, THIS UNION STRETCHING ACROSS THE ABYSS, IS IT HAPPENING? 00:20:47.38\00:20:53.18 IT THINK WE'VE SEEN IT VERY CLEARLY. 00:20:53.21\00:20:54.62 HOW STRONG AND INFLUENTIAL IS THE UNITED STATES TODAY? 00:20:54.65\00:20:57.95 THE SECOND BEAST, DOES IT HAVE THE POWER TO URGE OTHER 00:20:57.99\00:21:00.46 COUNTRIES TO COOPERATE? YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, JUST CONSIDER FOR 00:21:00.49\00:21:04.39 A MINUTE ECONOMICALLY, WALL STREET IS THE DYNAMO OF THE 00:21:04.43\00:21:09.10 ECONOMY OF THE WORLD, COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. 00:21:09.13\00:21:14.80 AND YOU COULD GO RIGHT DOWN THE LINE FOR THE GREAT METHODS OF 00:21:14.84\00:21:18.27 COMMUNICATION. IT'S THE CENTER FOR THOSE 00:21:18.31\00:21:20.71 THINGS, VERY POWERFUL INFLUENCES. 00:21:20.74\00:21:22.94 WHAT ABOUT MILITARY MIGHT? 00:21:22.98\00:21:24.65 WOULD WE AGREE THAT WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 00:21:24.68\00:21:27.18 SOLDIERS, THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE POWER OF THE WEAPONS POSSESSED 00:21:27.22\00:21:30.25 BY THE UNITED STATES IS UNSURPASSED? 00:21:30.29\00:21:32.59 AND WITH THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, AND THEY DON'T 00:21:32.62\00:21:35.59 HAVE THAT CONSOLIDATION THAT THEY HAD BEFORE, AND EVEN SINCE 00:21:35.62\00:21:39.33 THE FIRST GULF WAR, AMERICA HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN 00:21:39.36\00:21:42.30 RECOGNIZED BY THE WORLD AS THE ULTIMATE SUPERPOWER. 00:21:42.33\00:21:45.53 AND EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO US NOW TO HELP POLICE WHAT'S 00:21:45.57\00:21:47.87 HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 00:21:47.90\00:21:49.54 IS IT CLEAR THAT THE INFLUENCE AND POWER OF BOTH THE UNITED 00:21:49.57\00:21:52.24 STATES AND THE PAPACY ARE ESCALATING WITH RAPIDITY? 00:21:52.27\00:21:56.21 WHAT OTHER FACTORS COULD POSSIBLY HELP SET THE STAGE 00:21:56.24\00:21:58.95 FOR A WORLDWIDE LAW TO EXECUTE THOSE WHO REFUSE 00:21:58.98\00:22:02.75 TO VIOLATE CONSCIENCE? WHAT DOES IT SAY IN LUKE 21:25? 00:22:02.78\00:22:09.52 "AND THERE WILL BE SIGNS IN THE SUN AND THE MOON AND THE STARS. 00:22:09.56\00:22:13.63 AND ON THE EARTH DISTRESS OF NATIONS, WITH PERPLEXITY, 00:22:13.66\00:22:17.13 THE SEA AND THE WAVES ROARING. MEN'S HEARTS FAILING THEM 00:22:17.17\00:22:20.94 FROM FEAR AND THE EXPECTATION OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING 00:22:20.97\00:22:23.77 ON THE EARTH FOR THE POWERS OF HEAVEN WILL BE SHAKEN." AND THEN 00:22:23.81\00:22:27.94 IT GOES ON TO SAY, "AND THEN THEY'LL SEE THE SON OF MAN 00:22:27.98\00:22:29.68 COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN." SOMETHING'S GOING TO 00:22:29.71\00:22:32.78 HAPPEN, SIGNS IN THE SUN AND THE MOON, MEN'S HEARTS FAILING 00:22:32.81\00:22:35.75 FOR FEAR. SOMETHING IS GOING TO FRIGHTEN. 00:22:35.78\00:22:38.05 WILL IT BE AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE? WELL, I THINK THAT'LL PROBABLY 00:22:38.09\00:22:41.09 BE PART OF IT. MIGHT BE A TERRORIST ACT. 00:22:41.12\00:22:42.99 COULD BE A NATURAL DISASTER. AS WORLD CONDITIONS WORSEN, WHAT 00:22:43.02\00:22:48.70 WILL SATAN DO TO DECEIVE THE MASSES? 00:22:48.73\00:22:51.43 ANSWER: "AND I SAW THREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME 00:22:51.47\00:22:55.67 OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON, OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST 00:22:55.70\00:22:59.01 AND OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE FALSE PROPHET. 00:22:59.04\00:23:01.41 FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF DEVILS WORKING MIRACLES THAT GO 00:23:01.44\00:23:05.21 OUT UNDER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND THE WHOLE WORLD TO GATHER 00:23:05.25\00:23:08.82 THEM TO THE BATTLE OF THE GREAT DAY OF GOD ALMIGHTY." 00:23:08.85\00:23:11.82 DIDN'T THE LORD TELL US THERE WILL BE FALSE CHRISTS? 00:23:11.85\00:23:14.92 THERE'LL BE REAL PROPHETS IN THE LAST DAYS AND FALSE ONES. JESUS 00:23:14.96\00:23:18.93 IS GOING TO POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT BUT THEY'LL BE COUNTERFEIT. 00:23:18.96\00:23:21.63 GOD CAME TO THE EARTH IN THE FORM OF A MAN TO SAVE US. 00:23:21.66\00:23:23.93 THE DEVIL IS GOING TO COUNTERFEIT THAT, AMEN? 00:23:23.97\00:23:27.44 THEY'LL SHOW GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS. 00:23:27.47\00:23:30.24 WHEREAS IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DECEIVE EVEN THE VERY ELECT, 00:23:30.27\00:23:33.27 IT WILL BE SO COMPELLING AND SO CONVINCING, FRIENDS, HOW ARE 00:23:33.31\00:23:35.71 YOU GOING TO NOT BE DECEIVED? HOW CAN WE PREVENT IT? 00:23:35.74\00:23:38.78 ANSWER: ISAIAH 8:20, "ACCORDING TO THE LAW AND THE TESTIMONY," 00:23:38.81\00:23:43.22 THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS, THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE 00:23:43.25\00:23:46.35 TESTIMONY OF JESUS, THE BIBLE. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY 00:23:46.39\00:23:48.96 WE'RE GOING TO KNOW. AMEN, FRIENDS? 00:23:48.99\00:23:51.39 HE GOES ON TO SAY, "IF THEY DON'T GO BY THE LAW 00:23:51.43\00:23:54.36 AND THE TESTIMONY, THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM." 00:23:54.36\00:23:57.53 FINALLY, REVELATION 3:10, THERE'S A PROMISE FOR YOU. 00:23:57.57\00:24:00.90 WRITE THAT DOWN, FRIENDS. 00:24:00.94\00:24:02.47 "BECAUSE YOU HAVE KEPT MY COMMAND TO PERSEVERE, I WILL 00:24:02.50\00:24:06.37 KEEP YOU FROM THE HOUR OF TRIAL THAT WILL COME UPON THE WHOLE 00:24:06.41\00:24:09.94 WORLD TO TEST THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH." 00:24:09.98\00:24:11.78 DO YOU WANT GOD TO KEEP YOU? IT SAYS KEEP HIS COMMANDS. 00:24:11.81\00:24:14.85 DON'T LOSE THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS. 00:24:14.88\00:24:17.09 YOU DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID, FRIENDS, OF WHAT IS COMING. 00:24:17.12\00:24:19.65 WE CAN HAVE PEACE DURING THIS TIME. 00:24:19.69\00:24:21.82 WE ARE LIVING ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE END RIGHT NOW. 00:24:21.86\00:24:25.16 AND THAT'S WHY GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU. 00:24:25.19\00:24:26.43 HE WANTS YOU TO KNOW HE HAS A BIG PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. 00:24:26.46\00:24:28.83 HE'S GOT AN ETERNAL PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. 00:24:28.86\00:24:30.80 BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT COMES FROM FIRST ACCEPTING JESUS, 00:24:30.83\00:24:33.57 THE PRINCE OF PEACE, INTO YOUR HEART. 00:24:33.60\00:24:36.60 >> STAY TUNED. PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK 00:24:36.64\00:24:38.84 WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 00:24:38.87\00:24:43.51 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 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I GOT BAPTIZED INTO THE SEVENTH 00:25:26.39\00:25:29.92 DAY ADVENTIST - >> I REALIZED THAT THERE HAD TO 00:25:29.96\00:25:31.46 BE MORE TO LIFE. >> GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS. 00:25:31.49\00:25:35.16 >> THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL. >> AMAZING FACTS - MORE THAN 00:25:35.20\00:25:40.97 45 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 00:25:41.00\00:25:45.61 >> AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS - AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:25:45.64\00:25:49.48 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT HE WAS 00:25:49.51\00:25:52.05 - THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING 00:25:52.08\00:25:54.82 WHERE I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP - AND I'VE 00:25:54.85\00:25:58.02 NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE LET ME - LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND 00:25:58.05\00:26:01.36 FIND THIS. I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 00:26:01.39\00:26:02.86 >> AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES. 00:26:02.89\00:26:05.16 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS STARTED BEING CHANGED - 00:26:05.19\00:26:09.00 INCLUDING MYSELF. >> MY QUESTION WAS 'WHY DID THAT 00:26:09.03\00:26:12.17 HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT 00:26:12.20\00:26:15.17 AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER. 00:26:15.20\00:26:17.94 >> I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS 00:26:17.97\00:26:21.94 GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE. >> I WENT TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR 00:26:21.98\00:26:25.35 WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND 00:26:25.38\00:26:29.48 SO IRREFUTABLE AND I JUST WENT 'THIS IS REAL. 00:26:29.52\00:26:32.49 THIS IS - THIS IS AMAZING.' 00:26:32.52\00:26:36.96 >> FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES VISIT 00:26:36.99\00:26:39.73 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM'. 00:26:39.76\00:26:48.57 >> FRIENDS, IT'S AMAZING BUT TRUE: THE BIBLE ACTUALLY REFERS 00:26:48.60\00:26:52.14 TO THE UNITED STATES IN PROPHECY AND IT REVEALS IMPORTANT DETAILS 00:26:52.17\00:26:56.51 ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO 00:26:56.54\00:26:59.78 UNDERSTAND THESE LAST-DAY EVENTS AND TO BE READY FOR 00:26:59.81\00:27:02.78 WHAT LIES AHEAD. 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