>> COMING UP NEXT ON
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>> ARMAGEDDON IS THE
FINAL MOBILIZATION OF THE POWERS
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AND ARMIES OF THE WORLD
TO EXTERMINATE GOD'S PEOPLE.
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PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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"THE EVERLASTING
GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE BATTLE OF
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ARMAGEDDON, AND IT IS A
TOPIC OF THEOLOGY THAT HAS BEEN
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DEBATED EVER SINCE THE
WORDS WERE FIRST PENNED BY THE
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APOSTLE JOHN ABOUT 90 A.D.
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A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS
ABOUT THE WORD AND WHAT THE
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BATTLE IS AND WHAT IT MEANS.
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IS IT LITERAL?
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IS IT SPIRITUAL?
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WHAT IS THE
BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON?
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ARMAGEDDON IS IN THE
CONTEXT OF PLAGUE NUMBER SIX.
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VERY QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO
OVERVIEW WHAT THE SEVEN LAST
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PLAGUES ARE.
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AGAIN THIS IS A WHOLE SERMON
BY ITSELF, BUT TODAY WE'RE
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FOCUSING ON ARMAGEDDON.
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AND DON'T FORGET, THOSE PLAGUES
CAME ON EGYPT JUST BEFORE
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THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE
DELIVERED FROM THEIR BONDAGE
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AND BEGAN THEIR
JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND.
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THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES
COME ON OUR WORLD JUST BEFORE
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WE ARE DELIVERED FROM THIS,
THE BONDAGE OF SIN IN THE WORLD,
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THIS WHOLE CREATION THAT GROANS
AND TRAVAILS AND WE BEGIN OUR
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JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND.
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THE MANSIONS HE
HAS PREPARED, AMEN?
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"PLAGUE NUMBER ONE IS A NOISOME
OR LOATHSOME SORE ON THOSE WHO
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RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST."
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YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE
MARK OF THE BEAST IS AND WHO
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THE BEAST IS.
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"PLAGUE NUMBER TWO, THE
SEA, THE SALTY WATERS BECOME
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AS BLOOD OF A DEAD
MAN, PUTRID BLOOD."
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A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
THEORIES ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
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"PLAGUE NUMBER THREE, THE
RIVERS AND WATERS, THE FRESH
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WATER SOURCES BECOME AS BLOOD."
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YOU REMEMBER THE
WATERS TURN TO BLOOD IN EGYPT.
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"PLAGUE NUMBER FOUR, MEN
ARE SCORCHED WITH GREAT HEAT."
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THE ULTIMATE GLOBAL
WARMING AT THAT POINT.
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"PLAGUE NUMBER FIVE, THE BEAST
KINGDOM IS FULL OF DARKNESS."
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WAS DARKNESS ONE OF THE
PLAGUES ON ANCIENT EGYPT?
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"PLAGUE NUMBER SIX,
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON."
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WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT IN THE MESSAGE.
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PLAGUE NUMBER SEVEN,
THIS IS GREAT EARTHQUAKE,
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GREAT HAIL AND ULTIMATELY
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
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SO NOW IF WE'RE GONNA STUDY
ARMAGEDDON, YOU'VE GOTTA OPEN
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YOUR BIBLE TO REVELATION 16.
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WE JUST HEARD THIS
IN OUR MEMORY VERSE.
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REVELATION 16:12, WE'RE
GONNA TAKE THIS VERSE BY VERSE.
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"AND THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED
OUT HIS BOWL--" WE GOT ANOTHER
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ANGEL HERE WITH A LOUD VOICE.
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"AND THE SIXTH ANGEL POURED
OUT HIS BOWL ON THE GREAT RIVER
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EUPHRATES AND THE
WATER WAS DRIED UP."
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THESE BOWLS, THESE VIALS
ARE THE PLAGUES THAT FALL.
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"AND THE WATER WAS DRIED
UP SO THE WAY OF THE KINGS OF
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THE EAST MIGHT BE PREPARED."
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IT SAYS, "TO MAKE THE WAY
FOR THE KINGS OF THE EAST."
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WHENEVER I READ THAT
AUTOMATICALLY MY MIND GOES BACK
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TO WHEN CHRIST WAS BORN.
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WHEN HE CAME THE FIRST
TIME, IT'S INTERESTING THAT
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THESE MAGI, THESE KINGS,
THESE LEADERS, PATRIARCHS
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FROM THE EAST CAME.
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"NOW AFTER JESUS WAS BORN IN
BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA IN THE DAYS
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OF HEROD THE KING, BEHOLD
WISE MEN FROM THE EAST CAME
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TO JERUSALEM."
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YOU'VE HEARD THE SONG BEFORE
"WE THREE KINGS OF ORIENT ARE."
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THAT'S BECAUSE IN THE ORIGINAL
WORD, THEY WERE SOME SORT
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OF PATRIARCHS MAGI
LEADERS, CHIEFTAINS.
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THESE WERE MEN OF HONOR
THAT CAME FROM THE EAST,
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AND THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.
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SOME OF THE HEBREWS THAT
HAD BEEN LEFT IN BABYLON, THEY
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COULD HAVE BEEN READING THE
PROPHECIES OF BALAAM THAT SAID
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A STAR WOULD ARISE OUT
OF JACOB, WE DON'T KNOW.
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BUT THAT'S ONE THING I
WANT IN YOUR MIND WHEN IT SAYS,
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"KINGS OF THE EAST."
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THE OTHER THING IS FROM THE
EAST REPRESENTS WHERE THE GLORY
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OF GOD, THE POWER
OF GOD COMES FROM.
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IT DOESN'T HAVE
ANYTHING TO THIS DO WITH THE SUN
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RISING IN THE EAST.
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EZEKIEL 43:1, "AFTERWARD
HE BROUGHT ME TO THE GATE THAT
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FACES TOWARDS THE EAST AND
BEHOLD, THE GLORY OF THE GOD
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OF ISRAEL CAME FROM
THE WAY OF THE EAST.
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AND HIS VOICE WAS LIKE THE
SOUND OF MANY WATERS AND THE
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EARTH SHONE WITH HIS GLORY."
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WHEN KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR CAME,
HE HAD TO CROSS THE EUPHRATES
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AND HE CAME FROM THE EAST
AND HE DID ONE OF TWO THINGS
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WITH THE ISRAELITES.
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THEY WERE EITHER DESTROYED
OR THEY WERE SPARED, FAVORED AND
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TAKEN BACK TO A GOLDEN KINGDOM.
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ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?
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WHEN NEBUCHADNEZZAR
CAME, HE WAS THE KING OF THAT
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GOLDEN EMPIRE.
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ONE OF TWO THINGS HAPPENED
TO THE CHURCH WHEN HE CAME.
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THEY WERE EITHER JUDGED AND
PUNISHED OR SPARED LIKE DANIEL,
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SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO,
TAKEN BACK TO A GOLDEN KINGDOM.
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THAT'S EVEN A FIGURE OF
WHAT CHRIST IS GONNA DO WHEN
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HE COMES TO THIS WORLD,
BUT HE CROSSED THE EUPHRATES.
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THE KINGS OF THE EAST WERE THE
MEDES THE PERSIANS THAT CAME.
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THE EUPHRATES RIVER DRIED UP.
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WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
THE PERSIANS TOOK CONTROL?
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THEY ISSUED A DECREE, THE
70 YEARS OF CAPTIVITY WAS OVER,
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THE PEOPLE COULD GO
BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND.
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WHEN THE EUPHRATES DRIED UP,
BABYLON FELL, THE PEOPLE COULD
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GO BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND.
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IN THE LAST DAYS, DO
WE HAVE A MODERN BABYLON?
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IT'S A SPIRITUAL BABYLON, RIGHT?
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DO WE HAVE A SPIRITUAL ISRAEL?
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WHAT DON'T YOU KNOW IF YOUR
CHRIST, YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED.
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SO MANY WILL COME FROM THE
EAST AND THE WEST AND SIT DOWN
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WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB.
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IF YOU BELONG TO
JESUS, YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED.
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SPIRITUAL ISRAEL.
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SPIRITUAL BABYLON, SPIRITUAL
ISRAEL, SPIRITUAL EUPHRATES,
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FRIENDS.
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NOW THIS SOMETIMES
CAUSES PEOPLE TO STUMBLE BECAUSE
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WHEN YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH THE PLAGUES, IS IT GONNA
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LITERALLY BE A SORE?
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YEAH.
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LITERAL BLOOD?
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WAS IT LITERAL
BLOOD IN EGYPT, THE RIVER?
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WELL, AT LEAST LITERALLY RED.
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I DON'T KNOW IF IT
WAS LITERALLY BLOOD.
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OCEAN'S BLOOD LITERALLY
SCOURGED WITH GREAT HEAT,
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LITERAL DARKNESS.
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THE OTHER PLAGUES ARE VERY REAL
PLAGUES AND NOW WHEN WE TALK
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ABOUT SPIRITUAL EUPHRATES,
HERE'S THE KEY TO UNDERSTAND
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THE DISTINCTION, ALL OF
THE TERMS AND THE NUMBERS IN
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REVELATION ARE QUITE LITERAL
UNLESS YOU GET TO A NAME.
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WHENEVER YOU HEAR A NAME IN
REVELATION, YOU HAVE TO APPLY
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THE SPIRITUAL EQUIVALENT
FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT STORY,
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YOU GET THAT?
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LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
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IN THE MESSAGE TO THE
SEVEN CHURCHES, OUT OF THE BLUE
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IT TALKS ABOUT BALAAM.
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WAS THERE SOME GUY NAMED
BALAAM IN THOSE SEVEN CHURCHES
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OF ASIA?
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NO, IT IS A JEWISH
NAME OR A MESOPOTAMIAN NAME.
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THERE'S NOBODY THERE, BUT THE
REVELATOR, THE LORD WANTED US
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TO LOOK BACK AT THE STORY OF
BALAAM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
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HAPPENING IN THAT CHURCH.
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THEN THEY'RE TALKING ON
AND THEY TALK ABOUT JEZEBEL.
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WELL, THAT WAS AN
ANCIENT JEWISH QUEEN.
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SHE WASN'T EVEN JEWISH, SHE
WAS A PAGAN QUEEN OVER ISRAEL.
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DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A
LITERAL MEMBER OF ONE OF THE
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SEVEN CHURCHES NAMED JEZEBEL?
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NO.
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IT'S A NAME.
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REVELATION WHEN IT SAYS MICHAEL,
WE KNOW THAT'S A SPIRITUAL NAME.
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WHEN IT SAYS DRAGON, THAT'S
A SPIRITUAL NAME FOR THE DEVIL.
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IS THE DEVIL REALLY A REPTILE?
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ALL RIGHT, SO WHENEVER YOU HEAR
A NAME IN REVELATION, THERE'S A
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KEY AND THAT'S TRUE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE BOOK, FRIENDS.
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THESE NAMES, WHEN IT TALKS
ABOUT SPIRITUALLY CALLED SODOM
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AND EGYPT.
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THOSE WERE SPIRITUAL
NAMES FOR THE NATION OF FRANCE.
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YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
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SO WHEN IT MENTIONS EUPHRATES,
IT MEANS THE SPIRITUAL
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EQUIVALENT.
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ITS LIFELINE IS
GONNA BE DRIED UP.
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AND YOU READ IN REVELATION
18 ABOUT BABYLON FALLING, OKAY?
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SO I HOPE--THAT MAKES SENSE
TO ME, I HOPE IT MAKES SENSE
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TO YOU.
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LET'S GO ON AND READ
REVELATION 16:13 NOW.
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"AND I SAW THREE
UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COME
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OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON,
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST
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AND OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF THE FALSE PROPHET."
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WELL, BEFORE I GET TO WHO
THOSE THREE CHARACTERS ARE,
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LET'S TALK ABOUT FROGS.
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HOW MANY FROGS?
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THREE UNCLEAN
SPIRITS LIKE FROGS.
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NOW, DO WE FIND FROGS
IN EGYPT AMONG THE PLAGUES?
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A LOT OF PARALLELS
THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE.
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WHEN YOU THINK OF
FROGS, WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND?
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FIRST OF ALL, HAS ANYONE
HERE EVER BEEN BITTEN BY A FROG?
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OH COME ON, NOW.
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THEY MAY HAVE
NAPPED DOWN ON YOU,
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BUT FROGS HAVE NO TEETH.
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BUT FROGS, THEIR REAL
DANGER IS THEIR TONGUE.
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THE OTHER THING WE NOTICE
IS JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE
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GONNA GRAB THEM, THEY LEAP,
THEY JUMP FROM PLACE TO PLACE
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AND THEY'RE SLIPPERY.
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THESE FROGS IT REPRESENTS,
AND IT COMES OUT OF WHAT?
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IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF THE
EYE OR THE EAR, IT COMES OUT
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OF THE MOUTH.
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IT MEANS IT'S A MESSAGE.
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GOD'S MESSAGES ARE SYMBOLIZED
BY ANGELS FLYING IN THE MIDST
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OF HEAVEN.
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THE DEVIL'S MESSAGE IS
FROGS BECAUSE THEY'RE REPTILES.
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THEY'RE LIKE TADPOLES
AND THEY'RE SLIPPERY AND IT'S
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A MESSAGE WHERE THEY
GET YOU WITH THEIR WORDS.
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HOW DID THE DEVIL GET EVE?
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HE STUCK OUT THAT STICKY TONGUE
OF HIS AND HE--HE TRAPPED HER.
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AND SO IT'S
SYMBOLIC WITH THESE FROGS.
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THEN IT SAYS COMES OUT
OF THE MOUTH OF THE BEAST,
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OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE
DRAGON AND HERE WE GOT A PICTURE
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OF THE FROG THAT'S COMING
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON
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AND THEN OUT OF THE
MOUTH OF THE FALSE PROPHET.
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WELL, I WANT TO READ VERSE
14-- SORRY, REVELATION 16:14,
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"THEY'RE THE SPIRITS OF DEMONS
PERFORMING SIGNS," WONDERS,
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"WHICH GO OUT TO THE KINGS
OF THE EARTH, THE GOVERNMENTS,
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THE WORLD LEADERS AND THE
WHOLE WORLD TO GATHER THEM TO
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THE BATTLE OF THE
GREAT DAY OF GOD ALMIGHTY."
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NOW THESE ARE SOME VERY
IMPORTANT VERSES TO CONSIDER.
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REVELATION 13:13-14 SPEAKING
OF THE BEAST POWER, "HE PERFORMS
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GREAT SIGNS SO THAT HE
EVEN MAKES FIRE COME DOWN FROM
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HEAVEN ON THE EARTH IN THE
SIGHT OF MEN AND DECEIVES THOSE
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WHO DWELL ON THE EARTH
BY THE MEANS OF THOSE SIGNS
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THAT HE'S GRANTED TO DO
IN THE SIGHT OF THE BEAST."
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THERE'S LYING
WONDERS, IT TELLS US ABOUT.
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THERE'S GONNA BE COUNTERFEIT
MIRACLES, THAT'S WHY OUR
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FAITH NEEDS TO BE ROOTED,
AND WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
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NOT WHAT GREAT MIRACLE HAS
HAPPENED THAT'S ON THE NEWS ALL
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OVER THE WORLD OR SOME
COUNTERFEIT CHRIST THAT MAY
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APPEAR DOING WONDERS, MAYBE
EVEN BRINGING FIRE DOWN FROM
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HEAVEN LIKE ELIJAH PRAYED AND
FIRE CAME DOWN AND OBVIOUSLY IF
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MOSES PRAYS AND FIRE COMES
DOWN ON THE ALTAR, AND HERE
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THIS FALSE CHRIST, HE PRAYS
AND FIRE SEEMS TO COME DOWN,
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IT MUST BE TRUE.
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SIGNS AND WONDERS,
THAT'S WHY WE'VE GOTTA GO BY
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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
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AND IT SAYS TO GATHER
THEM TOGETHER FOR THE GREAT DAY
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OF GOD ALMIGHTY.
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THIS IS OFTEN REFERRED
TO IN THE BIBLE AS THE DAY
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OF THE LORD.
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THAT IS THE DAY OF DAYS,
THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY THAT IT
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SPEAKS OF OR THE FIRST
PART OF THAT JUDGMENT, JOEL 3:2,
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"I WILL GATHER ALL NATIONS AND
BRING THEM DOWN TO THE VALLEY
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OF JEHOSHAPHAT, AND I'LL ENTER
INTO JUDGMENT THERE WITH THEM
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ON ACCOUNT OF MY PEOPLE, MY
HERITAGE ISRAEL WHOM THEY HAVE
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SCATTERED AMONG THE NATIONS.
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THEY'VE ALSO
DIVIDED UP MY LAND."
00:12:22.86\00:12:24.80
NOW YOU GOTTA KNOW YOUR BIBLE.
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THERE WAS A GREAT BATTLE IN
THE DAYS OF JEHOSHAPHAT WHERE
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ALL OF THE NATIONS AROUND
HIM TOOK HIM ON, THE EDOMITES,
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THE MOABITES, THE AMMONITES.
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IT LOOKED HOPELESS.
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HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
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HE PRAYED AND GOD
SENT HIM A PROPHET.
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GOD SENT PROPHETS TO HIS PEOPLE
JUST BEFORE THE END, AND HIS
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PROPHET SAID, "DON'T BE
AFRAID, TRUST THE LORD."
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AND THEY SENT THE
LEVITES OUT BEFORE THEM SINGING.
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THEY WERE ALSO TOLD TO DIG
DITCHES AND THE ENEMY, WHEN THE
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SUN CAME UP, SAW THESE DITCHES
AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS BLOOD.
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AND THEY GOT SCARED AND SOMEHOW
THEY WENT INTO BATTLE AND BEGAN
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TO FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES,
AND THE ENEMY SELF-DESTRUCTED.
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YOU LISTENING?
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THE ENEMY DESTROYED THEMSELVES.
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THEY TURNED ON ONE ANOTHER.
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JEHOSHAPHAT DIDN'T
HAVE TO FIRE AN ARROW.
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GOD DELIVERED HIM.
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SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE
VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT, DON'T
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START LOOKING ON YOUR MAP
TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT BATTLE
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OF ARMAGEDDON'S GONNA BE.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAYS OF
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JEHOSHAPHAT IS HOW
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN AGAIN.
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IT'S NOT A PLACE ON A MAP.
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THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON IS
NOT A BATTLE THAT'S GONNA TAKE
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PLACE IN A LITTLE, BITTY
VALLEY OVER THERE IN ISRAEL.
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IT IS THE GREAT BATTLE IN THE
LAST DAYS BETWEEN--THE BATTLES
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OF REVELATION ARE TALKING
ABOUT THE CHRIST AND SATAN.
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IT'S NOT A BATTLE TALKING ABOUT
IRAN, PAKISTAN, INDIA THESE
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LITTLE, THEY'RE NATIONS.
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IT'S DEALING WITH THOSE
WHO FOLLOW GOD, THE GREAT
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CONTROVERSY, AND
THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE DEVIL.
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ARMAGEDDON IS THE FINAL
MOBILIZATION OF THE POWERS AND
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ARMIES OF WORLD TO EXTERMINATE
GOD'S PEOPLE LIKE THEY DID
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WITH JEHOSHAPHAT.
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BUT WHEN THAT TIME
COMES, THE TABLES ARE TURNED.
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IT LOOKS HOPELESS, BUT
GOD FIGHTS FOR HIS PEOPLE.
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NOW I'LL SAY MORE
ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE.
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WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN
TO THE WORD ARMAGEDDON YET.
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REVELATION 16:16, "AND
THEY GATHERED THEM TOGETHER TO
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A PLACE CALLED IN THE
HEBREW TONGUE ARMAGEDDON.
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NOW HERE IS THE REAL CONUNDRUM,
YOU CAN'T COMPARE THIS WORD
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REALLY WITH ANOTHER USE OF THE
WORD IN THE BIBLE 'CAUSE IT'S
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THE ONLY TIME THE WORD APPEARS
IN GREEK LITERATURE ANYWHERE.
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AT LEAST THEY HAVEN'T FOUND
ANYTHING YET, AND IT DOESN'T
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REALLY APPEAR AS
THIS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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HERE YOU'VE GOT A JEWISH
WRITER, JOHN, HE'S AN OLD MAN.
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HE MOSTLY SPEAKS ARAMAIC.
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HE'S IN PRISON BY THE ROMANS,
A LATIN COUNTRY ON A ROMAN
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ISLAND.
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AND WHEN HE WROTE IT OUT,
THE BEST THEY CAN FIGURE IT HAS
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SOMETHING TO DO WITH
THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO--
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HAR MEANS HILL--OF MEGIDDO
AND SO BUT THAT WAS REALLY
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EITHER MOUNT TABOR.
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IT'S A CONFUSING PHRASE
AND EVERYONE TRIES TO POINT
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ON A MAP WHERE IS THIS BATTLE.
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THEY'RE GATHERED TO
THIS PLACE CALLED ARMAGEDDON.
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NOW WHAT DID I TELL YOU
ABOUT NAMES IN THE BIBLE?
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ARE THE NAMES
LITERAL OR SPIRITUAL?
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THEY'RE SPIRITUAL AND SYMBOLIC
SO WHEN YOU READ ARMAGEDDON,
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YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHERE
IN THE BIBLE DOES THIS POINT?
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IF IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE
VALLEY OF MEGIDDO, THAT'S FINE.
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THERE ARE THREE STORIES IN THE
BIBLE THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND
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THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
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JUDGES 4, GIVE IT TO
YOU QUICKLY, YOU CAN READ IT
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WHEN YOU GO HOME AND 5.
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD WANDERED
FROM GOD, THEY WERE OPPRESSED
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FOR 20 YEARS BY PAGAN COUNTRY.
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THE CANAANITES AND
FINALLY GOD ROSE UP A PROPHETESS
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BY THE NAME OF DEBORAH.
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DEBORAH CALLED FOR BARAK.
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HE SAID GATHER ALL THE PEOPLE
TOGETHER AT MOUNT TABOR AND
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THEY FOUGHT WITH THE
GENERAL NAMED SISERA.
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THEY HAD 900 IRON CHARIOTS.
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IT'S LIKE 900 ABRAM TANKS TODAY.
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THEY HAD A MASSIVE ARMY.
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THERE WAS NO WAY THAT
THEY COULD DEFEAT 'EM.
00:16:06.63\00:16:08.63
THEY HAD BEEN
OPPRESSED FOR YEARS.
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ALL OF THE ISRAELITES HAVE
IS, YOU KNOW, GARDEN SHOVELS
00:16:10.53\00:16:13.90
AND THINGS TO FIGHT
WITH, PRUNING HOOKS.
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AND SHE SAYS,
"GOD'S GONNA BE WITH YOU."
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HE SAID, "IF YOU
GO WITH ME, I'LL GO."
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SHE SAID, "I'LL GO WITH
YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA
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GET THE CREDIT.
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THE CREDIT'S
GONNA GO TO A WOMAN."
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NOT ONLY DID THE CREDIT GO TO
A WOMAN, DEBORAH, BUT THE CREDIT
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WENT TO ANOTHER WOMAN
NAMED JAEL BECAUSE WHEN
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THE ISRAELITES TOOK ON THE
CANAANITES IN THE VALLEY OF
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MEGIDDO, THEY WERE CONQUERED.
00:16:35.33\00:16:37.66
THEY WERE ROUTED.
00:16:37.66\00:16:38.60
AND AS THEY FLED, THEIR
CHARIOTS GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE.
00:16:38.60\00:16:41.16
IT HAD RAINED EVIDENTLY
AND SISERA GOT OFF AND HE FLED
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AND HE FOUND A TENT OF
THE KENANITES WHICH WERE SORT
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OF A NEUTRAL PEOPLE.
00:16:49.40\00:16:50.23
AND HE SAID, "LOOK, YOU
KNOW YOU'RE NOT AN ISRAELITE.
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YOU'RE NOT ONE OF US, BUT
WILL YOU SHOW ME SANCTUARY,
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HIDE ME."
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SO THE GENERAL HIDES UNDERNEATH
THIS RUG AND SHE ENDS UP
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PIERCING HIS EAR WHILE HE
SLEPT EXCEPT SHE WENT A LITTLE
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TOO FAR AND KILLED HIM.
00:17:03.53\00:17:06.36
AND HE--SO SHE GOT
CREDIT FOR DESTROYING THE ARMY.
00:17:06.36\00:17:12.16
AND THEN THEY SING THIS SONG,
DEBORAH SINGS THIS PROPHETIC
00:17:12.16\00:17:14.53
SONG ABOUT THE
VICTORY THEY RECEIVED.
00:17:14.53\00:17:17.60
JUDGES 5:19, "THE KINGS
CAME AND FOUGHT, THEN FOUGHT THE
00:17:17.60\00:17:24.00
KINGS OF CANAAN AND
TAANACH BY THE WATER OF MEGIDDO.
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THEY TOOK NO GAIN OF MONEY.
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THEY FOUGHT FROM HEAVEN,
THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES
00:17:30.93\00:17:33.30
FOUGHT AGAINST SISERA."
00:17:33.30\00:17:34.66
SHE'S SAYING, "THE
HEAVENS FOUGHT FOR US.
00:17:34.66\00:17:37.76
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT,
THE HEAVENS FOUGHT FOR US,"
00:17:37.76\00:17:40.36
AND THEY WERE DELIVERED.
00:17:40.36\00:17:41.60
THEN YOU'VE GOT
THE STORY OF GIDEON.
00:17:41.60\00:17:46.70
NOW THIS IS ESPECIALLY
INTERESTING WHEN YOU STUDY
00:17:46.70\00:17:49.63
THE WORD OF ARMAGEDDON BECAUSE
GIDEON'S NAME IS VERY SIMILAR.
00:17:49.63\00:17:58.70
MATTER OF FACT I THINK I'VE
GOT--YOU'VE GOT A PICTURE OF
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GIDEON UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
00:18:01.80\00:18:04.20
THEY WERE COMPLETELY
OUTNUMBERED, ANOTHER BATTLE IN
00:18:04.20\00:18:06.60
THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO.
00:18:06.60\00:18:10.13
WHEN YOU READ IN THE STORY
OF GIDEON AND YOU GO TO JUDGES 7
00:18:10.13\00:18:14.10
IN THE ORIGINAL HEBREW--
AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
00:18:14.10\00:18:16.76
YOU'LL SEE THIS, I WANT
YOU TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF.
00:18:16.76\00:18:19.26
IN JUDGES 7:2, SEVERAL TIMES
IT SAYS GOD SPOKE TO GIDEON
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AND IT'S YEHOVAH AMAR GIDOEN.
00:18:25.83\00:18:29.86
YOU GOT THAT?
00:18:29.86\00:18:31.23
SPOKE TO GIDEON, AND
THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE WORD
00:18:31.23\00:18:36.33
"ARMAGEDDON."
00:18:36.33\00:18:37.53
NOW IN THE STORY OF GIDEON,
YOU'VE GOT THE SAME THING YOU
00:18:37.53\00:18:40.03
HAVE IN REVELATION.
00:18:40.03\00:18:41.30
THERE WAS A THREE-FOLD POWER,
THE MIDIANITES, THE AMALEKITES,
00:18:41.30\00:18:46.00
THE PEOPLE OF THE EAST
GATHERED AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE
00:18:46.00\00:18:48.76
AND OPPRESSED THEM.
00:18:48.76\00:18:50.30
ALL GIDEON HAD
WAS 300 MEN, AGAIN, 3.
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HE DIVIDED THEM
INTO THREE COMPANIES.
00:18:53.86\00:18:56.03
THEY WERE ALL GIVEN THREE
THINGS, GIVEN A TRUMPET, GIVEN
00:18:56.03\00:18:59.40
A PITCHER AND THEY HAD A SWORD.
00:18:59.40\00:19:01.73
ALL SYMBOLS OF THE WORD.
00:19:01.73\00:19:03.50
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE, LIFT
UP YOUR VOICE LIKE A TRUMPET,
00:19:03.50\00:19:06.83
THE WORD OF GOD IS
SHARPER THAN A TWO-EDGED SWORD.
00:19:06.83\00:19:08.80
AND AT THE RIGHT
MOMENT, THEY BROKE THE PITCHERS,
00:19:08.80\00:19:10.80
THE LIGHT SHINED,
THEY BLEW THE TRUMPET,
00:19:10.80\00:19:12.63
THEY WAVED THEIR
SWORDS AND THEY SHOUTED.
00:19:12.63\00:19:14.66
NOW WHAT DID THE ENEMY DO?
00:19:14.66\00:19:16.33
THEY WOKE UP IN DISARRAY
AND CONFUSION CONFOUNDED BY THE
00:19:16.33\00:19:20.06
NOISE, THE BLARING TRUMPETS.
00:19:20.06\00:19:21.66
THEY SAW THE
LIGHTS AROUND THE HILL.
00:19:21.66\00:19:23.70
THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS THIS
VAST ARMY, AND THEY ALL TURNED
00:19:23.70\00:19:26.96
ON EACH OTHER
AND SELF-DESTRUCTED.
00:19:26.96\00:19:32.13
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE END.
00:19:32.13\00:19:34.20
GOD FIGHTS FOR US FROM HEAVEN
IN THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
00:19:34.20\00:19:39.26
THE BIBLE TELLS US CHRIST COMES.
00:19:39.26\00:19:41.46
MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S THE
SEVENTH PLAGUE IS JESUS COMING.
00:19:41.46\00:19:51.66
FINAL THING, FRIENDS, I JUST
WANT TO GO BACK TO REVELATION.
00:19:51.66\00:19:56.06
I'M JUST GONNA READ IT TO
YOU SO I CAN TIE OFF THIS,
00:19:56.06\00:19:58.90
THIS SEVENTH BULL.
00:19:58.90\00:20:01.33
I READ ABOUT
WHAT ARMAGEDDON MEANS.
00:20:01.33\00:20:02.90
ARMAGEDDON IS TALKING
ABOUT--OH, YOU KNOW I KNEW
00:20:02.90\00:20:05.56
I WAS FORGETTING SOMETHING.
00:20:05.56\00:20:06.66
THERE'S A THIRD
STORY ABOUT ARMAGEDDON.
00:20:06.66\00:20:09.06
THE FAVORITE YOUNG KING, HE
WAS IN HIS THIRTIES RIGHT ABOUT
00:20:09.06\00:20:12.30
THE AGE OF CHRIST NAMED JOSIAH.
00:20:12.30\00:20:16.40
HE DIES IN THE VALLEY OF
MEGIDDO DEFENDING GOD'S PEOPLE.
00:20:16.40\00:20:23.43
AND SO WHENEVER YOU SAY
THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO TO THE
00:20:23.43\00:20:26.63
ISRAELITES, IT TALKS ABOUT A
KING THEY LOVED WHO SACRIFICED
00:20:26.63\00:20:29.50
HIMSELF.
00:20:29.50\00:20:31.23
YOU WITH ME?
00:20:31.23\00:20:32.83
IT TALKS ABOUT BATTLES THAT ARE
WON WHEN GOD FOUGHT FOR THEM IN
00:20:32.83\00:20:36.63
A MIRACULOUS WAY.
00:20:36.63\00:20:38.70
AND SO WHEN IT SAYS
THEY'RE GATHERED TOGETHER LIKE
00:20:38.70\00:20:41.93
THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT,
THE VALLEY OF MEGIDDO,
00:20:41.93\00:20:43.86
IT LOOKS HOPELESS, IT LOOKS
LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE DESTROYED
00:20:43.86\00:20:46.93
BUT AT THE LAST MINUTE,
GOD FIGHTS FOR US, AMEN?
00:20:46.93\00:20:49.83
ALL THE FORCES OF THE WORLD ARE
GONNA BE GATHERED AGAINST THOSE
00:20:49.83\00:20:53.20
WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY
00:20:53.20\00:20:55.56
OF JESUS IN THE LAST DAYS.
00:20:55.56\00:20:56.96
THAT IS THE
BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
00:20:56.96\00:20:59.90
AND JUST WHEN THEY'RE GETTING
READY TO LAUNCH THE BATTLE
00:20:59.90\00:21:01.60
AGAINST US, THE REAL
FORCES COME FROM OVER THE HILL.
00:21:01.60\00:21:04.86
YOU EVER SEEN THESE STORIES
BEFORE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT
00:21:04.86\00:21:07.50
LOOKS LIKE THIS LITTLE
TROOP IS COMPLETELY OUTNUMBERED
00:21:07.50\00:21:10.53
AND THEY'RE SURROUNDED AND
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL OVER.
00:21:10.53\00:21:13.70
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HEAR
IN THE DISTANCE, A TRUMPET...
00:21:13.70\00:21:19.36
AND THE CALVARY COMES RIDING
OVER THE HILL JUST LIKE A WAVE,
00:21:19.36\00:21:22.43
AND THEY COME TO THE RESCUE AND
THAT'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE.
00:21:22.43\00:21:25.73
IT'S GONNA BE THE GREAT RESCUE.
00:21:25.73\00:21:27.46
AND YOU KNOW WHO'S GONNA
BE LEADING THAT CALVARY FROM
00:21:27.46\00:21:29.50
HEAVEN, JESUS IS
GONNA COME RIDING.
00:21:29.50\00:21:33.13
THAT'S WHEN HE COMES RIDING ON
THE WHITE HORSE WEARING HIS RED
00:21:33.13\00:21:35.50
GARMENT SAYING THE WORD OF GOD
WITH A SWORD COMING OUT OF HIS
00:21:35.50\00:21:38.36
MOUTH AND HE COMES
TO DELIVER HIS PEOPLE.
00:21:38.36\00:21:41.40
AND THAT'S WHEN THE WICKED
FLEE FROM HIS PRESENCE AND RUN
00:21:41.40\00:21:43.90
AND CALL FOR THE ROCKS
AND MOUNTAINS TO FALL ON THEM.
00:21:43.90\00:21:46.86
SO I SAID I WAS GONNA
READ TO YOU THE SEVENTH PLAGUE.
00:21:46.86\00:21:50.50
VERSE 17, "THE SEVENTH ANGEL
POURED OUT HIS BOWL INTO THE
00:21:50.50\00:21:55.30
AIR AND A LOUD VOICE CAME
OUT OF THE TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
00:21:55.30\00:21:58.36
FROM THE THRONE
SAYING, 'IT IS DONE.'"
00:21:58.36\00:22:00.86
THAT'S WHAT JESUS
SAID ON THE CROSS.
00:22:00.86\00:22:03.03
"AND THERE WERE NOISES AND
THUNDERINGS AND LIGHTNINGS AND
00:22:03.03\00:22:06.50
THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE,
SUCH A MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE
00:22:06.50\00:22:10.46
AND SO GREAT" THAT NO
RICHTER SCALE COULD MEASURE IT,
00:22:10.46\00:22:14.50
I THREW THAT IN.
00:22:14.50\00:22:15.56
AND IT SAYS, "NEVER OCCURRED
SINCE MEN WERE ON THE EARTH."
00:22:15.56\00:22:19.16
THAT GREAT CITY WAS DIVIDED
IN THREE PARTS JUST LIKE THE
00:22:19.16\00:22:21.80
FORCES IN THE STORY OF GIDEON.
00:22:21.80\00:22:25.03
"AND GREAT BABYLON WAS
REMEMBERED BEFORE GOD."
00:22:25.03\00:22:27.60
IS THAT LITERAL OR
SPIRITUAL BABYLON THERE?
00:22:27.60\00:22:30.16
SPIRITUAL BABYLON, YEAH.
00:22:30.16\00:22:33.43
"TO GIVE UP THE CUP OF THE WINE
OF THE FIERCENESS OF HIS WRATH.
00:22:33.43\00:22:35.96
THEN EVERY ISLAND FED AWAY AND
THE MOUNTAINS WERE NOT FOUND."
00:22:35.96\00:22:39.83
SO IF YOU'RE PART OF
THE COUNTRY LIVING CLASS,
00:22:39.83\00:22:41.70
DON'T MOVE TO KAUAI.
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"AND GREAT HAIL FROM HEAVEN
FELL UPON MEN, EVERY HAILSTONE
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ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF
A TALENT, 75 POUNDS."
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AND THEN BLASPHEME GOD BECAUSE
THE PLAGUE OF HAIL WAS VERY
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GREAT.
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THIS IS THE FINAL HAIL IT TALKS
ABOUT, THE COMING OF CHRIST
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WHERE JESUS
COMES AND RAPTURES UP.
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I DON'T MEAN TO USE THAT
WORD "RAPTURE" LIKE IN SECRET
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RAPTURE, BUT THEY'RE CAUGHT
UP CAN MEET HIM IN THE AIR AND
00:23:03.10\00:23:06.90
THIS IS THE SECOND COMING.
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SO THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT
BEFORE US, I BELIEVE, FRIENDS.
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WE NEED TO CONTINUE
STUDYING THESE THINGS.
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BELIEVE ME, I'M
NOT THE LAST WORD.
00:23:14.20\00:23:15.93
I KNOW I DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT ALL, BUT I WANT YOU TO
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UNDERSTAND WHAT I THINK I DO
UNDERSTAND AND TO BE PREPARED.
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ONE THING I WANT YOU TO KNOW
IS IN SPITE OF WHAT'S COMING,
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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.
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DON'T HAVE TO BE
AFRAID OF THE PLAGUES.
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GOD MAKES A PROMISE IN HIS WORD.
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YOU'VE READ THIS BEFORE.
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WE'VE READ IT TO
YOU IN RECENT WEEKS.
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PSALM 91:9-10, "BECAUSE YOU'VE
MADE THE LORD WHO IS MY REFUGE
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EVEN THE MOST HIGHER DWELLING
PLACE, NO EVIL WILL BEFALL YOU,
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NEITHER SHALL ANY PLAGUE
COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING."
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NOTICE VERSE 2 CHAPTER
15 REVELATION, "AND I SAW
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SOMETHING LIKE A SEA OF
GLASS MINGLED WITH FIRE.
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AND THOSE WHO HAVE THE VICTORY
OVER THE BEAST, OVER HIS IMAGE
00:24:02.56\00:24:07.33
AND OVER THE MARK AND NUMBER
OF HIS NAME STANDING ON THE SEA
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OF GLASS HAVING HARPS."
00:24:10.70\00:24:12.70
SOMEONE'S GONNA BE ON THAT
SEA OF GLASS WHO ESCAPES THE
00:24:12.70\00:24:15.70
PLAGUES, THAT CAN BE YOU.
00:24:15.70\00:24:20.13
I WANT TO BE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE, DON'T YOU?
00:24:20.13\00:24:22.06
>> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL
BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S
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SPECIAL OFFER.
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>> IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO SAY,
"I'LL EXPERIMENT WITH THE WORLD
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TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON."
00:24:35.63\00:24:37.53
WHAT'S THE BEST THING
FOR THE SONS OF MAN TO DO?
00:24:37.53\00:24:41.80
>> DON'T LIVE FOR THE FLESH.
00:24:41.80\00:24:43.06
IF YOU LIVE FOR THE FLESH, YOU
CANNOT BE ALIVE IN THE SPIRIT.
00:24:43.06\00:24:49.53
>> AND IF GOD SAYS DON'T DO
IT, DON'T GET MARRIED AT ALL.
00:24:49.53\00:24:52.53
IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU
CAN PICK A GOOD CHRISTIAN,
00:24:52.53\00:24:54.43
THEN DON'T PICK ANYBODY.
00:24:54.43\00:24:59.43
>> VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE
EARTH, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION
00:25:04.26\00:25:06.86
OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT
THERE IS SOME FORM OF BATTLE
00:25:06.86\00:25:11.20
RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND
US BETWEEN THE FORCES OF GOOD
00:25:11.20\00:25:14.86
AND EVIL, A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE
BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS,
00:25:14.86\00:25:19.40
TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION
AND FREEDOM, RIGHT AND WRONG
00:25:19.40\00:25:24.26
AND ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH.
00:25:24.26\00:25:27.46
[MUSIC] >> JOURNEY
BACK THROUGH TIME TO
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THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
00:25:34.36\00:25:37.60
DISCOVER HOW A PERFECT
ANGEL TRANSFORMED INTO SATAN,
00:25:37.60\00:25:42.53
THE ARCH VILLAIN,
THE BIRTH OF EVIL,
00:25:42.53\00:25:45.63
A REBELLION IN HEAVEN, A
MUTINY THAT MOVED TO EARTH.
00:25:45.63\00:25:52.13
BEHOLD THE CREATION OF
A BEAUTIFUL, NEW PLANET
00:25:52.13\00:25:55.63
AND THE FIRST HUMANS.
00:25:55.63\00:25:57.60
WITNESS THE TEMPTATION IN EDEN.
00:25:57.60\00:26:01.20
DISCOVER GOD'S AMAZING
PLAN TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN.
00:26:01.20\00:26:04.90
THIS IS A STORY THAT
INVOLVES EVERY LIFE ON EARTH,
00:26:04.90\00:26:09.36
EVERY LIFE.
00:26:09.36\00:26:12.33
THE COSMIC CONFLICT.
00:26:12.33\00:26:14.46
IF GOD IS GOOD, IF
GOD IS ALL POWERFUL,
00:26:14.46\00:26:17.40
IF GOD IS LOVE,
THEN WHAT WENT WRONG?
00:26:17.40\00:26:24.93
[MUSIC] >>
ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, WARS
00:26:30.56\00:26:37.93
AND RUMORS OF WARS, EARTHQUAKES,
FEAR OF PANDEMIC PLAGUES.
00:26:37.93\00:26:42.36
ARE WE ON THE
VERGE OF ARMAGEDDON?
00:26:42.36\00:26:45.16
MANY WORLD RELIGIONS TEACH
ABOUT A TIME WHEN A GREAT FINAL
00:26:45.16\00:26:49.20
BATTLE WILL TRANSPIRE BETWEEN
THE FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL.
00:26:49.20\00:26:53.40
SOME BELIEVE THIS WILL BE
A NUCLEAR CONFLICT BETWEEN
00:26:53.40\00:26:56.46
NATIONS.
00:26:56.46\00:26:57.20
OTHERS BELIEVE THIS IS A BATTLE
FOR SPIRITUAL DOMINION OF THE
00:26:57.20\00:27:00.36
EARTH THAT WILL OCCUR
JUST BEFORE JESUS RETURNS.
00:27:00.36\00:27:04.10
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
THIS COLOSSAL CONFLICT, AND
00:27:04.10\00:27:08.16
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TODAY?
00:27:08.16\00:27:10.40
WE PRAY THIS PROGRAM HAS HELPED
YOU UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT.
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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REMEMBER THE WORDS OF CHRIST,
"I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN
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TILL THE END OF THE WORLD."
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