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>> TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND
FIND OUT WHO THE RIGHT WOMAN IS,
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THAT'S OUR STUDY AND THAT'S
OUR STORACLE TONIGHT DEALING
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WITH THE STORY OF KING
SOLOMON AND HIS WISDOM IN MAKING
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A DIFFICULT JUDGMENT
CALL. YOU REMEMBER, NO DOUBT,
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THAT WHEN SOLOMON
FIRST RECEIVED THE KINGDOM,
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HE ASKED GOD FOR WISDOM.
AND THAT WISDOM WAS EVIDENT,
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ESPECIALLY IN THE
JUDGMENTS HE RENDERED.
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THERE WAS ONE SPECIFICALLY
DIFFICULT CASE OF TWO WOMEN
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WHO LIVED TOGETHER IN A
HOME, THEY BOTH HAD BABY BOYS
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ABOUT THE SAME TIME AND WHILE
THE CHILDREN WERE INFANTS, ONE
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OF THE LADIES DURING THE NIGHT
ACCIDENTLY SMOTHERED HER CHILD.
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SHE WOKE UP AND SAW THE STILL,
COLD, FORM OF THE BABY AND AFTER
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SHE RECOVERED FROM HER SHOCK,
SHE NOTICED THAT HER COMPANION'S
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LITTLE BABY WAS STILL COOING
AND ALIVE AND SHE FELT SO GUILTY
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FOR HER NEGLECT, SHE GENTLY WENT
OVER AND TOOK THE LIVING BABY
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AND REPLACED IT WITH THE
COLD FORM OF THE DEAD BABY.
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HER ROOMMATE WOKE UP THE
NEXT MORNING AND WAS GONNA NURSE
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THE BABY AND SAW THAT IT
WAS DEAD AND BEGAN TO CRY AND
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THEN REALIZED
THIS ISN'T MY BABY.
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YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE REAL
LITTLE, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD.
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THEY ALL LOOK LIKE RAISINS
WHEN THEY'RE REAL LITTLE,
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THEN THEY START TO
TAKE ON MORE CHARACTERISTIC.
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WELL, THERE WAS A MAJOR DISPUTE
IN THAT HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE
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SHE SAID, "THIS ISN'T
MINE, THAT'S MY BABY."
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"NO, THAT'S MY
BABY, THAT'S YOUR BABY."
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AND THE DIFFICULT CASES
WERE BROUGHT BEFORE THE KING.
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AND SO AS THIS CASE WAS
PRESENTED TO THE KING, ALL OF
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HIS COUNSELORS WERE GATHERED
AROUND TO SEE HOW SOLOMON
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WAS GOING TO RESOLVE
THIS COMPLICATED PROBLEM.
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AND HE THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT,
SOLOMON WAS AN EXPERT AT HUMAN
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NATURE AND HE SAID VERY SIMPLE,
"YOU SAY THAT THE LIVING BABY
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IS YOURS AND YOU SAY THE LIVING
BABY IS YOURS, THERE'S ONLY ONE
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LIVING BABY,
OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO DIVIDE IT."
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HE CALLED FOR HIS SOLDIER
WHO CAME OVER, GAVE THE KING
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A DOUBLE TAKE, ARE YOU
SERIOUS? THE KING NODDED.
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HE PULLED OUT HIS SWORD,
HELD UP THE BABY, GOT READY
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TO WHACK THE BABY IN TWO. AS
HE WAS ABOUT TO DO IT, ONE OF
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THE WOMEN SAID, "NO,
PLEASE GIVE HER THE BABY,
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SPARE THE BABY'S LIFE."
AND THE OTHER WOMAN SAID
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OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE ONLY FAIR
TO DO, GO AHEAD, CUT IT IN HALF.
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SOLOMON SAID GIVE THE BABY
TO THE WOMAN WHO'S WILLING TO
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SACRIFICE IT RATHER THAN
SEE IT DIE, THAT'S THE MOTHER.
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NOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO
MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT ABOUT
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HOW TO FIND OUT THE TRUE WOMAN.
REVELATION DEPICTS TWO WOMEN,
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ONE IS TRUE, ONE IS COUNTERFEIT.
AND LIKE THAT SOLDIER WE NEED
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TO USE THE SWORD TO BE
ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN
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THE GENUINE AND THE
IMPOSTER. THE BIBLE TELLS US
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"AND THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT,
WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD."
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THAT WILL NEED TO
BE OUR GUIDE TONIGHT.
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SO LET'S GO TO QUESTION
NUMBER ONE OF OUR LESSON DEALING
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WITH THIS BATTLE
BETWEEN THE TWO WOMEN.
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QUESTION NUMBER
ONE, "HOW DOES REVELATION
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PICTURE GOD'S TRUE CHURCH?"
REVELATION 12, AND YOU CAN READ
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VERSES 1, 2, 5. IT
SAYS THERE WAS A WOMAN
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CLOTHED WITH THE SUN, AND
THE MOON UNDER HER FEET, AND
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UPON HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE
STARS: AND SHE BEING WITH CHILD
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CRIED, TRAVAILING IN BIRTH,
AND PAINED TO BE DELIVERED."
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WANT TO READ ON
A LITTLE FURTHER.
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"AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH A
MAN CHILD, WHO WAS TO RULE ALL
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NATIONS WITH A ROD OF IRON:
AND HER CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP
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TO GOD, AND TO HIS
THRONE." NOW WHO IS THIS WOMAN?
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ONE THING WE DISCOVER RIGHT OFF,
YOU CAN TELL WHO THE WOMEN ARE
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IN REVELATION BY WHAT THEY
WEAR. CLOTHING IN THE BIBLE IS
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DESCRIPTIVE OF CHARACTER.
THIS WOMAN IS WEARING THE SUN.
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SHE'S WEARING LIGHT.
SHE'S STANDING ON THE MOON.
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SHE'S GOT A CROWN OF STARS ABOVE
HER HEAD. SHE IS WEARING THE
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LIGHT THAT GOD MADE. NOW
WHEN YOU READ REVELATION,
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IT SAYS THE LORD MADE THE
SUN, THE MOON, AND THE STARS.
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THERE'S ALL KIND OF ARTIFICIAL
LIGHT WE'VE GOT HERE IN THIS
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AUDITORIUM AND YOU WATCHING
AROUND THE WORLD, BUT THE LIGHT
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THAT GOD MADE IS
THE SUN, MOON AND STARS.
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GOD SAYS TO THE CHURCH, "I AM
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND YOU
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ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
SHE'S STANDING ON THE MOON.
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THAT'S A SYMBOL OF THE LIGHT
OF THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT WAS
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REFLECTING THE REALITY THAT
WOULD COME WHEN JESUS ARRIVED
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IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.
SHE'S WEARING THE NEW TESTAMENT,
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THE LIGHT OF CHRIST, THE
SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHO ARISES
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WITH HEALING IN HIS
WINGS. MALACHI 4, GOT 12 STARS
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ABOVE HER HEAD.
ABOVE THE HEAD REPRESENTS
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AUTHORITY IN THE BIBLE, 12
APOSTLES LEADING THE CHURCH.
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IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, YOU
HAD THE 12 PATRIARCHS OF ISRAEL,
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YOU HAD THE 12 JUDGES THAT
YOU FIND IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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12 REPRESENTS THE LEADERSHIP.
SO HERE YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF
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GOD'S CHURCH, THE SUN, THE
MOON, THE STARS, THERE'S LIGHT
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AND SHE'S WAITING TO
GIVE BIRTH TO A BABY.
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IT SAYS SHE'S
TRAVAILING, READY TO GIVE BIRTH.
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QUESTION NUMBER TWO,
"WHO IS THE GREAT RED DRAGON,
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AND WHAT DOES HE TRY TO DO?"
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REMEMBER TO SAY THE ANSWERS OUT
LOUD, EVEN YOU AT HOME WATCHING
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IN YOUR
RESPECTIVE CHURCHES AND HERE.
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HERE WE GO, "AND THAT
GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT,
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THAT OLD SERPENT,
CALLED THE DEVIL, AND SATAN."
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SO WE KNOW WHO THE DRAGON
IS. NOW THE DRAGON, THE DEVIL,
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HE DOESN'T USUALLY PLOP DOWN ON
THE GROUND LOOKING LIKE A DEVIL.
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HE OPERATES THROUGH
EXISTING POWERS, GOVERNMENTS.
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE DEVIL
TRIED TO DESTROY JESUS AS A BABY
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USING THE ROMAN
POWER. WHAT POWER?
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE,
HE TRIED TO USE IT.
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IT WAS ROMAN SOLDIERS THAT WENT
AFTER THE BABIES IN BETHLEHEM.
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IT WAS ROMAN SOLDIERS
THAT WHIPPED CHRIST AND ROMAN
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SOLDIERS THAT CRUCIFIED
HIM AND PIERCED HIS SIDE.
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IT WAS ROMAN SOLDIERS THAT ALSO
HELPED PERSECUTE PAUL IN SOME OF
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THE EARLY CHURCH AND IMPRISONED
THEM AND SO THE DEVIL USES
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THESE POLITICAL POWERS.
FURTHERMORE IT SAYS, "THE DRAGON
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STOOD BEFORE THE WOMAN
WHICH WAS READY TO BE DELIVERED,
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FOR TO DEVOUR HER CHILD
AS SOON AS IT WAS BORN."
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NOT ONLY DID THE ROMAN SOLDIERS
GO INTO BETHLEHEM TO KILL ALL
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THE BABIES, THE DEVIL KNEW THE
MESSIAH WAS COMING, HE WANTED TO
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STOP HIM IN HIS INFANCY WHILE
HE WAS WEAK AND DEFENSELESS.
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BUT YOU KNOW I THINK IF
YOU LOOK AT THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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YOU'LL ALSO FIND OUT
THE DEVIL DID THE SAME THING
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DURING THE TIME OF MOSES.
YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE PHARAOH
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KNEW A GREAT DELIVER
WAS COMING. THE DEVIL,
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HE DIDN'T KNOW ALL THINGS.
THE BIBLE WASN'T WRITTEN YET.
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MOSES WROTE IN
THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS.
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HE WAS WONDERING IF GOD WOULD
BECOME A MAN DURING THE TIME OF
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THE EXODUS, HE WANTED TO
PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING.
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HE HAD ALL THOUGH BABY
BOYS THROWN TO THE CROCODILES
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IN THE NILE RIVER, BUT
GOD, IN THE SAME WAY HE
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DELIVERED MOSES,
HE DELIVERED CHRIST.
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NOW THIS WOMAN REPRESENTS
THE CHURCH, GOD'S CHURCH.
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SOME HAVE SAID, AND I
DON'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL,
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THAT THE WOMAN HERE
IN REVELATION 12 IS MARY.
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YOU KEEP READING
ON AND IT'S NOT MARY.
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IT SAYS THAT SHE'S GIVEN WINGS
AND SHE'S PERSECUTED AND SHE
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FLEES INTO THE WILDERNESS AND
IT TELLS WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARD.
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WHAT DOES A WOMAN
REPRESENT IN PROPHECY?
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"I'VE LIKENED THE
DAUGHTER OF ZION UNTO A DELICATE
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AND COMELY WOMAN.
HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES
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AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH."
JOHN, WHEN HE WROTE HIS LETTERS,
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HE SAID FROM THE ELECT--FROM
YOUR SISTER UNTO THE ELECT LADY.
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THIS LANGUAGE OF A WOMAN
AS A CHURCH IS ALL THROUGH
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THE BIBLE AND YOU CAN
SEE THAT VERY CLEARLY.
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QUESTION NUMBER THREE,
"WHAT HAPPENS AFTER SATAN
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FAILS TO DESTROY
JESUS?" IT SAYS REVELATION 12:5,
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"AND HER CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP
UNTO GOD, AND TO HIS THRONE."
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WE KNOW CHRIST
ASCENDED TO HEAVEN.
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NOW THE DEVIL DID EVERYTHING
HE COULD TO VENT HIS DIABOLICAL
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FURY ON CHRIST IN PERSON.
BUT WHEN JESUS ASCENDED UP TO
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THE FATHER, NOW HOW
DOES THE DEVIL HURT JESUS?
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THIS IS QUESTION NUMBER
FOUR, IT SAYS, "AFTER JESUS WAS
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CAUGHT UP TO HEAVEN, WHAT
DID SATAN DO TO THE CHURCH?"
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ANSWER, REVELATION 12:13,
"WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS
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CAST TO THE EARTH, HE PERSECUTED
THE WOMAN WHICH BROUGHT FORTH
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THE MAN CHILD." NOW WE
FOUND OUT WHO THE WOMAN
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IS, IS THERE ANY DOUBT
ABOUT WHO THE MAN CHILD IS?
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DOES EVERYONE HERE KNOW
THAT THAT IS JESUS? OKAY.
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WHY DOES THE DEVIL
PERSECUTE GOD'S PEOPLE?
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WELL, BECAUSE IT'S A
VERY SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY.
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WHEN YOU WANT TO HURT SOMEBODY,
IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THEM, GET TO
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THAT WHICH IS PRECIOUS TO THEM.
AND NOW LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE
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HISTORY HERE. THE
DEVIL'S FIRST PLAN
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IN ATTACKING THE CHURCH WAS
DESTROY IT FROM THE OUTSIDE.
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FOR THE FIRST 200 OR 300 YEARS
OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA, HE SOUGHT
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TO DEBILITATE THE CHURCH
THROUGH JUST EXTERMINATION.
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CHRISTIANS WERE TOLD IF THEY DID
NOT MAKE OFFERINGS AND PRAY TO
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THE VARIOUS ROMAN DEITIES
THAT THEY WOULD BE TORTURED,
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IMPRISONED, KILLED.
YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT
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HOW THE CHRISTIANS WERE THROWN
TO THE LIONS IN THE COLISEUM.
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I EVEN HEARD JUST ON THE HISTORY
CHANNEL, I WAS WATCHING ABOUT
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ROME LAST NIGHT. SOME
OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT.
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I LIKE HISTORY.
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HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW
THEY WOULD TAKE THE CHRISTIANS
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AND PUT THEM INSIDE THE
SKINS, BLOODY SKINS OF ANIMALS
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AND THROW THEM IN THE ARENA
TO BE TORN APART BY WILD DOGS.
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AND NERO USED TO SMEAR THE
BODIES OF CHRISTIANS WITH PITCH
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AND IGNITE THEM TO
LIGHT HIS GARDENS AT NIGHT.
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THEY USED TO TEAR THEM
LIMB FROM LIMB WITH WILD HORSES.
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YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION
IN ENGLISH, "WILD HORSES
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COULDN'T KEEP ME AWAY."
THAT'S WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
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AND SO FIRST HE TRIED TO GET
RID OF THEM ALL BY EXTERMINATING
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THEM, BUT THE MORE THEY
PERSECUTED THE CHRISTIANS,
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THE MORE THE CHURCH
GREW BECAUSE ALL THESE PAGANS
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IN THE COLISEUM, SAW
THESE CHRISTIANS DYING WITH
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PEACE AND A CALM AND A
SERENITY AND THEY THOUGHT,
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"THEY'D GOT
SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE."
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AND THEY'D GO SEARCH
OUT THE CHRISTIANS AND SAY,
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"WHY ARE YOU FOLKS SO
HAPPY? WHY ARE YOU SO CONTENT?"
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'CAUSE THE PAGANS WERE
CONSTANTLY LIVING IN FEAR,
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AFRAID OF THE GODS
AND AFRAID OF DEATH.
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THE CHRISTIANS HAD PEACE,
EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEATH.
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THERE WAS A POWER THAT THEY HAD.
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AND SO THE CHURCH
CONTINUED TO GROW.
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ONE OF THE GREAT CHURCH FATHERS
SAID, "THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS
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IS SEED FOR THE
GOSPEL, IT JUST SPROUTS UP."
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IT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET
RID OF WEEDS BY MOWING THEM
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AND THEY JUST KEEP GROWING.
SO THE DEVIL WENT TO PLAN-B.
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IF HE CANNOT DESTROY
THE CHURCH FROM THE OUTSIDE
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BY ANNIHILATION, BY
GENOCIDE, DESTROY THEM
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FROM THE INSIDE BY EROSION.
THEN ALONG CAME CONSTANTINE,
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CONSTANTINE, I'VE
HEARD IT PRODUCED BOTH WAYS.
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THE ROMAN EMPEROR, THE GREAT,
AND HE LEGALIZED CHRISTIANITY
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BECAUSE THE NEEDED THE SUPPORT
OF THE SPREADING CHRISTIAN
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CHURCH TO WELD
THE EMPIRE TOGETHER.
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THERE WAS A CIVIL
WAR DURING HIS DAYS.
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IT WAS A POLITICAL MOVE. HE
CLAIMED BEFORE A BATTLE THAT
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HE HAD A VISION HE WAS SUPPOSED
TO NOW FIGHT UNDER THE SIGN OF
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THE CROSS AND HE ORDERED HIS
ARMY TO MARCH THROUGH THE TIBER
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RIVER IN ROME AND HE SAID,
"NOW YOU'RE ALL CHRISTIANS."
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ALL THESE ROMAN SOLDIERS WENT
DOWN INTO THE WATER DRY PAGANS
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AND THEY CAME UP WET PAGANS AND
THEY BROUGHT ALL THIS PAGANISM
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INTO THE CHURCH. AND
THEY SAID TO THEIR RELIGIOUS
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LEADERS, THEY SAID, "WELL,
YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD WE'RE
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CHRISTIANS NOW
AND I'VE GOT MY GODS.
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WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO
DO WITH ALL MY IDOLS?"
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AND THE GENUINE CHRISTIANS
SAID, "YOU CAN'T PRAY TO IDOLS
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ANYMORE." AND THEY SAID, "WHAT?
WE DON'T WANT TO BE CHRISTIANS."
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AND THEN SOME OF THE
CHRISTIANS BEGAN TO COMPROMISE.
00:12:05.22\00:12:08.12
THEY SAID, "LOOK, YOU KNOW,
WE CAN MAKE A FEW COMPROMISES
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AND THINK OF ALL THE PAGANS
THAT WILL JOIN THE CHURCH.
00:12:10.23\00:12:12.53
THEY'LL STOP PERSECUTING
US." IT WAS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE
00:12:12.56\00:12:16.26
BUT SOME OF THEM WHO WANTED TO
HAVE INFLUENCE WITH CONSTANTINE,
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WHO--CONSTANTINE, INCIDENTALLY,
EVEN THOUGH HE PROFESSED
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CHRISTIANITY, HE CONTINUED
TO WORSHIP THE ROMAN GODS
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AND APOLLO RIGHT UP
UNTIL BEFORE HIS DEATH.
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HE WAS NOT BAPTIZED UNTIL HE WAS
GRAVELY ILL JUST BEFORE HE DIED,
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UP TO THEN IT
WAS A POLITICAL MOVE.
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AND SO THEY TOOK ALL THESE
STATUES THEY HAD THROUGHOUT
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ROME OF JUPITER AND APOLLO
AND MERCURY AND ZEUS AND DIANA
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AND THEY NAMED THEM PETER,
JAMES, JOHN, PAUL AND MARY.
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THAT'S THE TRUTH.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE
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I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING,
BUT IT'S THE TRUTH.
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I'VE HEARD THAT THE STATUE
OF SAINT PETER IN ST. PETER'S
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BASILICA IN ROME EXISTED
BEFORE SAINT PETER WAS BORN.
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IT USED TO BE THE STATUE OF
JUPITER IN THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER
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AND IT WAS MOVED. HOW
MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT?
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INTERESTING. CHANGE THE NAME.
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WHY DO YOU THINK, YOU
EVER LOOK AT THAT STATUE?
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PETER'S GOT A HORN
COMING OUT OF HIS HEAD.
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WHERE DOES IT SAY
THAT IN THE BIBLE?
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IF THEY WERE GONNA MAKE
THE STATUE OF PETER BIBLICALLY,
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THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FOOT
IN THE MOUTH BECAUSE PETER WAS
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ALWAYS PUTTING HIS FOOT
IN HIS MOUTH, IF YOU READ
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THE NEW TESTAMENT, NOT
A HORN OUT OF THE HEAD.
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AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THIS
PAGANISM CAME INTO THE CHURCH
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AND THE CHURCH BECAME
POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT THE
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GENUINE CHRISTIANS WHO
WANTED TO GO BY THE BIBLE,
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THEY NOW BECAME
PERSONA NON GRATIS.
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THEY WERE PERSECUTED AND
ONCE AGAIN, AT THIS POINT,
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THE CHRISTIANS, THE GENUINE
CHRISTIANS WERE PUT IN CHAINS.
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THOSE WHO SPOKE AGAINST
THIS POPULAR RELIGIOUS POLITICAL
00:13:42.65\00:13:46.32
INSTITUTION, THEY EITHER
WERE PERSECUTED, PUT IN PRISON,
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EXECUTED OR THEY HAD TO
FLEE UP INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
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NUMBER FIVE, "WHERE DID THE
WOMAN GO DURING THIS TERRIFYING
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PERIOD OF PERSECUTION?
AND HOW LONG DID IT LAST?"
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ANSWER NUMBER FIVE, IT SAYS IN
REVELATION 12:6, "AND THE WOMAN
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FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS, WHERE
SHE HATH A PLACE PREPARED OF
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GOD, THAT THEY SHOULD FEED
HER THERE A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
00:14:11.05\00:14:14.92
AND THREESCORE
DAYS." NOW THAT PERIOD,
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1,200 AND THREESCORE
DAYS THAT REPRESENTS THIS TIME
00:14:17.99\00:14:21.52
PERIOD WHERE FOR 1,260 YEARS,
THE CHURCH FROM 538 TO 1798
00:14:21.56\00:14:29.50
HAD TO FLEE INTO THE WILDERNESS,
THE CHURCH WENT UNDERGROUND.
00:14:29.53\00:14:32.57
DON'T YOU THINK IT'S INTERESTING
THAT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
00:14:32.60\00:14:34.64
THERE WAS A WICKED QUEEN
NAMED JEZEBEL, A PAGAN QUEEN
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WHO MARRIED THE KING
OF ISRAEL, THE GOVERNMENT.
00:14:37.64\00:14:39.81
AND SHE MANIPULATED THE KING OF
ISRAEL TO PERSECUTE GOD'S PEOPLE
00:14:39.84\00:14:42.78
LIKE ELIJAH AND ELIJAH HAD
TO FLEE INTO THE WILDERNESS FOR
00:14:42.81\00:14:46.11
1,260 DAYS, LITERAL DAYS, WHERE
HE WAS FED BY RAVENS AND ANGELS,
00:14:46.15\00:14:52.99
ISN'T THAT RIGHT? HE
FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS.
00:14:53.02\00:14:55.29
WHEN GOD LED THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL OUT OF SLAVERY INTO
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THE WILDERNESS TO SAVE
THEM FROM THEIR PERSECUTORS,
00:14:58.46\00:15:01.20
DID HE FEED THEM
IN THE WILDERNESS?
00:15:01.23\00:15:03.06
ARE YOU AWARE THAT NOT ONLY WAS
THERE THIS TIME PERIOD DURING
00:15:03.10\00:15:06.37
THE DARK AGES WHEN GOD'S CHURCH
FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS AND GOD
00:15:06.40\00:15:10.27
FED THEM BUT DURING THE SEVEN
LAST PLAGUES IN THE TIME OF
00:15:10.31\00:15:13.51
TROUBLE, I BELIEVE THAT GOD WILL
FEED HIS PEOPLE WHO THEN AGAIN
00:15:13.54\00:15:17.25
MUST FLEE INTO THE WILDERNESS.
JESUS SAID, "WHEN YOU SEE
00:15:17.28\00:15:19.81
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION,
STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE.
00:15:19.85\00:15:22.85
LET THOSE THAT BE IN
JUDEA, FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS."
00:15:22.88\00:15:26.55
THOSE IN SACRAMENTO,
FLEE INTO THE SIERRAS.
00:15:26.59\00:15:29.26
THOSE IN MANHATTAN,
WHAT'S THE NEAREST? ADIRONDACKS.
00:15:29.29\00:15:33.53
HEY, EVEN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
IS CLOSER--YOU GOT A LONG--
00:15:33.56\00:15:36.80
YOU'RE GONNA BE
IN A TRAFFIC JAM.
00:15:36.83\00:15:39.00
BUT GOD PROMISES THAT OUR
BREAD AND OUR WATER WILL BE SURE
00:15:39.03\00:15:42.14
DURING THAT TIME, AMEN?
WE MAY HAVE TO FLEE INTO
00:15:42.17\00:15:44.64
THE WILDERNESS. HE
SAYS, "DO NOT EVEN GO BACK
00:15:44.67\00:15:46.51
FOR YOUR JACKET TO YOUR HOUSE."
NUMBER SIX, OH, WAIT, DID I GIVE
00:15:46.54\00:15:51.31
THE SECOND PART OF THAT?
OH YES, NOW THAT TIME PERIOD
00:15:51.35\00:15:55.18
WAS FROM 538.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 538?
00:15:55.22\00:15:58.85
JUSTINIAN, THE ROMAN
EMPEROR MADE THE BISHOP OF ROME,
00:15:58.89\00:16:02.36
OR WHAT WE CALL THE POPE,
THE SUPREME RULER OF THE CHURCH.
00:16:02.39\00:16:04.73
HE GAVE HIM AND AN ARMY
TO CORRECT HERETICS, IN OTHER
00:16:04.76\00:16:07.66
WORDS, TO IMPRISON AND
PERSECUTE AND KILL THOSE WHO DID
00:16:07.73\00:16:10.80
NOT COOPERATE WITH THIS
NEW GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION.
00:16:10.83\00:16:14.27
HE MADE ROME THE NEW CAPITAL
FOR THE CHURCH WHERE IT FORMALLY
00:16:14.30\00:16:17.31
HAD BEEN IN JERUSALEM.
THEN IN 1798, THEY HAD BASICALLY
00:16:17.34\00:16:21.48
UNINTERRUPTED CONTROL FROM THE
10 DIVISIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
00:16:21.51\00:16:25.41
UNTIL 1798, WHEN BERTHIER
ROMAN--NAPOLEON'S, GENERAL
00:16:25.45\00:16:30.42
RATHER, TOOK THE POPE CAPTIVE.
THEY RECEIVED A DEADLY WOUND.
00:16:30.45\00:16:33.99
THEY LOST THEIR POWER
TEMPORARILY, BUT THAT WOUND
00:16:34.02\00:16:36.59
HAS BEEN HEALED SINCE THEN.
NOW QUESTION NUMBER SIX, WE'RE
00:16:36.62\00:16:40.76
TRYING TO IDENTIFY
GOD'S CHURCH, RIGHT?
00:16:40.80\00:16:43.97
"WHAT ARE TWO OTHER IDENTIFYING
MARKS FOR GOD'S TRUE CHURCH?"
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REVELATION 12:17,
"AND THE DRAGON WAS WROTH
00:16:48.50\00:16:51.87
WITH THE WOMAN--" WHAT
DOES WROTH MEAN? INFURIATED.
00:16:51.91\00:16:56.21
AND WENT TO MAKE--FIRST OF ALL,
IF YOU'RE IN DOUBT ABOUT WHETHER
00:16:56.24\00:16:59.28
OR NOT THIS IS THE
RIGHT CHURCH, THIS OUGHT TO BE
00:16:59.31\00:17:01.85
THE FINAL CLUE. AS
SOON AS YOU KNOW THE DEVIL'S
00:17:01.88\00:17:04.52
MAD AT HER, SHE'S
DOING SOMETHING RIGHT, AMEN?
00:17:04.55\00:17:07.79
SO THIS IS THE TRUE CHURCH
OR THE DEVIL WOULDN'T BE MAD
00:17:07.82\00:17:09.86
AT HER. IF YOU'RE
NOT DOING ANYTHING
00:17:09.89\00:17:11.43
TO MAKE THE DEVIL MAD, THEN
YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT.
00:17:11.46\00:17:15.40
THE BIBLE SAYS ALL THAT LIVE
GODLY WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION.
00:17:15.43\00:17:19.37
WE'VE RECEIVED SOME REPORTS FROM
SOME OF OUR SITES IN AFRICA.
00:17:19.40\00:17:24.21
THE GROUPS WHO ARE HEARING THESE
MESSAGES, DID YOU KNOW THAT
00:17:24.24\00:17:26.41
SOME OF THE PASTORS HAVE BEEN
IMPRISONED SINCE WE STARTED THIS
00:17:26.44\00:17:29.18
SERIES BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY'RE
PRESENTING TO THE PEOPLE?
00:17:29.21\00:17:31.81
PERSECUTION, ALREADY, RIGHT
NOW AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE
00:17:31.85\00:17:34.98
OF PREACHING THE MESSAGE.
THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH
00:17:35.02\00:17:38.09
THE WOMAN AND HE GOES TO MAKE
WAR WITH THE REMNANT OF HER SEED
00:17:38.12\00:17:42.09
WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS
OF GOD, AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY
00:17:42.12\00:17:46.49
OF JESUS. GOD'S PEOPLE WILL HAVE
00:17:46.53\00:17:49.96
THE TESTIMONY, THAT
MEANS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.
00:17:50.00\00:17:53.23
READ REVELATION 19:10, THE ANGEL
SAID THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS
00:17:53.27\00:17:57.91
THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, AND THE
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IS THE LAW.
00:17:57.94\00:18:02.28
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS, THE
WORD OF GOD IS HOW WE'RE GOING
00:18:02.31\00:18:06.18
TO FIND WHO THE TRUE CHURCH
IS. NOW FRIENDS, I'M GONNA JUST
00:18:06.21\00:18:09.68
BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU, TONIGHT
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHY
00:18:09.72\00:18:13.62
THERE'S SO MANY CHURCHES AND HOW
DO WE DISCOVER THE TRUE CHURCH.
00:18:13.66\00:18:16.83
I HEARD A STORY
ABOUT A RUSSIAN GENTLEMAN.
00:18:16.86\00:18:19.89
YOU KNOW KAREN AN I SPENT SOME
TIME IN RUSSIA AND I REMEMBER
00:18:19.93\00:18:21.80
SHOPPING THERE AND THE
SHELVES WERE SO SPARSE.
00:18:21.83\00:18:24.97
ONE OF OUR FRIENDS SAID, "LET
ME TAKE YOU TO THE SUPERMARKET."
00:18:25.00\00:18:27.24
AND WE WENT TO THEIR MARKET AND
THERE WAS LIKE 12 ITEMS IN THEIR
00:18:27.27\00:18:30.14
SUPERMARKET, AND THEY
DIDN'T LOOK AT ALL EMBARRASSED.
00:18:30.17\00:18:34.28
THEY SAID, "HEY
GOOD, TODAY WE'VE GOT MILK.
00:18:34.31\00:18:36.68
TODAY THERE'S CHEESE."
YOU KNOW THEY WERE REALLY
00:18:36.71\00:18:38.91
STRUGGLING BACK THEN.
WELL, I HEARD A STORY ABOUT
00:18:38.95\00:18:41.52
A RUSSIAN GENTLEMAN
WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S.
00:18:41.55\00:18:43.42
AND HE BECAME
NATURALIZED AND HE SAID,
00:18:43.45\00:18:44.95
"YOU KNOW I WANT TO
FIT IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
00:18:44.99\00:18:46.96
WHAT DO YOU AMERICANS EAT
FOR BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING?"
00:18:46.99\00:18:49.82
AND HIS BUDDY SAID,
"WELL, WE TYPICALLY EAT CEREAL."
00:18:49.86\00:18:52.93
OKAY, SO HE WENT TO THE NEAREST
MEGA SUPERMARKET AND HE SAID,
00:18:52.96\00:18:57.00
"SHOW ME WHERE YOUR CEREAL
IS. I'D LIKE TO BUY A BOX."
00:18:57.03\00:19:00.24
AND THE SUPERMARKET ATTENDANT
DIRECTED HIM TO AN AISLE LONGER
00:19:00.27\00:19:03.27
THAN AN AIRPORT TERMINAL AND
THERE ON EITHER SIDE WAS THIS
00:19:03.30\00:19:08.88
ROW AND ROW AND SHELF AND SHELF
OF ALL DIFFERENT DESCRIPTIONS OF
00:19:08.91\00:19:12.91
CEREAL, AND THERE WAS CEREAL
FOR CHILDREN AND THERE WAS
00:19:12.95\00:19:16.95
HEALTH CEREAL AND THERE'S
CEREAL FOR OLD FOLKS AND CEREAL
00:19:16.99\00:19:19.45
WITH PRIZES INSIDE AND
BIG BOXES AND LITTLE BOXES AND
00:19:19.49\00:19:23.43
YOU JUST NAME IT.
THERE WAS JUST A THOUSAND
00:19:23.46\00:19:25.56
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CEREAL.
AND HE JUST GOT DAZZLED TRYING
00:19:25.59\00:19:28.23
TO KNOW, "HOW DO I
PICK A BOX OF CEREAL?"
00:19:28.26\00:19:30.30
AND HE WAS
LOOKING AT THE COVERS.
00:19:30.33\00:19:31.33
OH, THIS ONE'S GOT A
PRIZE INSIDE AND THIS ONE'S GOT
00:19:31.37\00:19:33.34
A CARTOON ON THE COVER AND
THIS ONE'S GOT COCOA BITS IN IT.
00:19:33.37\00:19:37.84
HOW DO YOU PICK IT? SO
HE THREW A FEW BOXES IN AND
00:19:37.87\00:19:40.48
WENT HOME AND WAS THOROUGHLY
DISGUSTED BECAUSE HE DID NOT
00:19:40.51\00:19:43.65
READ THE INGREDIENTS.
SOME PEOPLE PICK THEIR CHURCHES
00:19:43.68\00:19:48.62
THE SAME WAY THEY SHOP FOR
TOMATO SAUCE, THEY JUST LOOK AT
00:19:48.65\00:19:53.86
THE OUTER LABEL BUT THEY
DON'T READ THE INGREDIENTS.
00:19:53.89\00:19:56.59
IF YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION
ABOUT HOW TO JOIN A CHURCH, YOU
00:19:56.62\00:19:59.33
MUST DO IT BASED UPON WHAT
ARE THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHURCH,
00:19:59.36\00:20:04.33
WHAT DO THEY TEACH?
YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY
00:20:04.37\00:20:06.70
PEOPLE YOU ASK THEM,
WHAT DOES YOUR CHURCH TEACH?
00:20:06.74\00:20:08.97
THEY ARE NO IDEA. MY
CHURCH, WHAT DO WE BELIEVE?
00:20:09.00\00:20:12.34
"WE BELIEVE
JUST LIKE MY PASTOR."
00:20:12.37\00:20:17.21
WELL, WHAT DOES
YOUR PASTOR BELIEVE?
00:20:17.25\00:20:18.31
"WELL, HE BELIEVES LIKE I
DO." WELL, WHAT DO YOU AND YOUR
00:20:18.35\00:20:21.82
PASTOR BELIEVE? "WE
BELIEVE THE SAME THING."
00:20:21.85\00:20:24.85
JUST A LOT OF
CONFUSION OUT THERE.
00:20:24.89\00:20:27.52
PEOPLE GO "WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE? LET ME ASK MY WIFE,
00:20:27.56\00:20:29.59
I'M NOT SURE. WE
GO TO THIS CHURCH."
00:20:29.62\00:20:31.23
AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED. I
DON'T MEAN TO BE OFFENSIVE.
00:20:31.26\00:20:33.23
DO YOU REALIZE THAT THERE
ARE, THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT 15,
00:20:33.26\00:20:35.96
20 DIFFERENT
DIVISIONS OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH?
00:20:36.00\00:20:38.30
BAPTIST CHURCH HAS BEEN DIVIDED
MANY TIMES AND I HAVE PREACHED
00:20:38.33\00:20:41.07
THESE MESSAGES IN
BAPTIST CHURCHES AND HAD FOLKS
00:20:41.10\00:20:43.97
APPROACH ME AND SAY,
"WE'RE NOT UNDER THE LAW.
00:20:44.01\00:20:45.57
WE DON'T KEEP THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS ANYMORE."
00:20:45.61\00:20:47.34
AND I SAID, IS THAT
WHAT YOUR CHURCH TEACHES?
00:20:47.38\00:20:49.34
"YES, I'M SURE IT IS." I
SAID, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT
00:20:49.38\00:20:51.38
YOUR CHURCH TEACHES, AND I OPEN
UP THE FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS OF
00:20:51.41\00:20:54.65
THEIR CHURCH AND IT
SAYS RIGHT THERE, THEY KEEP
00:20:54.68\00:20:56.02
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND
THEY'RE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT
00:20:56.05\00:20:57.39
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THEIR CHURCH TEACHES.
00:20:57.42\00:20:59.95
YOU'D BE SURPRISED IN
THE OFFICIAL WRITINGS OF MANY
00:21:00.06\00:21:02.49
DENOMINATIONS, THEY'RE CLOSER TO
THE BIBLE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK
00:21:02.52\00:21:05.29
BUT THE PEOPLE NO LONGER
AND THE PREACHERS NO LONGER
00:21:05.33\00:21:07.60
PREACH THE
TRUTH. YOU'D BE AMAZED.
00:21:07.60\00:21:11.83
AND SO SOME PEOPLE, THEY'RE
GOING UP AND DOWN THE AISLES,
00:21:11.87\00:21:14.30
JUST BLINDLY LOOKING AT
THE COCOA PUFFS, LOOKING AT
00:21:14.34\00:21:19.01
THE CARTOONS ON THE
COVER AND THEY'RE NOT LOOKING
00:21:19.04\00:21:20.91
AT THE INGREDIENTS.
WELL, YOU MUST DECIDE BASED ON
00:21:20.94\00:21:23.18
THE INGREDIENTS. NOW
THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND
00:21:23.21\00:21:25.58
BAD PEOPLE IN MANY
DIFFERENT CHURCHES, AM I RIGHT?
00:21:25.61\00:21:28.15
WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW
THE MAIN REASON THAT PEOPLE
00:21:28.18\00:21:30.05
PICK A CHURCH? TEN
MAIN REASONS, APPROXIMATELY.
00:21:30.09\00:21:33.99
"IT'S THE CHURCH
CLOSE TO MY HOUSE."
00:21:34.02\00:21:36.09
THAT'S WHY THEY GO.
"IT'S THE CHURCH WHERE
00:21:36.12\00:21:38.93
MY PARENTS HAVE ALWAYS
GONE." WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?
00:21:38.96\00:21:42.10
"I DON'T KNOW BUT
WE'VE ALWAYS GONE THERE."
00:21:42.13\00:21:45.17
THEY THINK THE
PASTOR'S GOOD LOOKING.
00:21:45.20\00:21:49.84
WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE
CRITERIA AT THIS SEMINAR, RIGHT?
00:21:49.87\00:21:55.48
I KNOW YOU'RE HERE
'CAUSE YOU LOVE THE WORD,
00:21:55.51\00:21:57.11
I'VE GOT A MIRROR.
THEY LIKE THE MUSIC PROGRAM.
00:21:57.15\00:22:02.95
NOW DO WE ALL LIKE
A GOOD MUSIC PROGRAM?
00:22:02.98\00:22:04.99
IS THAT THE REASON
TO JOIN A CHURCH? NO.
00:22:05.02\00:22:07.72
THEY'VE GOT A GOOD
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM.
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.53
HOW MANY OF US WANT TO HAVE
A CHURCH WITH A GOOD CHILDREN'S
00:22:10.56\00:22:12.46
PROGRAM, MRS. BATCHELOR?
AMEN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE REASON
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TO JOIN THE CHURCH, IS
IT? YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE PICK
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THE CHURCH BECAUSE
THEY LIKE THE STRUCTURE.
00:22:19.20\00:22:21.84
THEY SAY, "I'M GOING
TO THAT CHURCH." WHY?
00:22:21.87\00:22:23.47
"IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING." WHAT DO THEY TEACH?
00:22:23.51\00:22:25.51
"HAVEN'T THE FOGGIEST,
BUT LOOK AT THE LABEL."
00:22:25.54\00:22:28.91
PRETTY ON THE OUTSIDE,
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE.
00:22:28.94\00:22:31.35
SOME PEOPLE PICK A
CHURCH BECAUSE IT'S WHERE ALL
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THE INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
GO. YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND IN
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT WHEN PRESIDENT AND
00:22:36.35\00:22:38.12
MRS. CLINTON ATTEND THEIR
RESPECTIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, THEY
00:22:38.15\00:22:41.52
GET A MUCH BIGGER ATTENDANCE
THAT SUNDAY 'CAUSE THEY WANT
00:22:41.56\00:22:44.99
TO BE THERE WITH
ALL THE PRESTIGIOUS.
00:22:45.03\00:22:46.56
"YES, I WAS IN
CHURCH TODAY WITH BILL."
00:22:46.59\00:22:50.60
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PASTOR
OF ONE OF THESE CHURCHES GETS
00:22:50.63\00:22:53.50
PHONE CALLS ALL WEEK LONG THAT
SAY, "IS THE PRESIDENT GOING
00:22:53.54\00:22:56.50
TO BE HERE?"
AND THE PASTOR SAYS,
00:22:56.54\00:22:58.44
"WELL, I DON'T KNOW BUT
THE LORD'S GONNA BE HERE.
00:22:58.47\00:23:00.98
WE THINK THAT WILL
DEMAND A GOOD ATTENDANCE."
00:23:01.01\00:23:04.85
THESE ARE THE
REASONS PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH.
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.41
THERE'S ONLY ONE GOOD
REASON TO PICK A CHURCH.
00:23:06.45\00:23:09.15
YOU MIGHT GO TO A CHURCH WHERE
THE PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE CRABBY
00:23:09.18\00:23:11.92
AND CANTANKEROUS AND THEY
DON'T HAVE A NICE BUILDING AND
00:23:11.95\00:23:14.72
THE CHOIR SOUNDS LIKE FEEDING
TIME AT THE ZOO, BUT IF THEIR
00:23:14.76\00:23:19.23
FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS ARE THE
TEACHINGS OF JESUS, IF THEY'RE
00:23:19.26\00:23:22.26
BUILDING ON THE ROCK OF CHRIST'S
WORD, THAT IS GOD'S CHURCH,
00:23:22.30\00:23:25.97
AMEN? AND YOU'RE GONNA FIND GOOD
00:23:26.00\00:23:28.04
AND BAD PEOPLE IN
EVERY CHURCH, AM I RIGHT?
00:23:28.07\00:23:31.91
>> STAY TUNED.
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WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
AFTER THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES.
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>> HOW TO FIND OUT
THE TRUE WOMAN, REVELATION
00:23:39.78\00:23:42.45
DEPICTS TWO WOMEN.
00:23:42.48\00:23:45.15
>> YOU KNOW WHY THIS
MESSAGE IS IMPORTANT?
00:23:45.19\00:23:46.76
EVERYBODY HERE, EVERYBODY
WATCHING IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
00:23:46.79\00:23:49.26
YOU ARE GOING TO BE MARRIED
TO ONE OF THOSE TWO WOMEN.
00:23:49.29\00:23:53.63
>> YOU ARE GOING TO EITHER
BE PART OF GOD'S BRIDE, THE TRUE
00:23:53.66\00:23:56.53
CHURCH, THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD OR YOU'RE GONNA BE PART OF
00:23:56.56\00:23:58.53
BABYLON AND HER DAUGHTERS.
00:23:58.57\00:24:00.47
WE NEED TO KNOW HOW
TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
00:24:00.50\00:24:03.67
>> IF YOU STUDY YOUR
BIBLE, YOU'LL COME TO THESE
00:24:03.71\00:24:05.31
CONCLUSIONS. IT'S
IN THE BIBLE, FRIENDS.
00:24:05.34\00:24:09.11
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YOU DIDN'T DO VERY WELL ON YOUR
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LAST QUARTER SO...NO.
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YOU WANT HELP? WELL, I WANTED
HELP WITH THE DISHES LAST NIGHT.
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HELP YOURSELF. >> HUH?
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