Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000179A
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01:00 MALE ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
01:02 BY THE FRIENDS OF THE AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 DOUG BATCHELOR: YOU KNOW, IN REVELATION, EVERYONE SAYS, "I 01:13 DON'T WANT THE MARK IN THE LAST DAYS." 01:15 WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT MARK. 01:17 EVERYONE'S MARKED. 01:19 YOU EITHER HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST, OR YOU HAVE 01:20 THE MARK OF GOD, WHICH IS CALLED THE SEAL OF GOD. 01:25 ANNOUNCER: FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN 01:28 DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:32 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME 01:33 OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 01:36 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION 01:39 OF "AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS." 01:47 DOUG: THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS THAT 01:49 ARE GIVEN IN THE BIBLE TO HELP US KNOW WHAT ARE THE BEAST 01:54 POWERS SPOKEN OF IN REVELATION, AND HOW THAT RELATES 01:57 TO THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 01:59 OBVIOUSLY, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BEAST IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 02:01 THE MARK OF THE BEAST IS, AND LIKEWISE THE SEAL OF GOD. 02:05 "SATAN'S MARK, GOD'S SEAL." 02:07 AND IN THIS PRESENTATION, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE MARK 02:10 OF THE BEAST, THE SEAL OF GOD, THE ANTICHRIST, 666, 02:16 ALL IN ONE PRESENTATION. 02:19 SO PRAY, AMEN? 02:21 SO, WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO OUR LESSON WITH OUR FIRST 02:23 QUESTION, WHAT DOES A BEAST REPRESENT IN BIBLE PROPHECY? 02:29 IF YOU GO TO DANIEL CHAPTER 7, VERSE 17, IT SAYS, "AND THESE 02:33 GREAT BEASTS ARE FOUR KINGS WHICH ARISE UP 02:38 OUT OF THE EARTH." 02:40 NOW, KINGS MEAN KINGDOMS. 02:42 AND THIS COMES FROM DANIEL CHAPTER 7, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT 02:46 THESE BEASTS, ONE LIKE A LION, AND ONE LIKE A LEOPARD, 02:48 AND ONE LIKE A BEAR, AND NOT IN THAT ORDER. 02:51 IT'S ACTUALLY LION, BEAR, LEOPARD, 02:55 AND THEN THIS NONDESCRIPT BEAST. 02:57 KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND. 02:59 IT'S THE ANTICHRIST POWER THAT IS THAT FINAL BEAST 03:02 THAT IS MENTIONED. 03:03 BUT YOU'RE NOT--YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MARK OF THE 03:05 BEAST, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOME MONSTER. 03:08 IT WAS CUSTOMARY BACK THEN, AS IT IS TODAY, TO HAVE DIFFERENT 03:11 ANIMALS THAT REPRESENTED KINGDOMS. 03:14 WHEN I THINK OF THE EAGLE, OR WHEN I SAY THAT, 03:16 WHAT COUNTRY DO YOU THINK OF? US. 03:19 AND IF I SAY THE BEAR? RUSSIA. 03:22 THE LION? 03:24 GREAT BRITAIN LIKES--SEVERAL COUNTRIES ACTUALLY 03:27 CLAIM THE LION. 03:28 AND SO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BEAST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 03:31 THIS POLITICAL-RELIGIOUS POWER IN THE LAST DAYS. 03:35 NEXT QUESTION, HOW DO THE BEASTS OF REVELATION 12, 13, 03:39 AND 17 COMPARE? 03:42 ALL RIGHT, FIRST WE'RE GOING TO START WITH REVELATION 13 03:44 BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 03:46 YOU READ THERE IN VERSES 1 AND 2, "I STOOD UPON THE SAND 03:50 OF THE SEA, AND I SAW A BEAST RISE UP OUT OF THE SEA." 03:54 AND IT SAID IT HAD SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS. 03:58 NOTICE THAT, SEVEN HEADS, TEN HORNS. 04:00 "AND UPON HIS HEADS THE NAMES OF BLASPHEMY. 04:03 NOW THE BEAST THAT I SAW WAS LIKE A LEOPARD, HIS FEET 04:09 WERE LIKE THE FEET OF A BEAR." 04:11 AND IT SAYS HIS MOUTH WAS LIKE THE MOUTH OF A LION. 04:15 DIDN'T WE JUST SEE THOSE BEASTS IN DANIEL CHAPTER 7? 04:19 BECAUSE THE LION REPRESENTED BABYLON, THE BEAR REPRESENTED 04:22 MEDO-PERSIA, AND THE LEOPARD REPRESENTED GREECE, 04:24 AND THEN CAME ROME. 04:27 JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. 04:29 NOW, WHEN YOU GO TO REVELATION 12, THERE'S A DRAGON. 04:32 IT SAYS THIS DRAGON TRIES TO DEVOUR THIS MAN-CHILD, 04:36 THIS BABY, AS SOON AS HE'S BORN. 04:38 IT'S THE--IT'S JESUS. 04:40 IT WAS THE ROMAN POWER THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR EXECUTING HIM, 04:44 FOR TRYING TO KILL THE BABIES IN BETHLEHEM, SO MOST SCHOLARS 04:47 BELIEVE THAT THE DRAGON HERE WAS WORKING THROUGH 04:49 THE EMPIRE OF ROME. 04:51 BUT IT'S A DRAGON WITH, NOTICE, "GREAT RED DRAGON, 04:55 HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS." 04:59 AND THEN YOU LOOK IN REVELATION CHAPTER 17, "I SAW A WOMAN." 05:03 NOW, WHAT DOES A WOMAN REPRESENT IN BIBLE ANALOGIES? 05:07 IT'S A CHURCH. 05:08 WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT. 05:10 IT SAYS, "HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES AS CHRIST 05:11 LOVED THE CHURCH." 05:13 BUT SOMETIMES, GOD'S CHURCH WAS UNFAITHFUL IN THE BIBLE. 05:15 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD SAID, "ISRAEL HAS GONE 05:17 WHORING AFTER OTHER GODS. 05:19 I WAS YOUR HUSBAND, AND LOOK, YOU'VE BEEN UNFAITHFUL TO ME." 05:24 SO, HERE YOU HAVE A WOMAN, A CHURCH, THAT HAS BEEN 05:26 UNFAITHFUL BECAUSE HE CALLS HER BABYLON, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS. 05:30 BUT SHE'S RIDING ON A BEAST. 05:33 THAT WAS ROME IN CHAPTER 12. 05:35 SEVEN HEADS, TEN HORNS. 05:37 WHAT POWER HAVE PROTESTANTS HISTORICALLY 05:41 ASSOCIATED WITH THE BEAST OF REVELATION 13 AND 17? 05:47 ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE TAKE A DEEP BREATH, ALL RIGHT? 05:50 WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PROTESTANTS IN NORTH AMERICA 05:54 AND AROUND THE WORLD. 05:55 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AMERICA, A COUNTRY I LOVE. 05:57 I'M AN AMERICAN, I'M A PROTESTANT. 05:59 WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CATHOLICISM AND THE PAPACY. 06:02 A LOT OF LOVELY CATHOLICS, I WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT CATHOLIC 06:04 SCHOOLS GROWING UP. 06:05 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE. 06:08 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POWERS AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE MENTIONED 06:11 IN PROPHECY, IS THAT CLEAR? 06:14 NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU HISTORY, SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE 06:16 KNOWS WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER. 06:18 I PROMISE I'LL TALK ABOUT EVERYBODY BEFORE WE'RE DONE, 06:20 SO CHEER UP. 06:22 SO, JUST BEAR WITH ME. 06:24 I WANT TO DO THIS IN THE RIGHT SPIRIT. 06:27 WHAT POWER DID THE GREAT PROTESTANT REFORMERS IDENTIFY 06:30 WITH THE BEASTS OF REVELATION CHAPTER 13 AND 17? 06:34 LET ME QUOTE MARTIN LUTHER, "WE ARE OF THE CONVICTION THAT 06:37 THE PAPACY," THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, "IS THE SEAT 06:41 OF THE TRUE AND THE REAL ANTICHRIST." 06:43 I DON'T THINK THAT COMES TO ANYBODY AS A SHOCK. 06:47 HOW ABOUT JOHN CALVIN? 06:49 "I DENY HIM TO BE THE VICAR OF CHRIST, 06:51 WHO IS FURIOUSLY PERSECUTING THE GOSPEL, 06:54 DEMONSTRATES BY HIS CONDUCT THAT HE IS ANTICHRIST." 06:59 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, "I DENY HIM TO BE 07:01 THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. 07:03 SOME PERSONS THINK US TOO SEVERE AND CENSORIOUS 07:06 WHEN WE CALL THE ROMAN PONTIFFS ANTICHRIST." 07:10 NOW, THE REASON THEY CALL HIM ANTICHRIST IS BECAUSE 07:12 THERE ARE ANTI-BIBLICAL TEACHINGS. 07:16 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CHURCH IS A MONSTER, OR THAT THE POPE 07:20 IS THE DEVIL INCARNATE. 07:23 IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S SAYING, YOU UNDERSTAND? 07:24 PEOPLE HAVE THESE MISCONCEPTIONS. 07:26 IT'S TALKING THE SYSTEM OF BELIEFS. 07:28 MATTER OF FACT, DO YOU KNOW WHO THE FIRST PERSON WAS, ONE OF 07:32 THE FIRST PEOPLE, TO CALL THE OFFICE OF THE POPE ANTICHRIST? 07:37 THE POPE. 07:39 POPE GREGORY THE GREAT SAID, "WHEN YOU BEGIN TO WORSHIP 07:41 THIS OFFICE AS THOUGH IT'S DIVINE, THAT IS--THAT 07:44 MAKES IT ANTICHRIST." 07:47 AND SO, THEY ALL UNDERSTOOD THIS. 07:49 JOHN WESLEY, IF YOU'RE METHODIST, "HE IS IT THAT EXALTS 07:53 HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD, OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED, 07:57 CLAIMING THE HIGHEST POWER, AND THE HIGHEST HONOR, 08:01 CLAIMING THE PREROGATIVES WHICH BELONG TO GOD ALONE." 08:04 AND WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT. 08:06 HOW ABOUT JOHN KNOX? 08:08 "AS WITH LUTHER, HE FINALLY CONCLUDED THAT THE PAPACY WAS 08:11 THE VERY ANTICHRIST, AND THE SON OF PERDITION, OF WHO PAUL 08:15 SPEAKS," THERE IN 2 THESSALONIANS. 08:19 COTTON MATHER, THIS WAS A BRILLIANT 08:21 EARLY AMERICA PREACHER. 08:22 HE HAD THE WHOLE NEW TESTAMENT MEMORIZED. 08:26 "THE ORACLES OF GOD FORETOLD THE RISING OF AN ANTICHRIST 08:29 IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 08:31 AND IN THE POPE OF ROME, ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT 08:34 ANTICHRIST ARE SO MARVELOUSLY ANSWERED THAT IF ANYONE WHO 08:38 READS THE SCRIPTURES AND DOES NOT SEE IT, THERE IS A MARVELOUS 08:41 BLINDNESS UPON THEM." 08:44 YOU'VE HEARD OF SPURGEON, HE WAS CALLED THE PRINCE 08:45 OF PREACHERS, GREAT PREACHER. 08:47 HE SAID, "BEHOLD ON HER FOREHEAD THE NAME MYSTERY, BABYLON THE 08:50 GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 08:53 THE CHURCH OF ROME AND HER TEACHINGS ARE THE VAST MOUNTAIN 08:57 OF RUBBISH COVERING THE TRUTH OF GOD." 09:01 AND SO, WHY DID THEY SAY THOSE THINGS? 09:04 BECAUSE THE BIBLE, FOR INSTANCE, TEACHES BAPTISM BY IMMERSION. 09:09 THEY TEACH OF SPRINKLING. 09:10 THE BIBLE SAYS DO NOT PRAY TO IDOLS, THEY PRAY TO IDOLS. 09:13 JESUS SAID, "CALL NO MAN FATHER. 09:15 YOU HAVE ONE FATHER IN HEAVEN." 09:17 THEY CALL THEIR RELIGIOUS LEADERS FATHER. 09:18 THE BIBLE SAYS, "DO NOT PRAY IN VAIN REPETITION; 09:21 GOD IS NOT DEAF." 09:23 THEY SAY, "YOU WANT FORGIVENESS, CONFESS YOUR SINS 09:26 TO THE PRIEST." 09:27 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CONFESS THEM TO GOD. 09:28 "AND SAY HAIL MARY OR OUR FATHER MULTIPLE TIMES IN REPETITION." 09:32 AND YOU COULD GO THROUGH A WHOLE LITANY OF THINGS THAT THE GREAT 09:35 PROTESTANT REFORMERS PROTESTED AGAINST BECAUSE 09:38 THEY FELT IT WAS UNBIBLICAL. 09:41 WHAT OTHER EVIDENCE FROM REVELATION 17 PROVES 09:44 THAT BABYLON REFERS TO WHAT WE WOULD CALL PAPAL ROME, 09:48 OR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH? 09:50 WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH SEVEN POINTS HERE, 09:52 LIKE A THROUGH G. JUST STAY WITH ME. 09:55 FIRST OF ALL, IT SAYS THAT SHE IS GUILTY OF BLASPHEMY. 09:58 BLASPHEMY MEANS PUTTING YOURSELF IN THE PLACE OF GOD, 10:01 OR ASSUMING THE NAMES OF GOD. 10:03 LET'S SEE IF IT FITS THAT DEFINITION. 10:06 HERE IN FERRARIS' ECCLESIASTICAL DICTIONARY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 10:09 SAYS ABOUT THEMSELVES, "THE POPE IS SO GREAT A DIGNITY 10:14 AND SO EXALTED THAT IS NOT A MERE MAN, BUT IS, AS IT WERE, 10:19 GOD, AND THE VICAR OF GOD." 10:22 SEE, I BELIEVE THAT'S BLASPHEMOUS. 10:24 I DON'T THINK A MAN CAN PUT HIMSELF IN THAT POSITION. 10:27 POPE LEO XIII SAID, "WE HOLD UPON THIS EARTH 10:30 THE PLACE OF GOD ALMIGHTY." 10:34 AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LIVE IN A VIRTUAL PALACE, AND YOU SIT ON A 10:38 THRONE--YOU KNOW, THE POPE SITS ON A THRONE WITH TWO ANGELS 10:41 ON THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT, SIMILAR TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES 10:45 IN THE SANCTUARY THAT WAS THE DWELLING PLACE OF GOD, 10:48 BETWEEN THE TWO ANGELS. 10:49 THAT WAS THE SHEKINAH SEAT, MERCY SEAT. 10:52 B, SHE'S DRESSED IN PURPLE AND SCARLET. 10:56 WELL, I THINK MOST OF US KNOW THAT THE CARDINALS, THEIR 10:59 PRINCIPLE COLOR IS SCARLET, AND THE BISHOPS IS PURPLE. 11:02 AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THAT IF YOU GO THE VATICAN. 11:05 FURTHERMORE, IT SAYS, "AND ADORNED WITH GOLD 11:08 AND PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS." 11:11 AND SO, IT'S A VERY WEALTHY INSTITUTION. 11:14 YOU REALIZE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OWNS MORE PRICELESS TREASURES 11:18 THAN ANY OTHER PRIVATE INSTITUTION IN THE WORLD? 11:21 AT ONE TIME, THEY OWNED THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD'S SILVER. 11:23 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S STILL TRUE TODAY. 11:26 BUT NO ONE WILL QUESTION IF YOU GO TO SOME OF THESE CHURCHES, 11:28 AND YOU SEE THE GOLD RELICS AND THE ART, SOME OF THE MOST 11:32 EXQUISITE ART AND TREASURES, GOLD AND PEARLS AND SO FORTH. 11:36 "HAVING IN HER HAND A GOLDEN CUP FULL OF ABOMINATIONS." 11:41 NOW, THE REASON THEY SAY FULL OF ABOMINATIONS THERE IS 11:44 BECAUSE--ONE REASON THE WHOLE PROTESTANT CHURCH AND ALL THESE 11:47 CHURCHES SPLIT OFF FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS BECAUSE 11:49 OF THEIR TEACHING REGARDING THE MASS, 11:52 OR WHAT THEY CALL TRANSUBSTANTIATION. 11:55 THE PRIEST, WHEN HE GOES THROUGH HIS INCANTATIONS 11:58 DURING THE MASS, SUPPOSEDLY IS TRANSFERRING THAT GRAPE 12:03 JUICE--THAT IS NOT GRAPE JUICE. 12:05 IN THE CATHOLIC MASS, IT'S ACTUALLY ALCOHOLIC. 12:08 JESUS SAID THAT IT WAS TO BE NEW WINE THAT'S UNFERMENTED, 12:12 AND UNLEAVENED BREAD. 12:14 UNLEAVENED BREAD, UNFERMENTED WINE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS 12:15 THE BLOOD OF JESUS, WHICH IS PURE. 12:18 NOT ONLY THAT, THEY SAY THEY ARE TURNING IT 12:20 INTO THE ACTUAL BLOOD OF CHRIST. 12:24 AND IT IS THE ACTUAL BODY, MEANING THAT THE PRIEST 12:27 HAS THE POWER TO MAKE GOD WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 12:30 THAT WAS A BIG DEBATE DURING THE REFORMATION. 12:33 AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, IF YOU DOUBT ME, 12:36 THEY SAY, "THE CHALICE, THE GOLDEN CUP, 12:38 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SACRED VESSELS," 12:42 HAVING IN HER HAND A GOLDEN CUP. 12:44 SHE'S CALLED THE MOTHER. 12:46 WELL, DID YOU KNOW THAT THE POPE NOT ONLY LIVES IN THE VATICAN, 12:48 BUT HE IS THE PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ROME? 12:51 HE'S THE PASTOR OF THE LATERAN CHURCH. 12:53 AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ON THE DOOR OF THE LATERAN CHURCH? 12:56 "THE SACRED--" I'M TRANSLATING THE LATIN THAT YOU SEE THERE 12:58 ON THE PLAQUE FOR YOU. 13:00 "THE SACRED LATERAN MOTHER AND HEAD OF ALL CHURCHES 13:04 OF THE CITY AND THE WORLD." 13:06 IT DOESN'T SAY JUST THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF THE WORLD, 13:08 ALL CHURCHES OF THE WORLD. 13:10 CALLS ITSELF THE MOTHER. 13:12 ANSWER E, IT'S A PERSECUTING POWER. 13:14 DRUNKEN WITH THE BLOOD OF THE SAINTS. 13:17 "HISTORY OF THE POPES," "GREAT NUMBERS OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS 13:21 WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR HABITATIONS WITH THEIR WIVES 13:24 AND THEIR CHILDREN, STRIPPED AND NAKED, 13:26 MANY OF THEM INHUMANELY MASSACRED." 13:28 THIS HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF OVER 1,000 YEARS. 13:32 AND SOME ESTIMATES SAY AS MANY AS 50 MILLION CHRISTIANS AND 13:36 JEWS AND OTHERS THAT THEY CALLED HERETICS WERE KILLED. 13:39 YOU'VE HEARD OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION. 13:41 THIS IS JUST HISTORY. 13:43 YOU COULD GO TO THE CHURCHES OF EUROPE, SEE THE DUNGEONS 13:45 WHERE THEY TORTURED PEOPLE, AND THE TORTURE IMPLEMENTS. 13:47 THEY'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR. I'VE SEEN THEM. 13:51 IT SAYS SHE SITS ON SEVEN HILLS. 13:53 NOW, THAT OUGHT IT MAKE IT CLEAR. 13:54 JUST GOOGLE SEVEN HILLS. YOU KNOW WHAT POPS UP? ROME. 14:00 IT'S CALLED THE CITY OF THE SEVEN HILLS, 14:02 AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. 14:03 ROME WAS FOUNDED IN 753 BC ON THE SEVEN HILLS, 14:07 A TERM USED FOR CENTURIES TO DESCRIBE THE PRIMARY HILLS 14:10 SURROUNDING THE OLD CITY. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT. 14:14 G, SHE RULES OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. 14:17 THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL POWER. 14:19 THE POPE HAS BEEN FACILITATING PEACE BETWEEN NATIONS. 14:22 HERE, HE'S GOT THE PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI PRESIDENT 14:25 MEETING TOGETHER AT THE VATICAN. 14:28 "FROM CUBA TO CLIMATE CHANGE," THIS IS TIME MAGAZINE 14:30 THIS LAST YEAR, "HE HAS REVITALIZED THE VATICAN'S ROLE 14:33 IN GLOBAL DIPLOMACY. 14:36 NOW, HE'S BRINGING HIS ACTIVIST AGENDA TO THE US." 14:38 THIS WAS WRITTEN, OF COURSE, 14:40 JUST BEFORE HIS RECENT TRIP TO THE US. 14:42 NOW, ONTO THE NUMBER. 14:43 WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MYSTIC NUMBER 666? 14:48 SO, WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME FROM? 14:49 "HERE IS WISDOM." 14:51 YOU FIND THIS REVELATION 13:18, "LET HIM WHO HAS UNDERSTANDING 14:56 CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST, 14:57 FOR IT THE NUMBER OF A MAN." 14:59 IT'LL BE CONNECTED WITH A MAN. 15:02 "AND THE NUMBER IS 666." 15:04 GOD CREATED THE WORLD IN 7 DAYS REALLY, INCLUDING 15:08 THE SABBATH BECAUSE HE MADE THAT PART OF HIS WEEK. 15:12 FIRST TIME YOU HEAR A NUMBER REPEATED THREE TIMES 15:14 IN THE BIBLE IS THE SABBATH. 15:16 IT SAYS IN GENESIS CHAPTER 2, "ON THE SEVENTH DAY, 15:18 THE SEVENTH DAY, THE SEVENTH DAY." 15:20 A NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH GOD, AND THE WORSHIP OF GOD, 15:23 AND THE NAME OF GOD, THAT HE IS CREATOR. 15:27 AND THE NUMBER FOR MAN, MAN WAS MADE ON THE SIXTH DAY, IS SIX. 15:31 THIS IS ALL ABOUT WORSHIPPING MAN OR GOD, 15:34 WHICH IS A BIG QUESTION. 15:36 WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL TITLE OF THE POPE? 15:41 IF YOU LOOK FOR PROMPTA BIBLIOTHECA, ACCORDING 15:43 TO THE 1913 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA UNDER THE HEADING 15:46 PAPA, THE TITLE IS VICARIUS, THIS IS IN LATIN, FILII DEI. 15:52 AND IT APPEARS FOR THE TITLE OF THE POPE. 15:53 LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OTHER ONES. 15:55 IF YOU CAN READ DR. J. QUASTEN, PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY 15:58 OF CHRISTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, 16:01 THERE ARE THEIR OWN TEACHINGS. 16:03 "THE TITLE VICARIUS FILII DEI IS COMMON 16:06 AS THE TITLE OF THE POPE." 16:09 YOU CAN ALSO LOOK HERE IN A BOOK BY POPE JOHN PAUL II, IT SAYS, 16:14 "THE POPE: A SCANDAL AND A MYSTERY." 16:16 "COMFORTED WITH--OR CONFRONTED WITH THE POPE, 16:20 ONE MUST MAKE A CHOICE. 16:21 THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS DEFINED BY THE FAITH 16:23 AS THE VICAR OF JESUS CHRIST." THAT MEANS VICARIUS FILII DEI. 16:28 "THE POPE IS CONSIDERED THE MAN ON EARTH WHO REPRESENTS THE SON 16:31 OF GOD, WHO TAKES THE PLACE OF THE SECOND PERSON 16:35 OF THE OMNIPOTENT GOD OF THE TRINITY." 16:38 THOSE ARE BOLD--DEFINED AS BLASPHEMOUS STATEMENTS, 16:42 BUT NOTICE THE TITLE AGAIN. 16:45 THEY'RE TAKING THE TITLE OF CHRIST. 16:48 IF YOU LOOK AT THIS QUOTE FROM THE SUNDAY VISITOR, 16:51 "THE TITLE OF THE POPE OF ROME IS VICARIOUS FILII DEI. 16:55 THIS IS INSCRIBED ON HIS MITRE." 16:58 NOW, POPE--MODERN POPES DON'T WEAR THE CROWN VERY MUCH. 17:01 THEY USED TO ALWAYS WEAR THEIR CROWN. 17:03 THEY HAD SEVERAL CROWNS. 17:04 THESE TRIPLE TIERED CROWNS THAT REPRESENTED THE POPE IS THE KING 17:07 OF HEAVEN, THE KING OF EARTH, AND THE KING OF PURGATORY, 17:10 AND THAT'S IN THEIR OWN TEACHINGS. 17:12 THAT'S WHY THEY HAD THESE TRIPLE TIERED CROWNS. 17:15 THEY USED TO HAVE A LITTLE PLACARD, LIKE THE HIGH PRIEST 17:18 OF ISRAEL HAD A PLACARD ON HIS CROWN THAT SAID 17:20 HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 17:22 THE POPE HAD VICARIUS FILII DEI AS A PLACARD ON HIS CROWN. 17:26 YOU ADD UP THAT TITLE USING ROMAN NUMERALS. 17:28 YOU REALIZE NAMES HAD NUMERICAL VALUE, LETTERS HAD 17:33 NUMERICAL VALUE IN HEBREW, AND GREEK, AND LATIN. 17:36 WE DON'T DO THAT SO MUCH IN AMERICA. 17:38 A WOULD BE ONE, B WOULD BE TWO I GUESS IF YOU DID IT LIKE THAT. 17:42 THAT'S KIND OF THE CRACKER JACK'S CODE. 17:44 BUT IN THESE LANGUAGES, IN ROMAN NUMERALS, WHAT IS V? 17:48 FIVE. WHAT IS I? 17:51 YOU TAKE THE TITLE OF THE POPE, VICARIUS FILII DEI--U 17:54 AND V ARE THE SAME. 17:56 YOU'LL SEE THAT IN MANY ANCIENT ROMAN WRITINGS. 18:00 VICARIUS IS 112, FILII 53, DEI 501. 18:06 THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME, 666, ABOVE THE HEAD 18:11 OF THE POPE ON HIS CROWN. 18:14 A LITTLE DIFFERENT CROWN THAN THE ONE THAT JESUS WORE 18:15 WHEN HE HUNG ON THE CROSS. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MARK. 18:21 IF YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL CHAPTER 9, 18:24 I CAN'T READ IT. YOU READ THE WHOLE CHAPTER, 18:26 BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS. 18:27 "THE LORD SAID TO HIM, 'GO THROUGH THE MIDST OF THE CITY, 18:30 THROUGH THE MIDST OF JERUSALEM, AND PUT A MARK ON THE FOREHEADS 18:34 OF THE MEN WHO SIGH AND CRY OVER ALL THE ABOMINATIONS 18:37 THAT ARE DONE.'" THIS IS A GOOD MARK. 18:39 THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRAYING, AND THEY'RE SAD 18:41 FOR THE SIN IN THE CHURCH, AND THEY'RE PRAYING FOR REVIVAL. 18:44 "PUT A MARK ON THEM," GOD SAYS. 18:46 NOTICE IT'S A GOOD MARK BECAUSE THEN AN ANGEL OF JUDGMENT 18:49 IS SENT AFTER THE ANGELS WITH THE MARK. 18:53 YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 7, VERSE 3, IT SAYS, "HURT NOT THE 18:56 EARTH, NEITHER THE SEA, NOR THE TREES, TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE 19:01 SERVANTS OF GOD IN THEIR FOREHEADS." 19:03 NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOOD MARK. 19:05 THOSE THAT HAVE THE SEAL ARE GOING TO BE PROTECTED. 19:08 ANGELS ARE HOLDING BACK THE WINDS OF STRIFE NOW READY 19:10 TO RELEASE, BUT GOD IS SEALING HIS PEOPLE. 19:13 WHAT IS THIS SEAL THE RIGHTEOUS HAVE IN THEIR FOREHEADS BEFORE 19:17 ALL THE FURY IS RELEASED? 19:20 FIRST OF ALL, THOSE WHO HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST 19:22 HAVE THE SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL. 19:24 THOSE WHO HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. 19:26 DOES EVERYONE ALREADY KNOW THAT? 19:28 OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF THE POWER. 19:30 AND IT SAYS HERE IN EPHESIANS, "DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT 19:33 OF GOD, BY WHOM YOU ARE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION." 19:37 2 CORINTHIANS 1:22, "WHO WAS SEALED US AND GIVEN US 19:41 THE SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AS A GUARANTEE." 19:44 HOW MANY OF YOU WANT THAT SEAL? 19:47 BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SEAL THAT IS MORE DISTINCTIVE IN THE LIFE 19:50 THAT IDENTIFIES US AS UNIQUE. 19:52 ISAIAH 8:6, "BIND UP THE TESTIMONY, SEAL THE LAW 19:58 AMONG MY DISCIPLES." 20:00 IN THE HEART OF THE CONVERT, WHEN GOD CREATES A NEW HEART 20:04 AND THEY ARE UNDER THE NEW COVENANT, HE SAYS, 20:06 "I'LL WRITE MY," WHAT IN THEIR HEARTS? 20:08 "MY LAW." 20:09 AND WITHIN THE LAW OF GOD IS THE SEAL OF GOD. 20:14 WHAT IS A SEAL? 20:17 A GOVERNMENT SEAL ALWAYS HAS THREE PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS. 20:20 IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE NAME OF THE POWER IT REPRESENTS, 20:24 IT'S TITLE, TERRITORY. 20:27 PRESIDENTIAL SEAL WOULD SAY, AT THE TIME OF THIS RECORDING, 20:31 OBAMA, BARACK OBAMA, NAME. 20:35 PRESIDENT, TITLE. UNITED STATES, TERRITORY. 20:38 HERE, I'VE GOT ONE FROM CANADA, WHERE THEY RECOGNIZE THE QUEEN 20:41 OF ENGLAND, AND IT SAYS, "ELIZABETH, QUEEN, CANADA." 20:45 YOU GOT THE NAME. 20:46 WHEN THERE WAS A SEAL PUT ON THE TOMB OF JESUS, 20:48 YOU KNOW WHAT IT SAID? PONTIUS PILATE, THE NAME. 20:51 GOVERNOR, TITLE. JUDEA, TERRITORY. 20:55 SEAL WILL ALWAYS HAVE THOSE THREE THINGS, THAT CLEAR? 20:58 WHERE DO YOU FIND THE SEAL OF GOD? 21:01 WHICH OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS CONTAINS 21:03 ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A SEAL? 21:06 IT'S IN THE MIDDLE COMMANDMENT, IN THE LONGEST COMMANDMENT 21:08 THAT HAS THE NAME OF GOD. 21:10 IT SAYS, "FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD, JEHOVAH, MADE THE HEAVEN, 21:15 AND THE EARTH, AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM." 21:19 GOD'S HIS NAME, THE CREATOR, HIS TERRITORY ARE ALL THERE 21:26 IN THAT COMMANDMENT. 21:28 AND THAT'S WHY GOD SAID, "DON'T FORGET THIS." 21:30 IT'S THE SEAL OF GOD. 21:32 IT SHOWS THAT YOU GIVE HIM YOUR TIME AND YOUR WORSHIP. 21:35 THE SABBATH CONTAINS THE ELEMENTS OF A SEAL. 21:39 SO, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHAT THE SEAL OF GOD IS. 21:42 WHAT ABOUT--AND WHAT THE BEAST IS NOW. 21:44 WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND ITS AUTHORITY? 21:48 ALL RIGHT, JUST LOOKING NOW IN A CATHOLIC CATECHISM, 21:52 THEY TEACH QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT. 21:55 WHAT IS THE SABBATH DAY? 21:57 ANSWER, SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH DAY. 22:01 QUESTION, WHY DO WE OBSERVE SUNDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY? 22:06 ANSWER, WE OBSERVE SUNDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY 22:09 BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TRANSFERRED THE SOLEMNITY 22:13 FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY. IT WASN'T FROM THE BIBLE. 22:18 IT WAS TRANSFERRED BY THE CHURCH. 22:21 IT GOES ON TO SAY, HAVE YOU ANY OTHER WAYS OF PROVING THAT THE 22:24 CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS POWER TO INSTITUTE FESTIVALS OF PRECEPT? 22:29 ANSWER, HAD THE CATHOLIC CHURCH NOT SUCH POWER, 22:33 SHE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT IN WHICH ALL MODERN 22:36 RELIGIONISTS AGREE WITH HER. 22:38 SHE COULD NOT HAVE SUBSTITUTED THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY, 22:41 THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK, FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF SATURDAY, 22:45 THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK, A CHANGE FOR WHICH THERE 22:48 IS NO, ZERO SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY. 22:51 YOU'VE GOT THE LAW OF MAN--ARE YOU GETTING IT, FRIENDS? 22:53 YOU'VE GOT TRADITIONS OF MEN; YOU'VE GOT THE LAW OF GOD. 22:56 YOU'VE GOT THE SEAL OF GOD; YOU'VE GOT A MARK 22:59 OF THE BEAST'S AUTHORITY. 23:02 "NOW, PASTOR DOUG, ARE YOU SAYING THAT PEOPLE THAT GO 23:05 TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST?" 23:07 NO, STICK WITH ME. 23:10 ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEAST POWER, 23:12 HE WOULD THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS. 23:15 IT SAYS HERE IN DECRETAL DE TRANSCRIPT, "THE POPE 23:19 HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE TIMES, TO ABROGATE LAWS, AND TO 23:23 DISPENSE WITH ALL THINGS, EVEN THE PRECEPTS OF CHRIST." 23:27 DID YOU KNOW THAT? 23:28 THAT'S CALLED BLASPHEMY WHEN IT SAYS THAT THE LEADER 23:30 OF THE CHURCH CAN EVEN CHANGE THE TEACHING OF CHRIST. 23:32 THAT'S OFFICIALLY THEIR TEACHING. 23:35 THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU THEY DON'T BLUSH. 23:38 I SHOWED YOU A PICTURE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 23:40 THE SECOND COMMANDMENT ABOUT IDOLATRY IS JUST, LIKE, DELETED. 23:45 AND THEY TAKE THE SABBATH, THEY MAKE IT THE THIRD COMMANDMENT. 23:49 AND THEY CHANGE THE DAY FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE FIRST. 23:52 AND MOST MODERN RELIGIONISTS AGREE WITH THAT. 23:55 AND WHETHER KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY, THEY'RE PAYING 23:58 HOMAGE TO A MANMADE LAW. 24:00 "OF COURSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CLAIMS THAT THE CHANGE WAS 24:03 HER ACT, AND THIS ACT IS A MARK OF HER ECCLESIASTICAL POWER 24:08 AND AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS." 24:11 THAT'S FROM C.F. THOMAS, THE CARDINAL. 24:14 IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST OR THE SEAL OF GOD A VISIBLE MARK? 24:17 NOW, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. 24:19 SOME BIBLE TRANSLATIONS EVEN SAY, 24:21 "DON'T GET THE TATTOO IN YOUR FOREHEAD." 24:23 DOESN'T SAY THAT IN THE ORIGINAL. 24:25 IT SAYS IN THE HAND OR IN THE FOREHEAD. 24:27 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 24:28 IF YOU LOOK IN HEBREWS 10:16, "THUS SAYS THE LORD, 'I WILL PUT 24:31 MY LAW IN THEIR HEARTS, AND IN THEIR MINDS I WILL WRITE THEM." 24:36 THE BIBLE SAYS, "WHATEVER YOUR HAND FINDS TO DO, 24:39 DO IT WITH YOUR MIND." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 24:41 DOES IT MEAN YOUR HAND GOES OFF BY ITSELF, 24:43 OR DOES IT MEAN YOUR ACTIONS? 24:44 IN THE MIND MEANS IN THE THOUGHTS. 24:46 IN THE HEAD MEANS IN THE THOUGHTS. 24:48 IN THE HAND MEANS IN THE WORKS. 24:50 FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN READ IN ISAIAH 59:6, "THEIR WORKS 24:54 ARE WORKS OF INIQUITY, AND THEIR ACTS OF VIOLENCE 24:57 ARE IN THEIR HAND. 24:59 THEIR THOUGHT ARE THOUGHTS OF INIQUITY." 25:01 IT'S TALKING ABOUT IN THE HAND BEING THE ACTIONS; 25:04 IN THE FOREHEAD ARE THE THOUGHTS. 25:05 LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE. 25:07 EXODUS 13:9, "AND IT SHALL BE FOR A SIGN UNTO THEE UPON THY 25:11 HAND, AND A MEMORIAL BETWEEN THINE EYES, THAT THE LORD'S LAW 25:14 MIGHT BE IN YOUR HEART." 25:16 YOU CAN ALSO READ THIS IN DEUTERONOMY CHAPTER 6, "THESE 25:19 WORDS I COMMAND YOU, THIS DAY SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART. 25:22 YOU SHALL BIND THEM FOR A SIGN UPON YOUR HAND. 25:24 THEY SHALL BE FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES." 25:27 VERY SIMPLY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAW OF GOD IN YOUR HAND 25:29 AND IN YOUR HEAD, YOU WILL HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST 25:30 IN YOUR HAND AND IN YOUR HEAD. IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIONS. 25:33 IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET EVERYONE TO LINE UP WITH 25:35 A RUBBER STAMP AND GO KA-CHINK, KA-CHINK, AND STAMP EVERYBODY 25:38 ON THE FOREHEAD, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 25:41 IT'S SOMETHING INTERNAL. 25:44 THE BEAST HAS A MARK THAT REPRESENTS 25:46 ITS POWER AND AUTHORITY. 25:47 DOES GOD HAVE A SIGN OF HIS POWER? 25:50 YES. "I GAVE THEM," MY WHAT? 25:53 "MY SABBATHS, TO BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM, THAT 25:55 THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD THAT SANCTIFIES THEM. 25:59 HALLOW MY SABBATHS. 26:01 IT WILL BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU, THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW 26:03 THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. 26:06 VERILY MY SABBATHS YOU WILL KEEP, FOR IT IS A SIGN 26:08 BETWEEN ME AND YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS." 26:11 A SIGN, A SEAL. 26:14 "THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD 26:15 THAT DOES SANCTIFY YOU." 26:17 WE JUST NEED TO ASK THIS QUESTION, FRIENDS, 26:19 THAT PETER SAID. 26:21 "WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN." 26:25 WHO WILL YOU WANT TO OBEY? 26:31 DOUG BATTCHELOR: IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13 WE READ ABOUT THIS 26:34 BEAST POWER THAT COMPELS EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO 26:38 WORSHIP A CERTAIN WAY AND THEY NEED TO RECEIVE A MARK OR THEY 26:42 CANNOT BUY OR SELL. AND, ULTIMATELY, THEY'LL BE 26:44 UNDER A DEATH DECREE. WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST? 26:48 IS IT A TATTOO? 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