AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MARK
OF THE BEAST OR THE BEAST IN
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REVELATION 13, YOU
REALIZE THAT'S A MISNOMER.
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THE WAY YOU SHOULD SAY IT IS
'THE BEASTS OF REVELATION 13'.
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NOW WHAT IS THIS
SECOND BEAST IN REVELATION?
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I BELIEVE IT
REPRESENTS NORTH AMERICA.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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>>I THINK THAT WE WOULD ALL
AGREE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
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THAT RESEMBLES A WAR
HAPPENING IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF
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THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AND
WE'RE CALLING IT A WAR AGAINST
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TERRORISM. I THINK
EVEN POPE FRANCIS WAS
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QUOTED THIS LAST YEAR AS SAYING,
"IT LOOKS LIKE WORLD WAR III IS
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GOING TO HAPPEN IN
PIECEMEAL ALL OVER THE PLANET."
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AND EVEN THIS WEEK
ANOTHER TERRORIST INCIDENT.
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JUST A FEW FACTS YOU MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN: LARGEST RELIGION
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IN THE WORLD, WHEN YOU COMBINE
PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS, IS
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CHRISTIANITY.
APPROXIMATELY 2.17 BILLION
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CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD, OUT
OF - PUSHING 8 BILLION - PEOPLE.
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THERE ARE 1.6
BILLION MUSLIMS IN THE WORLD.
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VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER MAJOR
RELIGION IS EITHER FLAT, AS FAR
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AS GROWTH, OR DECLINING.
BUDDHISM IS DECLINING.
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HINDUISM IS SHOWING FLAT GROWTH.
JUDAISM - A NUMBER OF OTHER
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RELIGIONS - THE TWO RELIGIONS
THAT ARE STILL SHOWING GROWTH
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- CHRISTIANITY AND
ISLAM. ISLAM IS GROWING FASTER.
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HISTORIANS THAT LOOK AT WHAT'S
HAPPENING TODAY REALIZE THIS IS
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NOT A POLITICAL PROBLEM,
IT'S A RELIGIOUS PROBLEM.
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AND SOME HAVE WONDERED, 'DOES
PROPHECY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
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ISLAM? DOES PROPHECY SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT CHRISTIANITY AND
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AMERICA?' AND THIS LESSON IS
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT
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AND THE ANSWER IS 'YES'.
SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO SOME
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OF THESE
PROPHECIES HERE IN REVELATION.
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AND THE FIRST ONE IS REVELATION
CHAPTER 13, VERSE 15 - THERE'S A
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VERSE THERE I WANT YOU TO NOTICE
- SPEAKING OF THE BEAST POWER
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THAT YOU FIND IN REVELATION 13
- IT SAYS, "HE WAS GRANTED POWER
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TO GIVE BREATH TO THE IMAGE OF
THE BEAST, THAT THE IMAGE OF THE
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BEAST SHOULD BOTH SPEAK
AND CAUSE AS MANY AS WOULD NOT
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WORSHIP THE IMAGE OF
THE BEAST TO BE KILLED."
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NOW, JUST FROM THAT VERSE RIGHT
THERE, YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE
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IS GOING TO BE SOME CONFLICT
CONNECTED WITH RELIGION.
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IT'S A WAR
CONNECTED WITH WORSHIP.
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AND YOU'VE SEEN IT PLAY
OUT SEVERAL TIMES IN HISTORY.
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LET'S GO INTO THE FIRST QUESTION
AND IT'S GOING TO SET US UP FOR,
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I THINK, WHAT YOU'LL FIND
TO BE A VERY INTERESTING STUDY.
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SO HOW LONG DOES A DAY
REPRESENT IN BIBLICAL TIME?
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WHEN YOU'RE CALCULATING BIBLICAL
PROPHECIES, DOES IT MEAN A DAY
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IS A DAY? >>NO.
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>>SO WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
THIS THREE AND A HALF YEARS - 42
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MONTHS - ONE THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS - YOU
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REALIZE THAT THAT IS A TIME
PROPHECY GIVEN MORE DIFFERENT
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WAYS - YOU NOT ONLY FIND IT
IN REVELATION 13, REVELATION 12,
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DANIEL CHAPTER 7 - THIS IS A
TIME PERIOD FOUND SEVERAL TIMES
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IN THE BIBLE. SO WHAT DOES A DAY
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EQUAL IN PROPHECY?
SEVERAL VERSES SHARE WITH THAT.
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IF YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN
THE BOOK OF NUMBERS CHAPTER 14,
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VERSE 34, YOU CAN READ THERE:
"ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE
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DAYS IN WHICH YOU SPIED OUT THE
LAND, FORTY DAYS, FOR EACH DAY
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YOU SHALL BEAR YOUR GUILT
ONE YEAR, NAMELY FORTY YEARS."
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PERHAPS YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE
SPIES FIRST WENT - TWELVE SPIES
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- TO LOOK AT THE PROMISED LAND,
THEY CAME BACK AND THEY GAVE A
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DISCOURAGING REPORT. GOD SAID,
'WELL, BECAUSE YOU DID NOT HAVE
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FAITH, FOR EVERY DAY YOU
SPIED THE LAND YOU'RE GOING
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TO WANDER IN THE WILDERNESS
A YEAR' - A DAY FOR A YEAR.
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AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO HEAR THAT
IN EZEKIEL 4:6 - THAT "I HAVE
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LAID ON YOU A
DAY FOR EACH YEAR."
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JESUS USED THIS PRINCIPLE - LUKE
CHAPTER 13 - SOMEONE CAME TO
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JESUS AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW,
HEROD IS GOING TO ARREST YOU,
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JUST LIKE HE KILLED JOHN THE
BAPTIST.' JESUS SAID, 'GO TELL
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THAT FOX THAT I TEACH AND DO
CURES AND CAST OUT DEVILS TODAY,
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AND TOMORROW, AND THE THIRD DAY
I WILL BE PERFECTED.' WELL THIS
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IS EARLY IN JESUS' MINISTRY.
HE DID NOT TEACH THREE MORE
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DAYS, HE TAUGHT
THREE MORE YEARS.
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THAT WAS A PROPHECY CHRIST MADE
AND IT WAS EXACTLY FULFILLED
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THAT WAY - THREE MORE YEARS
- JESUS USED A DAY FOR A YEAR.
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SO WITH THAT PRINCIPLE IN MIND,
HOW LONG DOES IT SAY THERE IN
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REVELATION CHAPTER 13, WOULD
THIS BEAST POWER RULE BEFORE IT
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RECEIVES A DEADLY
WOUND - BEFORE IT'S WOUNDED?
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IF YOU LOOK IN REVELATION 13,
VERSE 5, IT SAYS, "...AND HE WAS
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GIVEN AUTHORITY TO
CONTINUE FOR FORTY-TWO MONTHS."
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NOW THAT NUMBER - KEEP IN MIND,
IN THE JEWISH CALENDAR - THEY
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HAD A LUNAR CALENDAR, IT
WASN'T THE ROMAN CALENDAR.
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THEY FIGURED
THIRTY DAYS TO THE MONTH.
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THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY
DAYS TO THE YEAR AND THEN THEY'D
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COMPENSATE BY ADDING ANOTHER
MONTH EVERY FEW YEARS SO THAT IT
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WOULD EVEN OUT WITH THE SEASONS.
THAT NUMBER - FORTY-TWO MONTHS -
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COMES TO THREE AND A HALF YEARS
OR 1,260 DAYS WHICH, BY THE WAY,
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IS EXACTLY HALF OF SEVEN
- THREE AND A HALF YEARS IS
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HALF OF SEVEN YEARS.
YOU'LL FIND THAT NUMBER SEVERAL
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TIMES AND IT'S OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH PERSECUTION.
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THREE AND A HALF YEARS - JESUS
IS CRUCIFIED - THREE AND A HALF
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YEARS AFTER THAT STEPHEN
IS STONED - THE FIRST MARTYR.
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AND SO, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT
THREE AND A HALF YEARS THERE IN
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REVELATION, IT IS A TIME
OF DARKNESS AND PERSECUTION.
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ALRIGHT, WHEN DID THE TIME
PERIOD FOR THE BEAST RULE BEGIN?
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AND YOU FIND THE ANSWER FOR THAT
IN HISTORY BECAUSE YOU CAN LOOK
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AT HISTORY AND IT'S AFTER
BIBLE TIMES WERE WRITTEN. THE
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LEGALIZED - THE
LEGALLY RECOGNIZED SUPREMACY
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OF THE POPE BEGAN IN 538 A.D.
WHEN THERE WENT INTO EFFECT A
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DECREE OF EMPEROR JUSTINIAN
MAKING THE BISHOP OF ROME,
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BETTER KNOWN AS THE POPE,
HEAD OVER THE CHURCHES AND THE
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DEFINER OF DOCTRINES AND
THE CORRECTOR OF HERETICS.
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AND YOU CAN ALSO READ THERE
VIGILIUS ASCENDED THE PAPAL
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CHAIR 538 A.D. UNDER
THE MILITARY PROTECTION OF
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BELISARIUS. NOW WHAT WAS
GOING ON IS JUSTINIAN, THE ROMAN
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EMPEROR, HE MOVED THE CAPITAL
OF ROME TO CONSTANTINOPLE.
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HE MADE THE POPE IN ROME THE
LEADER OF THE CHURCH AND HE GAVE
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HIM A MILITARY AND CALLED
HIM THE CORRECTOR OF HERETICS SO
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THAT HE COULD NOW USE CIVIL
POWER TO ENFORCE THE RELIGION.
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DID JESUS EVER SAY THAT,
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE
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CIVIL POWER TO
MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE?
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>>NO. >>NOW THAT'S A VERY
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IMPORTANT POINT. I'LL SAY
MORE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE LATER.
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THIS WAS A TURNING POINT.
THAT HAPPENED IN 538, WHERE
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CHRISTIANITY SUDDENLY BECAME
A POWER THAT BEGAN TO PERSECUTE,
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WHERE IT USED TO BE A
POWER MOTIVATED BY LOVE.
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JESUS SAID, 'FOLLOW ME' - IF
SOMEONE DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW
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HIM, THEY TURNED
AND THEY WALKED AWAY.
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AND SO, I THINK THAT Y'ALL
UNDERSTAND - THAT WAS A CHANGE.
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GOD - JESUS DOESN'T WANT US TO
USE FORCE TO MAKE PEOPLE OBEY.
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YOU CAN ALSO READ HERE IN
ABBOTT'S ROMAN HISTORY , "THE
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TRANSFER OF THE EMPEROR'S
RESIDENCE TO CONSTANTINOPLE WAS
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A SAD BLOW TO
THE PRESTIGE OF ROME.
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AND, AT THE SAME TIME, ONE
MIGHT HAVE PREDICTED HER SPEEDY
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DECLINE" - THE
DECLINE OF THE CITY OF ROME.
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH AND
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THE GROWING AUTHORITY OF THE
BISHOP OF ROME - OR THE POPE -
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GAVE HER A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
IT MADE HER AGAIN THE CAPITAL.
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THIS TIME, NOT THE POLITICAL
OR MILITARY CAPITAL, BUT THE
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RELIGIOUS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.
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THERE WAS A TRANSFERENCE THAT
TOOK PLACE DURING THAT TIME.
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READING ON A LITTLE MORE, "TO
THE SUCCESSION OF THE CAESARS
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CAME THE SUCCESSION
OF THE PONTIFFS IN ROME.
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WHEN CONSTANTINE LEFT ROME, HE
GAVE HIS SEAT TO THE PONTIFF."
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NOW, THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUOTE
FROM HISTORY BECAUSE YOU CAN
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ACTUALLY READ IN THE BIBLE, IN
REVELATION 13, IT SAYS THAT THE
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BEAST POWER RECEIVES
ITS SEAT FROM THE DRAGON.
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THE ROMAN POWER, RULED BY
THE CAESARS, LEFT TOWN AND SAID,
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'WE'RE GOING TO VACATE OUR
THRONE HERE, BUT YOU CAN HAVE
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OUR THRONE; WE'RE MOVING TO
ANOTHER TOWN.' AND INSTEAD OF
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ROME BEING THE POWER THAT RULED
THE WORLD WITH CIVIL POWER OR
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MILITARY POWER, NOW IT WAS
RULING THROUGH RELIGIOUS POWER.
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538 A.D. - IT'S A VERY
EASILY WELL-ESTABLISHED DATE IN
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HISTORY. HOW LONG IS 1,260 DAYS
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IN BIBLICAL PROPHECY? 1,260
YEARS. IF YOU GO 1,260 YEARS,
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YOU COME TO WHERE? >>1798
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>>1798. I WONDER
WHAT'S GOING ON THEN.
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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE
BEAST AFTER 42 MONTHS?
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YOU CAN READ IN REVELATION 13,
IT SAYS, 'I SAW ONE OF ITS HEADS
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AS IT WAS WOUNDED TO DEATH AND
HIS DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED AND
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ALL THE WORLD WONDERED AFTER THE
BEAST.' IT AT LEAST RECEIVES A
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DEADLY WOUND. IT'S
POWER IS INTERRUPTED.
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INSTEAD OF IT HAVING SUCH GREAT
CONTROL AND INFLUENCE AND BEING
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- IT WASN'T JUST A RELIGIOUS
POWER, IT WAS A CIVIL POWER OVER
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ALL OF EUROPE AND EVEN PARTS
BEYOND - IT STARTED TO REACH
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INTO SOUTH AMERICA AT THAT POINT
TOO - AND CENTRAL AMERICA - IT
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WOULD BE WOUNDED - IT
WOULD LOSE SOME OF THAT POWER.
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WHAT DOES
HISTORY TELL US HAPPENED?
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IN 1798 - ANYONE EVER
HEARD OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE?
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HE WAS SWEEPING ACROSS EUROPE.
IT WAS NOT A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT.
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IT WAS A VERY SECULAR MOVEMENT.
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HE SENT HIS GENERAL, BERTHIER,
INTO ROME AND THROUGH HIS
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ENTRANCE IN ROME, HE ABOLISHED
THE PAPAL GOVERNMENT AND
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ESTABLISHED A SECULAR ONE.
IT RECEIVED A DEADLY WOUND.
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THE BIBLE SAYS IN REVELATION
13:10, 'HE THAT LEADS INTO
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CAPTIVITY WILL GO INTO CAPTIVITY
AND HE THAT KILLS WITH THE SWORD
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WILL BE KILLED WITH THE SWORD.'
AND THE TABLES WERE SORT OF
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TURNED; INSTEAD OF THE
INQUISITION AND THEM HAVING SO
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MUCH POWER TO TORTURE AND FORCE
PEOPLE TO CONVERT, AND THERE WAS
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A PERSECUTION AGAINST THE
PROTESTANTS - THE POPE WAS
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CARRIED OFF INTO VALANCE, FRANCE
TO A FORTRESS CITY AND HE DIED
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IN PRISON THERE.
AND, FOR OVER 130 YEARS,
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THEY LOST THEIR CIVIL
POWER. BUT IT SAID IT WOULD BE
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TEMPORARY. IT SAID
THE DEADLY WOUND WOULD
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BE HEALED AND ALL
THE WORLD WOULD WONDER.
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YOU LOOK IN HISTORY AND IN 1929
THERE WAS A FELLOW NAMED BENITO
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MUSSOLINI - ANYONE REMEMBER?
YOU KNOW, I'M GETTING OLD.
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SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WORLD WAR
II - NOT TOO MANY LEFT ANYMORE -
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MUSSOLINI, HE MADE
A DEAL WITH THE POPE.
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HE SAID, 'LOOK, I NEED
YOU TO ENDORSE ME POLITICALLY.
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IF YOU AGREE TO ENDORSE ME
POLITICALLY, SO THAT MY STATION
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WILL GROW, WE WILL AGAIN
GIVE YOU YOUR INDEPENDENCE AS A
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COUNTRY FOR THE VATICAN.
WE WILL MAKE YOU, ONCE AGAIN,
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A CIVIL POWER AS WELL AS
RELIGIOUS, SO THAT YOU CAN SEND
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YOUR AMBASSADORS
AROUND THE WORLD.
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AND SO THEY
SIGNED THE LATERAN PACT .
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AND THEY AGAIN BEGAN
TO EXERCISE THEIR POWER.
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IT SAYS, "THE ROMAN QUESTION
TONIGHT WAS A THING OF THE PAST
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AND THE VATICAN WAS
AT PEACE WITH ITALY."
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IT SAYS, "IN AFFIXING AUTOGRAPHS
TO THE MEMORABLE DOCUMENT,
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HEALING THE WOUND..." - EVEN
USING THE VERY SAME WORDING.
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AND AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING
ON IN THE WORLD TODAY, WOULD YOU
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SAY THAT THEY'VE RETURNED
TO, NOT JUST EUROPEAN, BUT
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INTERNATIONAL
PROMINENCE AS A POWER?
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WHAT POWER WILL SUPPORT
THE BEAST IN THE END TIME?
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HERE'S WHERE IT GETS
INTERESTING, FRIENDS.
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REVELATION 13:11 IT SAYS, "AND
I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST COMING UP
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OUT OF THE EARTH;" - NOW, THE
FIRST BEAST COMES UP OUT OF THE
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SEA; THIS BEAST
COMES UP OUT OF THE EARTH.
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AND HE HAS TWO
HORNS LIKE A LAMB.
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QUESTION, IS A LAMB A GOOD THING
OR A BAD THING, IN REVELATION?
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WHAT DID JOHN THE
BAPTIST SAY ABOUT JESUS?
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'BEHOLD THE' - >>LAMB.
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>>"LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES
AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD."
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LAMB'S GOOD - TWO HORNS LIKE A
LAMB AND HE SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON.
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QUESTION, IS THE DRAGON A
GOOD THING OR A BAD THING IN
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REVELATION? >>BAD.
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>>BAD THING. SO IT
STARTS OUT SOUNDING GOOD,
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LIKE A LAMB;
ENDS UP LIKE A DRAGON.
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NOW WHAT IS THIS
SECOND BEAST IN REVELATION?
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I BELIEVE IT
REPRESENTS NORTH AMERICA.
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MORE
SPECIFICALLY, THE UNITED STATES.
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YOU NOTICE, WHEN THAT TIME
PERIOD THAT WE LOOKED AT - IT
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REACHED FROM 538 -
WHO REMEMBERS THAT NUMBER?
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1,260 YEARS FROM
538 COMES TO 1798.
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WE ALREADY TOLD YOU WHAT WAS
HAPPENING IN EUROPE; WHAT WAS
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HAPPENING OVER HERE IN
1798? THE UNITED STATES DECLARED
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ITS INDEPENDENCE IN WHEN? 1776.
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IT VOTED THE
CONSTITUTION IN 1787.
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IT ADOPTED THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN
1791 AND WAS FINALLY RECOGNIZED
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BY THE OTHER MAJOR EMPIRES AND
COUNTRIES, AS A SEPARATE WORLD
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POWER, IN 1798. THE
REASON IT SAYS THIS SECOND
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BEAST ROSE UP OUT OF THE EARTH
IS BECAUSE, COMPARED TO THE
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TEEMING MULTITUDES IN EUROPE,
THIS WAS A VAST WILDERNESS.
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THERE WERE STILL MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE HERE, BUT IT WAS
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COMPARATIVELY VERY
SPARSELY POPULATED. AND
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WITH THE MASSIVE IMMIGRATIONS
THAT CAME FROM ENGLAND, SPAIN,
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AND THE NETHERLANDS TO THE NEW
WORLD - AND PORTUGAL - THINGS
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CHANGED VERY QUICKLY. IT
SAYS HE SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON.
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HOW DOES A COUNTRY
SPEAK? A NATION SPEAKS THROUGH
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ITS LEGISLATIVE BODY.
THIS COUNTRY THAT STARTED LIKE
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A LAMB, ENDS UP
SPEAKING LIKE A DRAGON.
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WHAT ARE THOSE TWO
HORNS 'LIKE A LAMB'?
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THE TWO THINGS THAT GAVE AMERICA
SUCCESS AND POWER IS THAT WE HAD
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A GOVERNMENT WITHOUT A KING AND
WE HAD A CHURCH WITHOUT A POPE -
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FREEDOM OF RELIGION;
FREEDOM OF GOVERNMENT.
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HE EXERCISES ALL THE POWER OF
THE FIRST BEAST BEFORE HIM AND
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HE FORCES THOSE WHO DWELL
THEREIN TO WORSHIP THE FIRST
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BEAST WHO HAD THE WOUND
BY THE SWORD BUT WAS HEALED.
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I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU
REMEMBER THIS COVER FROM A TIME
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MAGAZINE BACK IN 1982 - IT WAS
FINALLY REVEALED HOW INVOLVED
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THE U.S. WAS WITH
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN
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HELPING OVERTHROW
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
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IT TALKS ABOUT THIS MEETING THAT
RONALD REAGAN HAD WITH POPE JOHN
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PAUL II, AND THEY
AGREED THAT THE U.S.
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SENT TONS OF COMMUNICATIONS
EQUIPMENT INTO POLAND TO HELP
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SOLIDARITY, WITH LECH WALENSA,
OVERTHROW COMMUNISM IN THAT
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COUNTRY. AND ONCE
THAT HAPPENED, THE
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DOMINOS BEGAN TO FALL
AND IT JUST COLLAPSED.
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IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
ORCHESTRATED AND IT'S ALL - IT
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ALL CAME OUT BETWEEN - MATTER
OF FACT, YOU GO TO POLAND YOU'LL
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SEE A PICTURE. RONALD
REAGAN - THERE'S A BRONZE
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OF IT UP ON THE SCREEN - RONALD
REAGAN WALKING WITH JOHN PAUL II
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BECAUSE THEY GIVE THEM CREDIT
FOR HELPING OVERTHROW COMMUNISM
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IN THEIR COUNTRY AND
HELPING THEM TO ACHIEVE FREEDOM.
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THIS IS JUST PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T FORGET
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THIS PICTURE THAT WHEN POPE JOHN
PAUL II DIED AND HERE YOU'VE GOT
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SEVERAL PRESIDENTS
THAT WERE THERE KNEELING.
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THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT
FROM THE WAY THINGS USED TO BE.
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AMERICA, PHILOSOPHICALLY, WAS IN
A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE THAN THE
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PAPACY. WE'RE ALL
ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
00:16:23.95\00:16:27.88
YOU KNOW, WHEN AMERICA - WHEN
AMERICA WAS FIRST FORMED, THEY
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ACTUALLY TRIED TO TELL
PEOPLE WHAT DAY TO GO TO CHURCH.
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THAT'S WHY WE HAVE
SUNDAY LAWS ON OUR BOOKS.
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THERE WAS A PASTOR, WHO WAS ALSO
A LEADER, NAMED ROGER WILLIAMS
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AND HE SAID,
'YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING.
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IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER
WE FORCE PEOPLE TO KEEP THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS, BUT WHICH ONES.'
HE SAID, 'THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
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ARE WRITTEN ON
TWO TABLES OF STONE.
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THE FIRST FOUR ARE OUR PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, THE LAST
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SIX DEAL WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH OUR FELLOW MAN.'
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HE SAID, 'YOU CANNOT HAVE A
GOVERNMENT THAT TELLS PEOPLE HOW
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TO KEEP THE FIRST FOUR.'
YOU MUST DECIDE HOW YOU WORSHIP
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YOUR GOD, WHO YOUR GOD
IS, WHEN YOU WORSHIP HIM,
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WHAT HIS NAME IS. YOU
DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE
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TELLING YOU THAT, DO YOU? >>NO.
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>>BUT YOU DON'T WANT A
GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT ENFORCE
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'YOU DON'T STEAL, YOU DON'T
LIE, DOESN'T RESPECT PARENTAL
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RIGHTS,' - THE LAST SIX
COMMANDMENTS ARE CIVIL - THEY
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NEED TO BE
SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
YOU KNOW WHY EVERYTHING
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COSTS SO MUCH?
BECAUSE EVERYBODY COVETS
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EVERYBODY'S STUFF AND
THEY'RE SUING EVERYBODY.
00:17:31.48\00:17:34.45
AND SO ROGER
WILLIAMS UNDERSTOOD THAT.
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WELL, RIGHT NOW, I'M HEARING IS
PEOPLE SAY 'COMPLETELY GET RID
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OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS',
WHICH IS A BAD IDEA, OR 'FORCE
00:17:40.96\00:17:43.43
EVERYBODY TO KEEP ALL OF THEM',
WHICH IS TELLING YOU WHO TO
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WORSHIP. AND IF
WE'D GO BACK AND REALIZE
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WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
UNDERSTOOD WAS THE BEST FORMULA
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- THAT'S WHY GOD PUT
THEM ON TWO DIFFERENT TABLES.
00:17:52.20\00:17:55.57
IT SAYS HE CAUSES "THE EARTH
AND THEM THAT DWELL THEREIN TO
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WORSHIP THE FIRST BEAST,
WHOSE DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED."
00:17:58.91\00:18:03.88
YOU KNOW, YOU JUST CAN'T GET
OVER SOME OF THE THINGS YOU SAW
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HAPPEN JUST A FEW MONTHS
AGO - THIS HISTORIC TRIP OF POPE
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FRANCIS TO THE UNITED STATES
- THERE WAS NO IMPORTANT PLACE -
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SIGNIFICANT
PLACE - THAT HE MISSED.
00:18:18.13\00:18:20.40
HE WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
SPOKE TO OUR GREATEST AUGUST
00:18:20.40\00:18:25.10
BODY - CONGRESS, THE SENATORS,
EVERYBODY - STANDING OVATION.
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WOULD THEY DO THAT FOR A PASTOR?
GOES TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
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GOES TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE OUR
GOVERNMENT WAS FOUNDED - IT WAS
00:18:37.25\00:18:41.32
ALL VERY - AND WENT TO THE 9/11
MEMORIAL - HAD A JOINT RELIGIOUS
00:18:41.32\00:18:44.95
SERVICE AT THE 9/11 MEMORIAL,
SHOWING SOLIDARITY WITH THE
00:18:44.95\00:18:47.49
UNITED STATES AGAINST -
WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT 9/11?
00:18:47.49\00:18:50.99
WASN'T IT SOME OF
THIS WAR ON WORSHIP?
00:18:50.99\00:18:54.46
NOBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT
BUT WE ALL KNOW IT WAS RELIGIOUS
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ZEALOTS THAT DID THIS - THAT
WERE READY TO DIE FOR WHAT THEY
00:18:57.70\00:19:02.37
BELIEVED, CRAZY AS IT
WAS. AND SO, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
00:19:02.37\00:19:08.54
HAPPENING, IS A HAND BEING
REACHED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC,
00:19:08.54\00:19:14.68
BOTH WAYS, TO BUILD SOME
SOLIDARITY. "THEY SHOULD MAKE AN
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IMAGE TO THE BEAST, WHICH HAD
THE WOUND BY A SWORD, AND DID
00:19:19.82\00:19:23.32
LIVE." NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT MEANS THAT WHAT THE BEAST WAS
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DOING DURING THAT 1,260 YEARS
OF USING CIVIL POWER TO FORCE
00:19:29.16\00:19:35.44
RELIGION, IS
GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
00:19:35.44\00:19:38.17
THERE ARE GOING TO BE RELIGIOUS
LAWS THAT WILL GO AGAINST THE
00:19:38.17\00:19:41.28
LAW OF GOD AND EVERY CHILD OF
GOD IS GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A
00:19:41.28\00:19:44.71
DECISION: DO
YOU OBEY GOD OR MAN?
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WHO IS GOING TO BE
FIRST IN YOUR LIFE?
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AND THE DECISION SHADRACH,
MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO HAD TO
00:19:50.12\00:19:53.02
MAKE, AND DANIEL HAD TO MAKE,
WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO GO TO
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THE LION'S DEN OR COMPROMISE HIS
FAITH, EVERY BELIEVER IS GOING
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TO HAVE TO MAKE. IF I
WAS THE DEVIL, LET ME TELL
00:19:59.66\00:20:02.43
YOU WHAT I'D DO. NOW
DON'T MISUNDERSTAND, I'M NOT.
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(LAUGHTER) BUT IF I WAS - I HOPE
NOT. IF THE IDEA IS TO TRY TO
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GET GOD'S PEOPLE TO BREAK THE
LAW OF GOD - DOESN'T THE DEVIL
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WANT US TO SIN? >>YES.
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.58
>>BIBLE SAYS HE'S COME DOWN WITH
GREAT WRATH BECAUSE HIS TIME IS
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SHORT. HE WANTS
TO GET US TO SIN.
00:20:20.38\00:20:22.52
AND, YOU KNOW, IN DANIEL CHAPTER
3 HE TRIED TO GET THEM TO BREAK
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THE LAW ABOUT IDOLATRY.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE,
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BECAUSE IF YOU BREAK
ONE, YOU'RE GUILTY OF ALL.
00:20:29.12\00:20:30.93
JAMES - IN DANIEL CHAPTER
6 IT WAS THE LAW - THE FIRST
00:20:30.93\00:20:35.06
COMMANDMENT -
DON'T HAVE OTHER GODS.
00:20:35.06\00:20:37.87
AND SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE
SOMETHING THAT DEALS WITH TIMES
00:20:37.87\00:20:41.50
AND LAWS - THE BEAST POWER WOULD
THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS -
00:20:41.50\00:20:45.01
THE ONLY COMMANDMENT THAT
FITS INTO ALL THOSE CATEGORIES -
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RELATED TO WORSHIP, A TIME,
AND A LAW - IS THE SABBATH.
00:20:48.94\00:20:54.62
I WOULD SAY, 'YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M GOING TO TELL THEM, 'KEEP
00:20:54.62\00:20:56.95
ALL TEN COMMANDMENTS, BUT ON
THAT FOURTH COMMANDMENT THAT HAS
00:20:56.95\00:20:59.85
THE NAME OF GOD, WHERE IT SAYS
'KEEP THE SEVENTH DAY HOLY' I
00:20:59.85\00:21:03.36
DON'T WANT YOU TO
KEEP THE DAY OF GOD HOLY.
00:21:03.36\00:21:05.09
I WANT YOU TO KEEP THE DAY OF
MAN HOLY AND I'M GOING TO GIVE
00:21:05.09\00:21:08.03
YOU A NEW COMMANDMENT: INSTEAD
OF WORSHIPING ON THE SEVENTH
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DAY, WORSHIP THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT DIFFERENCE
00:21:11.93\00:21:14.94
DOES ONE DAY MAKE? AND
IT IS SUCH A SUBTLE, SMALL
00:21:14.94\00:21:18.14
THING THAT MOST OF THE
WORLD'S GOING TO SAY, 'IN THE
00:21:18.14\00:21:21.44
SAKE OF UNITY, SURE. WHY NOT?
00:21:21.44\00:21:24.31
WE ALL NEED TO MAKE LITTLE
COMPROMISES FOR UNITY.'' AND
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THERE'S GOING TO BE A COALITION
OF SUPPOSED CHRISTIANS THAT WILL
00:21:29.15\00:21:32.99
GATHER TOGETHER AND SAY, 'WE
ALL NEED TO COME BACK TO GOD AND
00:21:32.99\00:21:36.12
WORSHIP GOD.' AND IT'S
GOING TO SOUND WONDERFUL.
00:21:36.12\00:21:39.69
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY
MANY THINGS WE AGREE WITH.
00:21:39.69\00:21:41.40
THAT'S WHAT MAKES A COUNTERFEIT
SO DANGEROUS, IT'S SIMILAR TO
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.73
THE TRUE. AND
THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, 'WE
00:21:44.73\00:21:46.74
ALL NEED TO GO TO
CHURCH.' FOLKS'LL SAY, 'AMEN!
00:21:46.74\00:21:49.40
EVERY SUNDAY WE NEED TO BE
THERE.' AND THEY'RE GOING TO
00:21:49.40\00:21:53.14
MAKE LAWS THAT ARE GOING TO
PERSECUTE THOSE THAT STAND UP
00:21:53.14\00:21:55.54
FOR THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD -
NOT JUST THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT,
00:21:55.54\00:21:58.25
BUT PROBABLY THE
OTHER COMMANDMENTS AS WELL.
00:21:58.25\00:22:00.85
IDOLATRY MAY BE
INVOLVED. IT SAYS AN IMAGE TO
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THE BEAST, DOESN'T IT?
AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY,
00:22:03.12\00:22:06.02
'FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY WE ALL
NEED TO MAKE LITTLE SACRIFICES
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.96
OF OUR CONVICTIONS.' AND
THERE'LL BE GREAT PERSECUTION
00:22:08.96\00:22:12.29
AGAINST THOSE WHO STAND FOR GOD.
00:22:12.29\00:22:14.30
AT ONE POINT, THEY
WON'T BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL.
00:22:14.30\00:22:17.80
AND WE ALL KNOW - HOW EASY
WOULD IT BE TODAY, IN AN ALMOST
00:22:17.80\00:22:20.64
CASHLESS
SOCIETY, TO ENFORCE THAT?
00:22:20.64\00:22:22.70
YOU'LL GO TO SWIPE YOUR CARD OR
TO USE YOUR PIN NUMBER AND IT'S
00:22:22.70\00:22:27.11
GOING TO SAY 'MALFUNCTION' - IT
WON'T WORK - 'YOU WEREN'T AT THE
00:22:27.11\00:22:33.28
UNIVERSAL CHURCH LAST WEEK
AND YOU CANNOT BUY OR SELL.' BUT
00:22:33.28\00:22:38.25
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ARE MORE THAN
JUST WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AT THE
00:22:38.25\00:22:40.79
SUPERMARKET. DOES THE U.N.
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.22
AND THE UNITED STATES NOW
ENFORCE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS,
00:22:43.22\00:22:46.66
TELLING COUNTRIES THAT IF YOU
DON'T COOPERATE YOU CANNOT BUY
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.93
OR SELL? IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
00:22:48.93\00:22:52.77
IT'S AN
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY NOW.
00:22:52.77\00:22:55.10
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE WAVES -
AMERICA SNEEZES AND THE WHOLE
00:22:55.10\00:22:57.01
WORLD GET RIPPLES, FINANCIALLY.
EVERYONE - EVERYTHING'S
00:22:57.01\00:23:01.68
INTERCONNECTED NOW.
WHAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT IS
00:23:01.68\00:23:04.78
GOING TO PREVENT GOD'S END-TIME
PEOPLE FROM BEING DECEIVED?
00:23:04.78\00:23:08.32
TO THE LAW AND TO THE TESTIMONY,
IF THEY DO NOT SPEAK ACCORDING
00:23:08.32\00:23:12.02
TO THIS WORD IT'S BECAUSE
THERE'S NO LIGHT IN THEM.
00:23:12.02\00:23:15.52
IT SAYS, IN ACTS CHAPTER 17,
VERSE 11, SPEAKING OF THE PEOPLE
00:23:15.52\00:23:18.93
IN BEREA, "THESE WERE MORE NOBLE
THAN THOSE IN THESSALONICA, IN
00:23:18.93\00:23:22.70
THAT THEY RECEIVED THE WORD
WITH ALL READINESS OF MIND, AND
00:23:22.70\00:23:25.53
SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY,
WHETHER THOSE THINGS WERE SO."
00:23:25.53\00:23:30.27
YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, IT'S
NOT GOING TO GO ON LIKE THIS
00:23:30.27\00:23:33.38
FOREVER. JESUS IS GOING TO COME.
00:23:33.38\00:23:35.71
>>AMEN! >>THAT'S
THE ONLY SOLUTION.
00:23:35.71\00:23:37.95
AND I'M NOT TELLING YOU THESE
THINGS TO TROUBLE YOU BECAUSE,
00:23:37.95\00:23:41.12
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO
PAUSE RIGHT HERE AND REMIND YOU.
00:23:41.12\00:23:44.82
EVEN IF I COULD TELL YOU THE DAY
AND HOUR OF JESUS' COMING, THAT
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WOULD NOT SAVE YOU. >>NOPE.
00:23:47.22\00:23:48.89
>>AND I CAN'T TELL
YOU BECAUSE NOBODY KNOWS.
00:23:48.89\00:23:50.79
THE PURPOSE OF
PROPHECY IS REDEMPTIVE.
00:23:50.79\00:23:54.03
JESUS SAID, 'WHEN THESE THINGS
BEGIN TO COME TO PASS LIFT UP
00:23:54.03\00:23:58.20
YOUR HEADS.' HE SAID, 'THEN YOU
WILL KNOW - AFTER THESE THINGS
00:23:58.20\00:24:02.87
HAVE HAPPENED, THEN YOU
WILL KNOW THAT I WAS TELLING THE
00:24:02.87\00:24:04.71
TRUTH.' AS YOU'RE LOOKING BACK
AND SEEING HOW JESUS OUTLINED
00:24:04.71\00:24:07.68
THE HISTORY OF THE BEAST AND
THE SECOND BEAST AND ALL THAT'S
00:24:07.68\00:24:10.85
HAPPENED, YOU SAY, 'WOW, IT'S
ALL UNFOLDING JUST LIKE HE SAID.
00:24:10.85\00:24:14.45
WHY DOES HE
WANT US TO KNOW THAT?
00:24:14.45\00:24:15.92
THAT MUST MEAN WHAT HE SAYS IN
THE BIBLE ABOUT SAVING ME FROM
00:24:15.92\00:24:19.02
SIN IS TRUE.' >>AMEN.
00:24:19.02\00:24:21.42
>>SEE, THAT'S THE
REASON FOR PROPHECY.
00:24:21.42\00:24:23.29
IT'S NOT TO JUST TANTALIZE YOU
WITH THE FUTURE, I MEAN, THAT'S
00:24:23.29\00:24:26.73
WHAT ASTROLOGERS DO.
THE REASON GOD SHOWS YOU HE
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KNOWS ABOUT PROPHECY IS SO
YOU'LL TRUST HIS WORD THAT IT IS
00:24:29.70\00:24:32.57
A SUPERNATURAL BOOK AND WHAT HE
SAYS ABOUT SALVATION IS TRUE AND
00:24:32.57\00:24:36.71
THAT HE HAS - IF HE KNOWS
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD DOES
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.81
HE HAVE A
HISTORY FOR YOU? >>YES.
00:24:38.81\00:24:40.58
>>HE HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR
LIFE. AND NOTHING HAPPENS
00:24:40.58\00:24:43.08
BY ACCIDENT WITH GOD. >>AMEN.
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.28
>>HE SEES
EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING.
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TROUBLE IS COMING SUCH
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BUT I'M NOT
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IF CHRIST IS WITH YOU, DO YOU
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DEN? IF JESUS
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NEED TO BE AFRAID
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HE WILL GO THROUGH IT ALL
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