>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>WHAT THE DEVIL COULD NOT DO IN
TRYING TO DESTROY THE CHURCH ON
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THE OUTSIDE, BY PERSECUTION,
THE DEVIL NOW ACCOMPLISHED BY
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JOINING THE CHURCH. AND,
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS
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GREAT COMPROMISE
THAT CAME INTO THE CHURCH.
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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
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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>>I WANT TO WELCOME THOSE,
AGAIN, WHO ARE WATCHING, TO THE
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PROPHECY ENCOUNTER SERIES.
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NOW, IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
YOU'RE TUNING IN, YOU DO NEED TO
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BRACE YOURSELF BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO BE - YOU'RE GOING TO BE
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HEARING JUST ONE OF THE
MOST INTENSE CONTROVERSIAL
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PRESENTATIONS THAT CAN BE COMING
FROM THE BOOK OF REVELATION, AND
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WE JUST ARE PRAYING FOR
GOD'S SPIRIT TO BE WITH US.
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YOU PRAY FOR ME THAT I'LL JUST
SAY THINGS GRACEFULLY, BUT I
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ALSO WANT TO BE FAITHFUL
IN SHARING THE TRUTH WITH YOU
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BECAUSE, AS CHRIST
SAID, THE TIME IS AT HAND.
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THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT
IS DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT A
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WOMAN RIDES A BEAST AND THIS
HEARKENS FROM A PROPHECY IN A
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PICTURE THAT YOU'LL
FIND IN REVELATION 17.
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NOW, IN THIS PRESENTATION IN
PARTICULAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE
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TALKING ABOUT 'WHAT IS THIS
BEAST THAT KEEPS REAPPEARING IN
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THE BOOKS OF
REVELATION AND DANIEL?'
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SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PRIMARY
CLUES TO IDENTIFY THE ANTICHRIST
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BEAST THAT YOU
FIND IN REVELATION 17?
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TURN IN YOUR BIBLES REAL QUICK
- REVELATION CHAPTER 17 AND THIS
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IS WHERE YOU NEED TO, LIKE, TAKE
A DEEP BREATH, "THEN ONE OF THE
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SEVEN ANGELS" - VERSE 1 - "WHO
HAD THE SEVEN BOWLS CAME AND
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TALKED WITH ME, SAYING TO
ME, 'COME, I WILL SHOW YOU THE
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JUDGMENT OF THE GREAT HARLOT'" -
THAT'S OBVIOUS SHE'S NOT GOOD -
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"WHO SITS ON MANY WATERS." -
WHAT DO THE WATERS REPRESENT?
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CONTROL OVER MANY PEOPLE - "WITH
WHOM THE KINGS OF THE EARTH" -
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THE GOVERNMENTS - "'COMMITTED
FORNICATION, AND THE INHABITANTS
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OF THE EARTH WERE MADE
DRUNK WITH THE WINE OF HER
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FORNICATION.' SO HE CARRIED
ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT INTO THE
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WILDERNESS. AND I
SAW A WOMAN SITTING ON A
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SCARLET BEAST WHICH WAS FULL
OF NAMES OF BLASPHEMY HAVING
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SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS.
THE WOMAN WAS ARRAYED" - SHE
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WAS CLOTHED - "IN
PURPLE AND SCARLET," -
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WHAT COLORS DID I SAY? >>PURPLE.
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>>"AND ADORNED WITH GOLD AND
PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS" -
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SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL - "AND A GOLDEN
CUP FULL OF ABOMINATIONS AND THE
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FILTHINESS OF HER
FORNICATION WAS IN HER HAND.
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AND ON HER FOREHEAD A
NAME WAS WRITTEN: MYSTERY.
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BABYLON THE GREAT. THE
MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF
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THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
I SAW THE WOMAN, DRUNK WITH THE
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BLOOD OF THE SAINTS AND WITH THE
BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS OF JESUS.
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AND WHEN I SAW HER, I
MARVELED WITH GREAT AMAZEMENT.
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BUT THE ANGEL SAID TO
ME, 'WHY DID YOU MARVEL?
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I WILL TELL YOU THE MYSTERY OF
THE WOMAN AND OF THE BEAST THAT
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CARRIES HER," - SO LET'S
GO AHEAD NOW AND GO INTO THE
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INTERPRETATIONS
THAT YOU'LL FIND HERE.
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WHO IS THIS WOMAN? "AND
THE WOMAN WHOM YOU SAW" -
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YOU LOOK IN THE LAST
VERSE IN CHAPTER 17 - YOU GOT
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YOUR BIBLE THERE? - IT
SAYS THE WOMAN THAT YOU SAW
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"IS THAT GREAT CITY WHICH REIGNS
OVER THE KINGS OF THE EARTH."
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WHEN JOHN WAS A PRISONER ON THE
ISLE OF PATMOS, WHAT GREAT CITY
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WAS REIGNING OVER
THE KINGS OF THE EARTH?
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>>ROME. >>ROME.
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SO WHAT DOES A
WOMAN REPRESENT? >>ROME.
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>>A WOMAN. >>CHURCH.
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>>A CHURCH. SO YOU'VE
GOT A WOMAN RIDING ROME.
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IF I SAID NOTHING ELSE, YOU
OUGHT TO START GETTING IT RIGHT
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THERE. BUT WE'RE
GOING TO KEEP GOING.
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IT JUST - THIS IS, I THINK,
A PRETTY VIVID EXAMPLE OF BIBLE
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PROPHECY BEING CLEAR. IT
SAYS THERE'S SEVEN HEADS.
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WHAT DO THE
SEVEN HEADS REPRESENT?
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IF YOU WANT TO ARGUE WITH
GABRIEL, YOU TAKE IT UP WITH
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HIM, BUT HE TOLD JOHN, "HERE IS
THE MIND WHICH HAS WISDOM: THE
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SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS
ON WHICH THE WOMAN SITS."
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NOW, IS EVERYBODY HERE AWARE
THAT IF YOU JUST LOOK IN THE
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ENCYCLOPEDIA IT'S GOING TO TELL
YOU ROME IS CALLED THE CITY OF
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SEVEN HILLS? IS THERE
A PRINCIPLE CHURCH THAT
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HAS ITS
HEADQUARTERS IN ROME? >>YES.
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>>MM HMM. >>WHAT
COLORS IS SHE WEARING?
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>>RED. >>PURPLE AND SCARLET.
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PURPLE AND SCARLET ARE THE
OFFICIAL COLORS OF THE HIERARCHY
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OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
CARDINALS WEAR SCARLET ROBES AND
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THE ARCHBISHOPS WEAR PURPLE.
AND YOU'LL EVEN FIND TIMES
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WHERE THE POPE WILL WEAR
BOTH. WHAT OTHER CLUES WERE
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GIVEN THERE IN CHAPTER
17? IT SAYS THAT THE WOMAN IS
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"ADORNED WITH GOLD AND
PRECIOUS STONES AND PEARLS."
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WELL, HAVE ANY OF
YOU EVER BEEN TO ROME?
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HAVE YOU SEEN THE VATICAN
AND SOME OF THE TREASURES THERE?
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IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. IT
SAYS THE VATICAN TREASURE OF
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SOLID GOLD HAS BEEN ESTIMATED
BY THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD
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MAGAZINE - IT NUMBERS
IN SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS.
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NOW THAT'S JUST THE HOLDINGS OF
GOLD - THAT'S THE GOLD THAT IS
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IN THE AMERICAN RESERVE, IT'S IN
SWITZERLAND, IT'S IN A VARIETY
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OF BANKS. IT'S NOT
COUNTING THE GOLD IN THE ACTUAL
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PRICELESS TREASURES
THEY OWN AND IT DOESN'T COUNT
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THE REAL ESTATE. IT
DOES NOT COUNT ALL THEIR
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HOLDINGS IN SILVER AND THE
CASH THAT THEY HAVE INVESTED.
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THEY ARE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST
INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD.
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SO SHE'S GOT A GOLDEN CUP IN
HER HAND AND IF YOU READ IN - IT
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SAYS "THE GOLDEN CHALICE" -
IN THERE - YOU CAN GO TO THE
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA - IT
OCCUPIES THE FIRST PLACE AMONG
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ALL THE SACRED VESSELS OF THE
CHURCH." NOW WHERE IS THAT IN
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THE BIBLE? IS THAT A BIBLE
TEACHING? ARE THERE ANY CLEAR
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POINTS FROM WHICH WE CAN
DRAW FROM DANIEL 7 TO HELP US
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IDENTIFY THE ANTICHRIST POWER?
ALRIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING
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BACK IN DANIEL 7 -
WE'RE COMPARING SCRIPTURE WITH
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SCRIPTURE - AND IT
GIVES US TEN CHARACTERISTICS.
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I PUT THEM IN LETTERS HERE
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, IT'LL GO A
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THROUGH J AND IT SAYS THAT,
FIRST OF ALL, IT ARISES FROM
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AMONG THE TEN; IT'S A HUMAN
LEADER; IT UPROOTS THREE OTHER
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LEADERS; IT'S DIVERSE OR
DIFFERENT; IT'S A PERSECUTING
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POWER; AND AFTER 476 AD IT
DIVIDES; IT RULES FOR 1260 YEARS
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OR A TIME, A TIME
AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME.
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IT'S GUILTY OF BLASPHEMY; IT'S
CHANGED GOD'S LAW - 'HE WOULD
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THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS'
- AND THERE'S THIS LITTLE HORN
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POWER THAT'S GOT - IT'S UNIQUE
OR DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS.
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DOES THE PAPACY FIT THESE
TEN POINTS THAT WE JUST SAW?
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LOOK HERE, FIRST OF ALL, DID
IT COME UP FROM AMONG THE MAIN
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NATIONS THAT YOU
FIND IN EUROPE? IT DID.
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WHERE'S [ROME]? IT WAS
RIGHT IN THE VERY MIDDLE
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OF [ITALY] - IT CAME UP IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.
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YOU NOTICE WHAT
IT SAID IN DANIEL 7?
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'I SAW THESE BEASTS
COME UP FROM THE GREAT SEA.'
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WHAT WAS THE GREAT
SEA FOR BIBLE WRITERS?
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THEY HAD THE SEA OF GALILEE,
THEY HAD THE DEAD SEA, AND THEN
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THEY HAD THE GREAT SEA,
WHICH IS THE MEDITERRANEAN.
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AND, OF COURSE, ITALY IS A
PENINSULA IN THE VERY MIDST OF
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THE GREAT SEA.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE IT
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SAYS THIS POWER RISES UP.
IT SAYS "THE DRAGON GAVE HIM
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HIS POWER, HIS SEAT,
AND GREAT AUTHORITY."
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SO PAGAN ROME, WHICH IS
THE DRAGON, THEN GIVES THE VERY
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POSITION TO THIS NEW INSTITUTION
THAT DEVELOPED, AND YOU CAN JUST
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READ ABOUT THAT.
WITH THE CONVERSION OF
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CONSTANTINE - YOU REALIZE
CHRISTIANITY WAS CALLED 'RELIGIO
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ILLICITA' IN ROME TO BEGIN WITH.
CHRISTIANS WERE CHASED OUT OF
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ROME, AT ONE POINT - AND JEWS.
YOU CAN READ THAT IN THE BOOK OF
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ACTS - AND IT WAS FORBIDDEN AND
THEY WERE TERRIBLY PERSECUTED.
00:08:58.27\00:09:03.00
BUT OVER TIME, CONSTANTINE WAS
FIGHTING BATTLES ON THE OUTSIDE
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- HE WAS A ROMAN EMPEROR - AND
HE SAID, 'YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS
00:09:08.28\00:09:10.85
AREN'T HURTING ANYBODY.
THEY'RE PRETTY PEACEFUL.' NERO
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WANTED TO WIPE THEM
OUT BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
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THE MORE THEY PERSECUTED
THEM THE MORE THEY GREW.
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AND HE CLAIMED TO HAVE A VISION,
HE SAID, 'I'M NOW TO FIGHT AND
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CONQUER UNDER THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS.
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CONSTANTINE LEGALIZED
CHRISTIANITY AND - HIS MOTHER
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WAS A CHRISTIAN - AND ALMOST
OVERNIGHT IT BECAME VOGUE TO BE
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A CHRISTIAN AND EVERYBODY IN
THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO BE A
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CHRISTIAN. AND, ALL
OF A SUDDEN, ALL THE
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PAGAN PRIESTS AND THE PAGAN GODS
IN ROME, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW,
00:09:37.64\00:09:42.81
'WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR GODS?'
AND THERE WAS A BIG RUSH - ALL
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OF A SUDDEN, EVERYONE
WANTED TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
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BUT WHAT THE DEVIL COULD NOT DO
IN TRYING TO DESTROY THE CHURCH
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ON THE OUTSIDE BY PERSECUTION -
FEEDING THE CHRISTIANS TO LIONS,
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CHASING THEM UNDERGROUND TO
THE CATACOMBS - THE DEVIL NOW
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ACCOMPLISHED BY
JOINING THE CHURCH.
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HE LEGALIZED IT. AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS
00:10:02.53\00:10:05.97
GREAT COMPROMISE
THAT CAME INTO THE CHURCH.
00:10:06.00\00:10:09.97
>>ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS WE GET HERE AT AMAZING
00:10:10.01\00:10:12.07
FACTS IS REGARDING THE
MYSTERIOUS IDENTITY OF THIS
00:10:12.11\00:10:15.71
ENIGMATIC CHARACTER
CALLED 'THE ANTICHRIST'.
00:10:15.74\00:10:19.35
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
ARE WONDERING, 'WHO IS THE
00:10:19.38\00:10:21.78
ANTICHRIST?' IS
IT A POLITICAL PARTY?
00:10:21.82\00:10:24.72
OR IS THIS SOME EVIL FIEND
THAT IS THE DEVIL INCARNATE?
00:10:24.75\00:10:28.72
WELL, WE HAVE A STUDY GUIDE
THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP YOU
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UNDERSTAND THIS.
YOU MIGHT EVEN FIND
00:10:31.16\00:10:33.06
IT A LITTLE
SHOCKING. IT'S CALLED WHO
00:10:33.09\00:10:35.33
IS THE ANTICHRIST? AND
YOU'LL BE AMAZED TO LEARN
00:10:35.36\00:10:38.47
THE ANTICHRIST IS
ALIVE AND IN THE WORLD TODAY.
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WE WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT,
BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR
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MISSION. >>YOU KNOW, THERE'S A
00:10:58.65\00:11:00.99
COMMANDMENT THAT SAYS, 'DO
NOT MAKE IMAGES AND PRAY TO
00:11:01.02\00:11:03.79
THEM.' IT'S ONE OF THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS, RIGHT?
00:11:03.83\00:11:06.06
YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE
THAT UP WITH THE LORD.
00:11:06.09\00:11:07.10
THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS,
RIGHT? SECOND COMMANDMENT.
00:11:07.13\00:11:10.50
WELL, THEY HAD ALL THESE IDOLS
OF ALL THE GODS ALL OVER ROME.
00:11:10.53\00:11:13.50
THEY HAD - SOMEONE SAID THEY HAD
MORE IDOLS IN ROME THAN THEY HAD
00:11:13.54\00:11:17.54
BIRDS. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.
00:11:17.57\00:11:19.54
THEY HAD MERCURY AND APOLLOS AND
ZEUS AND ALL THE GREEK GODS THAT
00:11:19.57\00:11:23.14
THEY MINGLED WITH THE ROMAN GODS
AND THEY HAD PANTHEONS OF GODS
00:11:23.18\00:11:27.05
AND EVEN PAUL, IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS, HE GOES AND HE PREACHES TO
00:11:27.08\00:11:29.45
THE GREEKS - HE SAID, 'AS I WAS
LOOKING AT ALL YOUR GODS' - THEY
00:11:29.48\00:11:32.99
HAD IDOLS AND STATUES OF DIANA
AND ATHENA AND ALL - AND WHEN
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EVERYONE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND
THE BIBLE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ARE
00:11:39.03\00:11:43.26
TO WORSHIP GOD, THEY SAID,
'WHAT ARE DO WE DO WITH OUR
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IDOLS?' WELL, THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE
00:11:45.03\00:11:47.84
THE PAGANS AND THEY SAID, 'WELL,
YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TEACH THEM
00:11:47.87\00:11:50.57
GRADUALLY.' AND SO, THEY SAID,
'GIVE THEM CHRISTIAN NAMES TO
00:11:50.61\00:11:53.71
START WITH.' AND SO THEY STARTED
CALLING THEIR IDOLS PETER,
00:11:53.74\00:11:57.81
JAMES, JOHN, JESUS, MARY -
ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING BEGAN
00:11:57.85\00:12:01.08
TO CHANGE IN THE
CHURCH. GOOD PEOPLE, BUT THEY
00:12:01.12\00:12:03.65
BEGAN TO COMPROMISE.
AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
00:12:03.69\00:12:06.72
CHRISTIAN LEADERS, THEY SAID,
'WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET MORE
00:12:06.76\00:12:08.89
PEOPLE INTO THE CHURCH IF
WE MAKE A FEW COMPROMISES.
00:12:08.92\00:12:11.93
WE'LL BRING MORE IN.'
AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE IDEA.
00:12:11.96\00:12:15.83
"THE TRANSFER OF THE EMPEROR'S
RESIDENCE TO CONSTANTINOPLE WAS
00:12:15.86\00:12:19.37
A SAD BLOW TO THE
PRESTIGE OF ROME."
00:12:19.40\00:12:22.20
NOW IT SAYS THAT THEY GOT THEIR
POWER, SEAT, AND AUTHORITY FROM
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THIS FOURTH BEAST -
ROME. WHEN THE EMPEROR MOVED
00:12:25.34\00:12:30.18
THE CAPITAL FROM ROME TO
CONSTANTINOPLE, IT LOOKED LIKE
00:12:30.21\00:12:33.52
ROME WAS GOING
TO LOSE ITS GLORY.
00:12:33.55\00:12:35.08
BUT LISTEN TO WHAT THE
HISTORIANS SAY: 'SOMEONE MIGHT
00:12:35.12\00:12:37.32
HAVE PREDICTED AT THAT
TIME HER SPEEDY DECLINE, BUT THE
00:12:37.35\00:12:40.32
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH
AND THE GROWING AUTHORITY OF THE
00:12:40.36\00:12:43.79
BISHOP OF ROME,' - BETTER KNOWN
AS THE POPE - 'IT GAVE HER A NEW
00:12:43.83\00:12:48.00
LEASE ON LIFE AND MADE HER,
AGAIN, THE CAPITAL - THIS TIME
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THE RELIGIOUS CAPITAL - OF THE
CIVILIZED WORLD.' WHERE IT USED
00:12:51.03\00:12:54.00
TO BE IN JERUSALEM, NOW THE
CHRISTIAN CAPITAL MOVED TO ROME.
00:12:54.04\00:12:57.17
AND WHERE ROME WAS THE WORLD
EMPIRE FOR POLITICAL POWER, NOW
00:12:57.21\00:13:01.88
IT BECAME THE SPIRITUAL CAPITAL
OF THE WORLD AND THAT HASN'T
00:13:01.91\00:13:06.08
CHANGED IN OVER A
THOUSAND YEARS, OF COURSE.
00:13:06.11\00:13:09.52
'TO THE SUCCESSION OF THE
CAESARS CAME THE SUCCESSION OF
00:13:09.55\00:13:12.32
THE PONTIFFS IN ROME.' AND
SO, INSTEAD OF IT NOW HAVING A
00:13:12.35\00:13:16.83
SUCCESSION OF ONE CAESAR
FOLLOWING ANOTHER, THE CAESARS
00:13:16.86\00:13:19.73
SORT OF LEFT TOWN - THEY BEGAN
TO LOSE POWER - BUT THE CHURCH
00:13:19.76\00:13:23.10
IN ROME BEGAN TO GAIN POWER.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY GIVEN AN
00:13:23.13\00:13:25.67
ARMY TO ENFORCE
RELIGION. AND WE'LL GET TO
00:13:25.70\00:13:28.90
THAT IN A MOMENT. WHEN
CONSTANTINE LEFT ROME, HE
00:13:28.94\00:13:31.97
GAVE HIS SEAT TO THE
PONTIFF. ISN'T THAT WHAT WE JUST
00:13:32.01\00:13:35.41
READ FROM THE BIBLE? GOT
HIS POWER AND HIS SEAT FROM
00:13:35.44\00:13:39.21
THE DRAGON - THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HAPPENED, HISTORICALLY.
00:13:39.25\00:13:43.82
IT WOULD HAVE A MAN AS ITS HEAD
WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR THE PAPACY.
00:13:43.85\00:13:48.56
THE PAPACY, OF COURSE, HAS ONE
MAN, THE POPE WHO SPEAKS FOR IT,
00:13:48.59\00:13:52.59
SO IT'S A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL
THAT IS THE LEADER OF THIS
00:13:52.63\00:13:55.46
ORGANIZATION, IT
MEETS THAT CRITERIA AS WELL.
00:13:55.50\00:13:59.40
IT SAYS, "AND AUTHORITY
WAS GIVEN HIM OVER EVERY TRIBE,
00:13:59.43\00:14:03.24
TONGUE, AND NATION." WHAT
DOES THE WORD 'CATHOLIC' MEAN?
00:14:03.27\00:14:07.48
>>UNIVERSAL.
>>IT MEANS UNIVERSAL.
00:14:07.51\00:14:10.95
MATTER OF FACT, SOME OF YOU, YOU
MAY EVEN BE A PROTESTANT AND YOU
00:14:10.98\00:14:13.42
MAY HAVE, FROM TIME TO
TIME, READ WHAT THEY CALL THE
00:14:13.45\00:14:15.78
APOSTLE'S CREED AND IT SAYS,
'I AM PART OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC
00:14:15.82\00:14:18.22
CHURCH'. WHEN I
FIRST READ THAT IN A
00:14:18.25\00:14:20.29
PROTESTANT
CHURCH I SAID, 'WHAT?'
00:14:20.32\00:14:21.39
THEY SAID, 'NO, THE WORD
'CATHOLIC' MEANS UNIVERSAL.' AND
00:14:21.42\00:14:24.83
SO, IT IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT
- IT'S NOT JUST LOCALIZED.
00:14:24.86\00:14:29.93
AND IN ANOTHER STATEMENT, IT
SAYS HERE - POPE BONIFACE VIII
00:14:29.96\00:14:36.27
SAID, "WE, MOREOVER, PROCLAIM,
DECLARE AND PRONOUNCE THAT IT IS
00:14:36.30\00:14:40.14
ALTOGETHER NECESSARY TO
SALVATION FOR EVERY HUMAN BEING
00:14:40.18\00:14:44.01
TO BE SUBJECT TO
THE ROMAN PONTIFF."
00:14:44.05\00:14:46.85
THEY SAY THIS IS THEIR TEACHINGS
- THAT HE IS TO HAVE ABSOLUTE
00:14:46.88\00:14:50.42
RESPECT AS THE
SUPREME AUTHORITY.
00:14:50.45\00:14:52.32
IT SAYS IT WAS A MAN WITH A
MOUTH SPEAKING GREAT THINGS.
00:14:52.35\00:14:56.93
IT GOES ON AND TELLS US THEN
THAT THIS POWER WOULD PLUCK UP
00:14:56.96\00:15:00.53
OR UPROOT THREE OTHER KINGDOMS -
REMEMBER THAT LITTLE HORN COMES
00:15:00.56\00:15:03.57
UP? THREE OTHER HORNS ARE, SORT
00:15:03.60\00:15:05.60
OF, DISPLACED BECAUSE OF
THAT. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
00:15:05.63\00:15:08.87
YOU LOOK AT HISTORY, IT SAYS THE
THREE ARIAN KINGDOMS THAT DID
00:15:08.90\00:15:12.94
NOT SUPPORT THE PAPACY -
THE HERULI, THE VANDALS, AND THE
00:15:12.97\00:15:17.11
OSTRAGOTHS - WHEN THE POPE CAME
INTO POWER WITH AN ARMY ABOUT
00:15:17.15\00:15:21.42
538, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
HE DID WAS HE SENT HIS ARMIES TO
00:15:21.45\00:15:25.05
FIGHT AGAINST THESE KINGDOMS
THAT WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE HIS
00:15:25.09\00:15:27.99
AUTHORITY AND DID NOT
AGREE WITH THEIR THEOLOGY.
00:15:28.02\00:15:31.23
AND THEY WERE DESTROYED.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE THE
00:15:31.26\00:15:33.86
OSTRAGOTHS AND THE
VANDALS AND THE HERULI ANYMORE.
00:15:33.90\00:15:36.46
IT'S BECAUSE THOSE KINGDOMS
WERE UPROOTED JUST AS IT SAID.
00:15:36.50\00:15:39.80
BUT, UP UNTIL THEN, IT HAD
TEN HORNS - THREE OF THOSE HORNS
00:15:39.83\00:15:42.84
WERE UPROOTED. THAT
HAPPENED BETWEEN 493 AND 538.
00:15:42.87\00:15:48.18
WHAT TIME? THE
LAST DATE: 493 TO 538.
00:15:48.21\00:15:51.98
I WANT YOU TO MAKE
A MENTAL NOTE OF THAT.
00:15:52.01\00:15:54.08
IT SAYS IT WOULD BE DIVERSE
FROM OR DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER
00:15:54.12\00:15:57.69
KINGDOMS. IT'S
DIVERSE IN THAT IT'S NOT
00:15:57.72\00:16:00.32
JUST A
GOVERNMENT, IT'S A RELIGION.
00:16:00.36\00:16:04.09
THE ROMAN CHURCH HAS GOT ABOUT
1.2 BILLION MEMBERS AT THE TIME
00:16:04.13\00:16:07.60
OF THIS RECORDING. I
JUST CHECKED THE FIGURES -
00:16:07.66\00:16:09.90
THERE ARE ABOUT 2.2 BILLION
CHRISTIANS IN THE WORLD TODAY,
00:16:09.93\00:16:13.07
BECAUSE YOU ADD THE PROTESTANTS
- BUT CATHOLICS ARE THE LARGEST
00:16:13.10\00:16:16.71
SINGLE GROUP - ROMAN CATHOLICS.
IT GOES ON AND TELLS US THAT
00:16:16.74\00:16:20.64
THIS POWER WOULD MAKE WAR
WITH AND PERSECUTE THE SAINTS.
00:16:20.68\00:16:25.11
WHAT HAPPENED IS, BACK IN 2000,
THE POPE, JOHN PAUL II, HAD A
00:16:25.15\00:16:29.05
YEAR OF JUBILEE AND, DURING
THAT YEAR OF JUBILEE, THE CHURCH
00:16:29.08\00:16:32.95
PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED FOR
THE ACTIONS OF THE CHURCH IN
00:16:32.99\00:16:36.83
PERSECUTING DURING THE
TIME OF THE INQUISITION.
00:16:36.86\00:16:39.86
IT'S A FACT OF HISTORY THAT
THERE WERE GREAT PERSECUTIONS
00:16:39.89\00:16:42.50
THAT TOOK PLACE. YOU
CAN GO TO EUROPE - I'VE BEEN
00:16:42.53\00:16:44.80
THERE - THEY'VE TAKEN ME
IN CHURCHES AND THEY SAY,
00:16:44.83\00:16:46.80
'WANNA SEE THE DUNGEON?'
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE DUNGEON -
00:16:46.84\00:16:49.80
THEY SAY, 'HERE'S THE TORTURE
CHAMBERS' - AND THEY HAVE THESE
00:16:49.84\00:16:52.21
IMPLEMENTS OF TORTURE
ON DISPLAY IN THE BASEMENTS
00:16:52.24\00:16:55.11
OF THE CHURCHES. AND
SO, IT'S A PRETTY CLEAR FACT
00:16:55.14\00:16:59.41
OF HISTORY THAT
IT WOULD MAKE WAR.
00:16:59.45\00:17:02.25
AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS IN
REVELATION 13, THAT IT WOULD
00:17:02.28\00:17:04.42
"MAKE WAR WITH THE
SAINTS, AND TO OVERCOME THEM."
00:17:04.45\00:17:07.72
THEY HAD TO GO
UNDERGROUND DURING THAT TIME.
00:17:07.76\00:17:10.23
BRITISH HISTORIAN WILLIAM EDWARD
LECKY WROTE "THAT THE CHURCH OF
00:17:10.26\00:17:13.83
ROME HAS SHED MORE INNOCENT
BLOOD THAN ANY OTHER INSTITUTION
00:17:13.86\00:17:17.80
THAT HAS EVER EXISTED AMONG
MANKIND, WILL BE QUESTIONED BY
00:17:17.83\00:17:21.64
NO PROTESTANT WHO HAS A
COMPETENT KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY."
00:17:21.67\00:17:24.97
IT GOES ON TO TELL US THAT
"GOD'S PEOPLE (THE SAINTS) WOULD
00:17:25.01\00:17:27.91
BE GIVEN INTO ITS
HAND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME."
00:17:27.94\00:17:30.11
WHAT IS THAT PERIOD OF
TIME? IT SAYS "A TIME AND TIMES
00:17:30.15\00:17:33.55
AND THE DIVIDING OF TIME."
THAT'S THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
00:17:33.58\00:17:37.12
"POWER WAS GIVEN" - LOOK IN
REVELATION 13:5 - "POWER WAS
00:17:37.15\00:17:40.46
GIVEN UNTO HIM TO
CONTINUE FORTY AND TWO MONTHS."
00:17:40.49\00:17:44.63
AND THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME.
NOW, I TOLD YOU THE STARTING
00:17:44.66\00:17:46.70
DATE - 538 IS WHEN HE
FINALLY SECURED HIS POWER.
00:17:46.73\00:17:51.43
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THAT. IF YOU GO FROM 538, 1260
00:17:51.47\00:17:56.77
YEARS - THAT'S A TIME -
REMEMBER, IN BIBLE PROPHECY,
00:17:56.81\00:18:00.71
A DAY EQUALS WHAT? >>A YEAR.
00:18:00.74\00:18:02.88
>>YOU FIND THAT IN EZEKIEL
4:6 AND NUMBERS AND LUKE.
00:18:02.91\00:18:06.41
YOU FIND SEVERAL PASSAGES THAT
TEACH US THAT'S A PRINCIPLE.
00:18:06.45\00:18:09.48
IF YOU GO FROM THE STARTING
POINT OF 538, IN 538 THE ROMAN
00:18:09.52\00:18:14.86
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN LEFT TOWN, HE
GAVE THE POPE AN ARMY, THE POPE
00:18:14.89\00:18:20.73
WAS THE SUPREME RULER, THEY
BEGAN TO USE FORCE TO COMPEL
00:18:20.76\00:18:24.57
PEOPLE TO BELIEVE - DID JESUS
EVER ENDORSE THAT WE USE ARMIES
00:18:24.60\00:18:27.70
TO GET CONVERTS? AND THREATEN
WITH DEATH OR PERSECUTE?
00:18:27.74\00:18:31.84
NO, HE SAID, 'WHOSOEVER
WILL, COME' - IT'S TO BE FREE.
00:18:31.87\00:18:34.94
IT'S NOT TO BE COMPULSORY.
NOW HERE YOU'VE GOT - THIS
00:18:34.98\00:18:38.38
IS ACTUALLY A
MOSAIC OF CONSTANTINE.
00:18:38.41\00:18:40.78
THE LEGALLY RECOGNIZED SUPREMACY
OF THE POPE BEGAN IN 538 A.D.
00:18:40.82\00:18:45.92
WHEN THERE WENT INTO EFFECT
A DECREE OF EMPEROR JUSTINIAN,
00:18:45.95\00:18:49.86
MAKING THE BISHOP OF ROME" -
BETTER KNOWN AS THE POPE - TO BE
00:18:49.89\00:18:53.70
"HEAD OVER ALL THE CHURCHES,"
- HOW DID THE LEADER OF THE
00:18:53.73\00:18:56.87
CHRISTIAN CHURCH GET TO ROME?
DIDN'T THE EARLY COUNSELS OF
00:18:56.90\00:19:01.54
THE CHURCH HAPPEN IN JERUSALEM?
YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT THAT?
00:19:01.57\00:19:06.91
"MAKING THE BISHOP OF ROME
HEAD OVER ALL THE CHURCHES, THE
00:19:06.94\00:19:09.38
DEFINER OF DOCTRINE, AND
THE CORRECTOR OF HERETICS."
00:19:09.41\00:19:13.21
YOU CAN ALSO READ IN THE HISTORY
OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ,
00:19:13.25\00:19:15.78
"VIGILIUS...ASCENDED THE
PAPAL CHAIR (538 AD) UNDER THE
00:19:15.82\00:19:19.95
MILITARY
PROTECTION OF BELISARIUS."
00:19:19.99\00:19:23.19
AND THE DATE IS
PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED.
00:19:23.22\00:19:25.79
YOU START WITH 538, THEN IT SAYS
YOU GO 1260 YEARS - 42 MONTHS -
00:19:25.83\00:19:32.40
SAME TIME PERIOD - A TIME,
A TIME, AND HALF A TIME - THAT
00:19:32.43\00:19:36.64
TIME PERIOD IS A VERY IMPORTANT
TIME PERIOD AND IT'S GOING TO
00:19:36.67\00:19:39.17
REACH UNTO SOMETHING HAPPENING.
REVELATION 13:3, IT SAYS,
00:19:39.21\00:19:43.98
"...ONE OF THE HEADS AS
IT WERE WOUNDED TO DEATH:"
00:19:44.01\00:19:48.08
- BY THE SWORD. WHAT
DOES THE SWORD REPRESENT?
00:19:48.12\00:19:51.22
>>THE BIBLE. >>THE WORD OF GOD.
00:19:51.25\00:19:52.89
AND THE WORD OF GOD BEGAN TO GET
PRINTED AGAIN IN THE LANGUAGE OF
00:19:52.92\00:19:56.32
THE PEOPLE. THEY
STARTED SEEING SOME
00:19:56.36\00:19:57.99
OF THE INCONSISTENCIES.
THAT'S WHEN THE PROTESTANT
00:19:58.03\00:20:00.66
REFORMATION
STARTED IN THE 1500S.
00:20:00.70\00:20:02.63
BUT, FINALLY, THEY
LOST THEIR POLITICAL POWER.
00:20:02.66\00:20:05.43
IT SAYS THERE WAS A DEADLY WOUND
BUT THE WOUND WOULD BE HEALED
00:20:05.47\00:20:08.87
AND ALL THE WORLD
WOULD WONDER AFTER THE BEAST.
00:20:08.90\00:20:11.91
ALRIGHT, SO HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
00:20:11.94\00:20:13.88
YOU'VE HEARD OF
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE?
00:20:13.91\00:20:16.54
HE'S SWEEPING ACROSS EUROPE,
HAD GREAT CONTROL, HE CONQUERED
00:20:16.58\00:20:18.75
ITALY - ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
HE DID IS HE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE
00:20:18.78\00:20:22.75
THAT THE CHURCH IN ROME
WAS NOT SUPPORTING HIS EMPIRE.
00:20:22.78\00:20:26.15
YOU KNOW, HE DECLARED
HIMSELF TO BE THE EMPEROR.
00:20:26.19\00:20:28.19
THEY HAD TOO MUCH INFLUENCE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THE
00:20:28.22\00:20:30.43
FRENCH REVOLUTION - AND SO THE
MURDER OF A FRENCHMAN IN ROME
00:20:30.46\00:20:34.46
GAVE THEM THE EXCUSE FOR HIM TO
SEND HIS GENERAL, BERTHIER, INTO
00:20:34.50\00:20:39.10
ROME, HE ARRESTED THE POPE, HE
ABOLISHED THE PAPAL GOVERNMENT -
00:20:39.13\00:20:44.07
THAT HAPPENED IN 1798,
EXACTLY 1,260 YEARS AFTER 538.
00:20:44.11\00:20:51.25
BUT IT SAID THE DEADLY WOUND
WOULD BE HEALED AND ALL THE
00:20:51.28\00:20:54.48
WORLD WOULD
WONDER AFTER THE BEAST.
00:20:54.52\00:20:57.02
ANOTHER CHARACTER -
CHARACTERISTIC WE LEARNED, IT
00:20:57.05\00:20:59.65
SAID THIS BEAST POWER
WOULD BE GUILTY OF BLASPHEMY.
00:20:59.69\00:21:03.59
BLASPHEMY, BY DEFINITION,
THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
00:21:03.63\00:21:05.86
IT MEANS, FIRST OF ALL,
ONE CLAIMING THE POWERS OR
00:21:05.89\00:21:09.83
PREROGATIVES THAT BELONG TO GOD;
CLAIMING TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE
00:21:09.86\00:21:13.07
SINS. AND SO,
DOES THIS BEAST POWER
00:21:13.10\00:21:16.60
MEET THOSE TWO DEFINITIONS?
APRIL 30, 1922, POPE PIUS SAID,
00:21:16.64\00:21:22.58
"YOU KNOW THAT I AM THE HOLY
FATHER, THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
00:21:22.61\00:21:25.95
GOD ON EARTH, THE VICAR
OF CHRIST, WHICH MEANS I
00:21:25.98\00:21:30.89
AM GOD ON THE EARTH."
THAT'S AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
00:21:30.92\00:21:35.52
- A DECLARATION OF THE POPE.
POPE LEO XIII, "THE SUPREME
00:21:35.56\00:21:39.46
TEACHER IN THE
CHURCH IS THE ROMAN PONTIFF.
00:21:39.49\00:21:42.83
UNION OF MINDS, THEREFORE,
REQUIRES, TOGETHER WITH A
00:21:42.86\00:21:46.07
PERFECT ACCORD IN THE ONE
FAITH, COMPLETE SUBMISSION AND
00:21:46.10\00:21:50.54
OBEDIENCE OF WILL TO THE CHURCH
AND TO THE ROMAN PONTIFF, AS TO
00:21:50.57\00:21:54.94
GOD HIMSELF." SEE,
PROTESTANTS, TYPICALLY,
00:21:54.98\00:21:58.85
WOULD CATEGORIZE
THAT AS BLASPHEMY.
00:21:58.88\00:22:02.55
ONE MORE YOU CAN READ IN 2
THESSALONIANS, PAUL SAID IN THE
00:22:02.58\00:22:05.52
LAST DAYS THIS ANTICHRIST POWER
WILL SIT IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD,
00:22:05.55\00:22:10.43
SHOWING HIMSELF
THAT HE IS GOD. >>WOW.
00:22:10.46\00:22:13.43
>>NOW THAT - THE TEMPLE OF
GOD DOESN'T MEAN JEWISH TEMPLE.
00:22:13.46\00:22:15.90
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'DON'T YOU KNOW
THAT YOU ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD?'
00:22:15.93\00:22:19.13
IT MEANS THERE WOULD BE A
RELIGIOUS POWER THAT WOULD SIT
00:22:19.17\00:22:21.07
OVER THE PEOPLE OF GOD CLAIMING
PREROGATIVES THAT BELONG TO GOD.
00:22:21.10\00:22:25.01
SO, WHEN WE PRAY, DO WE
NEED TO GO THROUGH THE POPE?
00:22:25.04\00:22:28.91
DO WE NEED TO GO
THROUGH THE PRIESTS?
00:22:28.94\00:22:30.88
DO WE NEED TO GO THROUGH MARY?
OR, THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:22:30.91\00:22:33.82
DO WE GO DIRECTLY TO
JESUS? AND THROUGH JESUS, WE
00:22:33.85\00:22:36.25
GO TO THE FATHER, RIGHT? >>AMEN.
00:22:36.28\00:22:37.92
>>RIGHT. >>AMEN.
00:22:37.95\00:22:39.15
>>AND SO THINGS CHANGED IN THE
CHURCH THAT SEPARATED IT FROM
00:22:39.19\00:22:41.96
THE BIBLE AND IT OBSCURED THE
TRUTH. THAT'S WHY THIS IS ALSO
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.93
VERY IMPORTANT - "SO THAT
HE SITS AS GOD IN THE TEMPLE OF
00:22:44.96\00:22:47.86
GOD, SHOWING HIMSELF THAT HE
IS GOD." SECOND DEFINITION OF
00:22:47.86\00:22:50.07
BLASPHEMY WAS CLAIMING
TO BE ABLE TO FORGIVE SINS.
00:22:50.10\00:22:54.37
WELL, IF YOU LOOK IN THE
WRITINGS OF THE PRIESTHOOD -
00:22:54.40\00:22:57.91
THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT
I'VE WRITTEN - IT SAYS THAT "GOD
00:22:57.94\00:23:02.44
HIMSELF IS OBLIGED TO ABIDE
BY THE JUDGMENT OF HIS PRIESTS."
00:23:02.48\00:23:06.28
- GOD IS 'OBLIGED' TO ABIDE
BY THE JUDGMENT OF HIS PRIESTS -
00:23:06.31\00:23:09.68
"AND EITHER NOT TO PARDON OR TO
PARDON, ACCORDING AS THEY REFUSE
00:23:09.72\00:23:14.12
OR GIVE ABSOLUTION." SO
THE PRIESTS DECIDE WHETHER
00:23:14.16\00:23:17.89
OR NOT GOD IS
GOING TO PARDON A PERSON.
00:23:17.93\00:23:20.10
NOW THAT IS A VERY CONVENIENT
TEACHING BECAUSE IT MEANS YOU
00:23:20.13\00:23:22.96
CAN'T BE FORGIVEN WITHOUT GOING
THROUGH THE PAPAL HIERARCHY.
00:23:23.00\00:23:27.74
THE BIBLE SAYS YOU CAN GO
DIRECTLY - I CAN COME BOLDLY
00:23:27.77\00:23:30.54
BEFORE THE THRONE
OF GRACE THROUGH JESUS.
00:23:30.57\00:23:32.57
>>AMEN. >>AND, YOU
KNOW, DON'T MISUNDER
00:23:32.61\00:23:34.54
- THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE - AND
EVEN SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP, I
00:23:34.58\00:23:37.38
THINK, DON'T
UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS.
00:23:37.41\00:23:38.91
I'VE HAD PRIESTS THAT HAVE COME
TO OR WATCHED THESE PROGRAMS AND
00:23:38.95\00:23:42.45
SAID, 'PASTOR DOUG, FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE MY EYES
00:23:42.48\00:23:44.89
ARE OPENED.' AND THEY CAME TO
CHRIST AND THEY UNDERSTOOD THE
00:23:44.92\00:23:47.32
BIBLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE
00:23:47.36\00:23:49.26
GOT TO PREACH THE TRUTH. >>AMEN.
00:23:49.29\00:23:50.73
>>AND YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO
MAKE FRIENDS WHEN YOU PREACH THE
00:23:50.76\00:23:52.63
TRUTH, BUT THE TRUTH IS THE
TRUTH AND IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
00:23:52.66\00:23:55.33
JESUS SAID, 'I'M THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER.'
00:23:55.36\00:23:57.23
>>AMEN. >>OH, BY THE WAY, I
00:23:57.27\00:23:58.57
DIDN'T FINISH THAT QUOTE. IT
GOES ON TO SAY, "THE SENTENCE
00:23:58.60\00:24:01.47
OF THE PRIEST PRECEDES, AND
GOD SUBSCRIBES" - HE FOLLOWS THE
00:24:01.50\00:24:05.57
SENTENCE OF THE PRIESTS.
IT SAYS IT WOULD GO ON - THIS
00:24:05.61\00:24:11.21
BEAST POWER WOULD THINK
TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT IN
THE OFFICIAL WRITINGS OF THE
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CATHOLIC CHURCH - AND YOU'VE
GOT THE REFERENCE THERE ON THE
00:24:16.69\00:24:19.55
SCREEN - IT SAYS, "THE POPE
HAS POWER TO CHANGE TIMES TO
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ABROGATE LAWS AND TO DISPENSE
WITH ALL THINGS, EVEN THE
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PRECEPTS OF CHRIST."
THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST.
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I - WHENEVER I GO PLAY
RACQUETBALL IN SACRAMENTO, I
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DRIVE BY THIS CATHOLIC
CONGREGATION - VERY NICE - AND
00:24:34.17\00:24:38.27
THEY'VE GOT A TEN
COMMANDMENTS OUTSIDE.
00:24:38.31\00:24:39.77
I APPRECIATE THAT. AND
I STOPPED ONE TIME TO LOOK
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.34
AT IT - A BEAUTIFUL PEACE
OF ART - THEY DON'T HAVE THE
00:24:41.38\00:24:44.61
SECOND
COMMANDMENT. IT'S BEEN REMOVED.
00:24:44.65\00:24:47.82
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY DIVIDED
THE TENTH COMMANDMENT - CHECK
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.65
FOR YOURSELF - THEY DIVIDED THE
TENTH COMMANDMENT, THEY TOOK OUT
00:24:49.68\00:24:53.29
THE ONE ABOUT IDOLATRY SO THAT
THEY'D STILL HAVE THE NUMBER
00:24:53.32\00:24:56.62
TEN. THEY SIMPLY
SAY, 'THOU SHALT NOT
00:24:56.66\00:24:58.99
HAVE OTHER GODS' - THEY
SKIP OVER THE WHOLE THING ABOUT
00:24:59.03\00:25:00.93
MAKING IDOLS AND BOWING DOWN.
NOW, FRIENDS, AS I SHARE THESE
00:25:00.96\00:25:04.93
THINGS WITH YOU, THE MAIN
THING I WANT YOU TO DO IS SAY,
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'WHAT DOES THE BIBLE
SAY?' DID GOD FORETELL WHAT WAS
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GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE WORLD?
NOW I'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
00:25:13.07\00:25:15.74
TONIGHT ABOUT
CATHOLICISM IN PROPHECY.
00:25:15.78\00:25:19.18
ON ANOTHER NIGHT I'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REVELATION 17
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IT SAYS THAT WOMAN THAT RIDES
THE BEAST IS CALLED THE MOTHER
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OF HARLOTS. SO
SHE HAS DAUGHTERS.
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WHAT DOES A WOMAN
REPRESENT? >>A CHURCH.
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>>A CHURCH. IT
MEANS THERE'S OTHERS AND,
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BECAUSE SHE'S A HARLOT, HER
DAUGHTERS ARE ALSO UNFAITHFUL.
00:25:33.09\00:25:36.46
AND HERE, WE'RE FINDING
OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER
00:25:36.50\00:25:39.73
CHRISTIANS IN OTHER
DENOMINATIONS - DAUGHTERS THAT
00:25:39.77\00:25:42.24
HAVE COME OUT OF
THE MOTHER CHURCH -
00:25:42.27\00:25:43.64
THAT ARE ALSO UNFAITHFUL.
00:25:43.67\00:25:45.41
SO I'M GOING TO BE TALKING -
BECAUSE PROPHECY TALKS ABOUT A
00:25:45.44\00:25:47.98
LOT OF UNFAITHFULNESS THAT
HAS TAKEN PLACE IN PROPHECY.
00:25:48.01\00:25:52.11
JESUS WANTS TO BRING HIS PEOPLE
BACK TO THE WORD BEFORE HE
00:25:52.15\00:25:55.75
RETURNS, AND THAT'S WHY
WE PROCLAIM THESE MESSAGES.
00:25:55.78\00:25:58.69
THE IDEA OF
PROPHECY IS REDEMPTIVE.
00:25:58.72\00:26:01.69
THIS ISN'T ABOUT BUILDING UP
OR PUTTING DOWN ONE INSTITUTION
00:26:01.72\00:26:04.66
OVER ANOTHER, IT'S ABOUT SAYING,
'WHAT ARE THE TEACHINGS OF
00:26:04.69\00:26:08.03
JESUS? WHAT IS
THE TRUTH THAT WILL
00:26:08.06\00:26:10.07
SAVE US FROM OUR SINS?' >>AMEN.
00:26:10.10\00:26:12.53
>>CHRIST GAVE US THESE
PROPHECIES, NOT TO INTRIGUE US,
00:26:12.57\00:26:16.34
BUT TO BE REDEMPTIVE - TO SAVE
US. AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEAR
00:26:16.37\00:26:19.64
PEOPLE THAT ARE MIXED
UP IN FALSE TEACHINGS.
00:26:19.67\00:26:23.14
AND WITH EVERY TRUTH THAT A
PERSON LEARNS - JESUS SAID THE
00:26:23.18\00:26:26.31
TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE - IT
LIBERATES - IT SAVES - IT HELPS
00:26:26.35\00:26:31.12
PEOPLE TO SEE THE LIGHT AND TO
UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTER OF GOD
00:26:31.15\00:26:34.42
BETTER. CAN YOU
SAY 'AMEN'? >>AMEN.
00:26:34.46\00:26:36.59
>>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY
00:26:40.90\00:26:44.43
OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
00:26:44.47\00:26:47.60
PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
00:26:47.64\00:26:51.37
WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
00:26:51.41\00:26:53.74
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.48
WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
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