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01:00 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>IT SAYS IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6, WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE 01:14 SERVANT YOU ARE. SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO ANALYZE 01:17 AND MELT DOWN AND BREAK DOWN EXACTLY WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE 01:20 BEAST, IT'S NOT COMPLICATED, IT'S WHO DO YOU WORSHIP? 01:27 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:30 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:32 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 01:36 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:39 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:48 >>OUR STUDY, TODAY, IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. 01:50 I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE WATCHING PROPHECY 01:51 ENCOUNTER - TALKING ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT AND INTENSE SUBJECT 01:56 CALLED THE MARK OF THE BEAST . AND WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT, RIGHT 02:01 AWAY ALL KINDS OF IMAGES COME INTO FOLKS' MINDS. 02:04 THEY WONDER, WHAT IS THIS? IS THIS A COMPUTER CHIP UNDER 02:07 THE SKIN? IS IT 6-6-6 TATTOOED IN THE 02:10 FOREHEAD? IS IT A SPECIAL SUPER CARD THAT 02:13 YOU CARRY IN YOUR PURSE OR YOUR WALLET? AND WHAT IS THIS MARK? 02:19 IS IT SOMETHING PHYSICAL, IS IT SOMETHING SPIRITUAL? 02:22 WELL, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 02:24 FIRST QUESTION: WHO IS PROTECTED DURING THE SEVEN FINAL PLAGUES 02:29 THAT YOU FIND IN REVELATION? THIS IS IN REVELATION CHAPTER 7 02:32 - IT SAYS THERE, "HURT NOT THE EARTH, NEITHER THE SEA, NOR THE 02:36 TREES, TILL WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD 02:40 IN THEIR FOREHEADS." THERE IS A GROUP THAT IS 02:42 PROTECTED AND THEY GET A MARK IN THEIR FOREHEADS. 02:45 YOU MAY NOT HAVE CAUGHT THIS EARLIER BUT, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 02:48 MARKED IN REVELATION? EVERYBODY. 02:53 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT ONE GROUP'S GOT THE MARK OF THE 02:56 BEAST AND ANOTHER GROUP'S GOT THE SEAL OF GOD. 02:58 ONE'S GOT THE FATHER'S NAME IN THE FOREHEAD - YOU GO TO 03:01 REVELATION 17, SHE'S GOT A PARAGRAPH THAT CALLS HER A 03:04 HARLOT IN HER FOREHEAD. WHAT WAS IT THAT 03:06 BROUGHT DOWN GOLIATH? A STONE. WHERE? IN THE FOREHEAD. 03:13 THE WORD OF GOD - CHRIST IS THE ROCK - THAT WORD OF GOD - TEN 03:17 COMMANDMENTS WRITTEN ON STONE - IN THE FOREHEAD - BRINGS DOWN 03:20 THE DEVIL - JESUS FOUGHT THE DEVIL IN THE WILDERNESS, 'IT IS 03:23 WRITTEN. IT IS WRITTEN. 03:24 IT IS WRITTEN.' AND THE DEVIL FELL ON HIS FACE. 03:28 AND SO, GOLIATH, THAT STORY IS EVEN A SYMBOL OF THAT. 03:30 WHAT IS THE SEAL THE RIGHTEOUS RECEIVE IN THEIR FOREHEADS? 03:35 IT SAYS RIGHT THERE IN ISAIAH 8:16, "BIND UP THE TESTIMONY, 03:40 SEAL THE LAW AMONG MY DISCIPLES." 03:43 SO THE LAW OF GOD IS THE NEW COVENANT. 03:45 THY - 'HIS LAW HE WILL WRITE IN OUR HEARTS.' AND IN THE HEART, 03:48 WHEN YOU SAY, 'THE HEART' BIBLICALLY, YOU DON'T POINT 03:50 HERE. WHEN YOU SAY 'THE HEART' 03:52 BIBLICALLY, YOU POINT HERE. 'AS A MAN THINKETH, 03:55 IN HIS HEART' - OKAY? SO THE LAW OF GOD IS HERE IN THE 03:58 FOREHEAD, IN THE HAND IS IN THE ACTIONS. 04:02 AND HE WANTS HIS LAW - NOW EVERYBODY THAT HAS THE MARK OF 04:06 THE BEAST HAS WHOSE SPIRIT? THE DEVIL'S SPIRIT. 04:10 EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE SEAL OF GOD HAS WHOSE SPIRIT? 04:14 HAS GOD'S SPIRIT. SO WE ALREADY KNOW THAT, AND WE 04:16 SHOWED YOU WHERE, IN EPHESIANS, IT SAYS WE ARE SEALED 04:20 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING DEEPER IN 04:23 GOD'S LAW THAT REVEALS THE SEAL OF GOD. 04:26 NOW, LET'S REMIND YOU WHAT HAS A BIBLICAL SEAL? 04:29 WHAT DOES IT CONTAIN? IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE AN OFFICIAL 04:31 SEAL TODAY - THREE MAIN COMPONENTS. 04:34 IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL, THEIR OFFICIAL 04:38 TITLE THAT GIVES THEM AUTHORITY, AND THEN THEIR TERRITORY - YOU 04:42 KNOW, IT'S USUALLY RESTRICTED TO SOME PLACE. 04:46 YOU CAN FIND THE SEAL OF GOD IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW, IN THE 04:50 COMMANDMENT THAT IS THE LONGEST, AND THE ONE THAT BEGINS WITH THE 04:54 WORD 'REMEMBER', AND IT'S THE ONLY COMMANDMENT WHERE YOU FIND 04:57 THE WORD 'HOLY', AND IT'S THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT. 05:02 IT TALKS ABOUT OUR TIME - GIVING OUR TIME - GIVING OUR WORSHIP TO 05:05 GOD. HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH US. 05:08 HE'S SO IMPORTANT TO US, WE WILL KEEP THAT SACRED APPOINTMENT 05:10 BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM AND WE WANT TO NURTURE THAT RELATIONSHIP. 05:14 SO WHICH OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS HAS THAT SEAL - THE COMPONENTS 05:17 OF A SEAL IN IT? FOURTH COMMANDMENT. 05:21 LET'S LOOK AT IT - EXODUS 20, VERSE 11, "FOR IN SIX DAYS THE 05:24 LORD MADE" - THAT'S HIS NAME, THE LORD - "MADE" - CREATOR - 05:28 HERE'S HIS TERRITORY - THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH. 05:30 IS ANYTHING NOT INCLUDED IN THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH? 05:33 'CAUSE HE'S THE LORD OF ALL. HE IS JEHOVAH, THE CREATOR AND 05:39 SUSTAINER OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 05:41 THE SEAL OF GOD IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAW OF GOD AND THAT LAW 05:44 SHOULD BE IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR MINDS. 05:47 I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS STUDY REAL EASY FOR YOU. 05:49 WHO DO YOU OBEY? IT SAYS, IN ROMANS CHAPTER 6, 05:55 WHOEVER YOU OBEY, THAT'S WHOSE SERVANT YOU ARE. 05:59 SO, TRYING TO ANALYZE AND MELT DOWN AND BREAK DOWN EXACTLY WHAT 06:03 IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST? IT'S NOT COMPLICATED. 06:06 IT'S WHO DO YOU WORSHIP? NOW, HOW DID THE EARLY 06:09 PROTESTANTS IDENTIFY THE BEAST? WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU 06:12 A LITTLE CHURCH HISTORY. WHAT IS IT THAT DISTINGUISHES 06:14 PROTESTANTS FROM CATHOLICS? OF COURSE, PROTESTANTS PROTESTED. 06:17 MARTIN LUTHER WAS THE ONE WHO NAILED - BY THE WAY, WE'RE, 06:20 RIGHT NOW, IN THAT 500-YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR MARTIN LUTHER 06:24 NAILING HIS PROTESTS ON THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH IN 06:27 WITTENBERG AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOST PROTESTANTS HELD IN 06:31 COMMON WAS THEY WERE ALL UNITEDLY AGREED OF WHO THE 06:37 ANTICHRIST POWER WAS IDENTIFIED THERE IN DANIEL 7, IN 06:41 2 THESSALONIANS, IN REVELATION 13 - AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ 06:45 SOME QUOTES NOW, SO PUT ON YOUR SEAT BELT. BEFORE I READ THESE 06:47 TO YOU, I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD, 06:53 LOVING, CHRISTIAN PEOPLE IN MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 06:57 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 06:59 THE OFFICIAL POSITIONS THAT THEY HOLD AND THE - HOW THEY 07:05 INTERPRET THE PLACE OF GOD IN THE SCRIPTURES IN SALVATION. 07:09 SO THIS IS REALLY JUST AN ANALYTICAL STUDY, BUT HERE'S 07:12 WHAT THEY SAID. JOHN WYCLIFF, HE WAS CALLED THE 07:15 STAR OF THE REFORMATION - THE MORNING STAR. 07:18 HE'S THE ONE WHO TRANSLATED THE BIBLE FIRST INTO ENGLISH. 07:21 I'VE BEEN TO ENGLAND AND SEEN IT THERE. 07:23 HE SAID, "WE SUPPOSE THAT ANTICHRIST, THE HEAD OF ALL 07:27 THESE EVIL MEN, IS THE POPE OF ROME." 07:29 BY THE WAY, WHAT CHURCH DID HE BELONG TO? 07:31 CATHOLIC CHURCH. SO HERE YOU HAVE A CATHOLIC 07:35 SCHOLAR WHO IS SAYING IT'S THE POPE OF ROME. 07:39 AGAIN, JOHN HUSS, HE SAID, "THE POPE IS THE TRUE ANTICHRIST OF 07:44 WHOM IT IS WRITTEN THAT HE SITS IN THE TEMPLE OF GOD, AMONG THE 07:49 PEOPLE WHERE CHRIST IS WORSHIPED." 07:51 MARTIN LUTHER, "THIS TEACHING [OF THE SUPREMACY OF THE POPE] 07:54 SHOWS FORCEFULLY THAT THE POPE IS THE VERY ANTICHRIST." 07:58 - THEY DIDN'T MINCE WORDS, DID THEY? 07:59 - "WHO HAS EXALTED HIMSELF ABOVE, AND OPPOSED HIMSELF 08:03 AGAINST CHRIST." HERE YOU'VE GOT CALVIN, "DANIEL 08:06 AND PAUL HAD PREDICTED THAT ANTICHRIST WOULD SIT IN THE 08:10 TEMPLE OF GOD...WE AFFIRM HIM TO BE THE POPE." 08:14 SO IF YOU'VE GOT ANY BAPTIST ROOTS OR CALVINISTIC TEACHINGS - 08:17 IT'S WHAT CALVIN BELIEVED, IT'S WHAT LUTHER BELIEVED - JOHN KNOX 08:21 - PRESBYTERIAN, "YEA, WE DOUBT NOT TO PROVE THE KINGDOM OF THE 08:24 POPE TO BE THE KINGDOM AND POWER OF ANTICHRIST." 08:28 ROGER WILLIAMS - IN AMERICA WE HAVE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND 08:31 STATE LARGELY BECAUSE OF ROGER WILLIAMS. WILLIAMS HAD A VERY 08:35 IMPORTANT UNDERSTANDING. HE SAID, 'THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 08:38 ARE ON TWO TABLES OF STONE. ONE IS CIVIL IN NATURE AND ONE 08:44 IS MORE SPIRITUAL IN NATURE.' THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS DEAL 08:47 WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. NO GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA SHOULD 08:51 FORCE PEOPLE HOW TO KEEP THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS. 08:54 YOU DON'T WANT THE GOVERNMENT TELLING YOU WHAT GOD TO WORSHIP 08:56 OR WHEN TO WORSHIP HIM OR WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? 09:00 HE SAID, 'BUT NO GOVERNMENT CAN NEGLECT THE LAST SIX 09:03 COMMANDMENTS: RESPECT OF PROPERTY, RESPECT OF MARRIAGE, 09:07 RESPECT OF PARENTS - AND THAT WAS A VERY BALANCED APPROACH. 09:12 HERE'S WHAT HE SAID: 'PASTOR WILLIAMS SPOKE OF THE POPE AS 09:15 THE PRETENDED VICAR OF CHRIST ON EARTH WHO SITS AS GOD OVER THE 09:19 TEMPLE OF GOD, EXALTING HIMSELF NOT ONLY ABOVE ALL THAT IS 09:22 CALLED GOD BUT OVER ALL THE SOULS AND CONSCIENCES OF ALL HIS 09:26 VASSALS, YEA OVER THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST.' IT SAYS JOHN WESLEY 09:29 SAID, "HE IT IS...THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF ABOVE ALL THAT IS CALLED 09:33 GOD, OR THAT IS WORSHIPPED...CLAIMING THE 09:36 HIGHEST POWER AND HIGHEST HONOR...CLAIMING THE 09:39 PREROGATIVES WHICH BELONG TO GOD ALONE." 09:42 IF YOU READ THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION - MANY PROTESTANTS 09:45 ASCRIBE TO THIS - THERE - YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO READ, "THERE 09:49 IS NO OTHER HEAD OF THE CHURCH BUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST NOR 09:53 CAN THE POPE OF ROME IN ANY SENSE BE HEAD THEREOF: BUT IS 09:57 THAT ANTICHRIST." (WHISTLES) I MEAN, THIS IS - THIS IS HISTORY. 10:02 AT LEAST YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE - 10:05 "THAT MAN OF SIN AND SON OF PERDITION THAT EXALTETH HIMSELF 10:08 IN THE CHURCH AGAINST CHRIST AND ALL THAT IS CALLED GOD." 10:12 IN THE BOOK ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME - "A GREAT CLOUD OF 10:16 WITNESSES:" - LISTEN TO THESE NAMES - "WYCLIFF, TYNDALE, 10:21 LUTHER, CALVIN, CRANMER; IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY, BUNYAN." 10:25 - YOU'VE READ PILGRIM'S PROGRESS , THIS WAS THE VIEW OF 10:28 THE AUTHOR OF PILGRIM'S PROGRESS - "THE TRANSLATORS OF 10:31 THE KING JAMES BIBLE" - UNIFORMLY BELIEVED THIS - 10:36 "AND THE MEN WHO PUBLISHED THE WESTMINSTER AND 10:39 BAPTIST CONFESSIONS OF FAITH :" - I JUST READ YOU ONE OF THOSE - 10:41 "SIR ISAAC NEWTON" - YOU EVER HEARD THAT NAME? 10:44 HE WAS ALSO QUITE A BIBLE SCHOLAR - "[JOHN] WESLEY, 10:46 WHITFIELD, JONATHAN EDWARDS; AND MORE RECENTLY, SPURGEON." 10:50 - THE PRINCE OF PREACHERS - "BISHOP J.C. 10:53 RYLE AND DR. MARTIN LLOYD-JONES; THESE MEN AMONG COUNTLESS 10:57 OTHERS, ALL SAW THE OFFICE OF THE PAPACY AS THE ANTICHRIST." 11:01 THEY SAID, 'IF YOU'RE GOING TO READ THE BIBLE AND STUDY 11:03 PROPHECY, IT'S INESCAPABLE.' BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS CERTAINLY 11:06 NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT TO SAY THAT, IS IT? 11:11 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'VE GOT A POPE, NOW, WHO'S SO NICE. 11:13 HE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NICE, HUMBLE MAN AND HE SEEMS TO BE 11:18 JUST, YOU KNOW, HE'S PUTTING OFF A LOT OF THE FANFARE AND WEALTH 11:21 OF PREVIOUS POPES AND HE'S APOLOGIZING FOR PAST HISTORY AND 11:25 SO IT'S NOT VERY POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT AT LEAST YOU SHOULD 11:28 KNOW THIS WAS THE POSITION OF PROTESTANTS FOR FIVE HUNDRED 11:31 YEARS - FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY. 11:33 YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT IT IN THE LAST FIFTY YEARS OR SO. 11:38 >>IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13 WE READ ABOUT THIS BEAST POWER THAT 11:42 COMPELS EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO WORSHIP A CERTAIN WAY AND 11:46 THEY NEED TO RECEIVE A MARK OR THEY CANNOT BUY OR SELL AND, 11:50 ULTIMATELY, THEY'LL BE UNDER A DEATH DECREE. 11:53 WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST? IS IT A TATTOO? 11:57 IS IT SOME CHIP UNDER THE SKIN OR A BAR CODE ON THE FOREHEAD? 12:00 WOULD YOU LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, FRIENDS? 12:03 THEN WE HAVE A FREE OFFER I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO APPRECIATE. 12:06 IT'S CALLED THE MARK OF THE BEAST . 12:08 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND 12:11 ASK FOR OFFER #127 OR VISIT OFFERS.AFTV.ORG. 12:18 AND WHEN YOU GET THIS FREE RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT 12:21 AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS 12:25 OUR MISSION. >>SO WHAT IS THE MYSTERIOUS 12:28 NUMBER THAT IDENTIFIES THE BEAST? 12:31 THIS NUMBER IS - YOU ALL KNOW IT - 6-6-6. 12:37 HERE'S A PICTURE OF A FLORIDA STATE TROOPER - 6-6-6 ON HIS 12:41 LICENSE PLATE (LAUGHTER) WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 12:46 SEE, YOU ALL LAUGH. EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S 12:48 SOMETHING ABOUT THAT NUMBER. I WAS GETTING CHANGE AT A STORE 12:51 ONE TIME AND, I FORGET WHAT I BOUGHT, BUT IT CAME BACK AND MY 12:54 CHANGE WAS - ALL THE THINGS I BOUGHT CAME UP TO $6.66 - AND 12:58 THE CASHIER - THE GAL - SAID, 'OOH, LOOK AT THAT, 6-6-6.' AND 13:03 I SAID, 'YEAH, LOOK AT THAT.' I SAID, 'YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?' 13:07 SHE SAID, 'NO, BUT IT'S BAD.' (LAUGHTER) AND EVERYONE KIND OF 13:12 KNOWS THAT. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. 13:14 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS AN INTERESTING NUMBER. 13:16 IF YOU READ IN THE DOCUMENT, PROMPTA BIBLIOTHECA , ACCORDING 13:21 TO THE 1913 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA - THIS IS A 13:24 VERITABLE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE AND WILL 13:28 REMAIN A PRECIOUS MINE OF INFORMATION. 13:31 THIS BOOK IS QUOTED FREQUENTLY AS AN AUTHORITATIVE CATHOLIC 13:34 SOURCE. HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS: UNDER THE 13:36 HEADING 'PAPA VICARIUS FILII DEI APPEARS AS THE TITLE FOR THE 13:42 POPE.' THAT IS ONE OF THE OFFICIAL TITLES OF THE POPE. 13:46 NOW, I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THOSE LATIN WORDS. 13:48 "THE LETTERS ON THE POPE'S CROWN ARE THESE: VICARIUS FILII DEI: 13:52 WHICH IS LATIN FOR 'VICAR OF THE SON OF GOD.'" - REPRESENTATIVE 13:56 OF THE SON OF GOD - JESUS SAID, 'THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MY 13:59 REPRESENTATIVE.' WHEN YOU ADD THOSE WORDS UP - HOW MANY OF YOU 14:06 REMEMBER YOUR ROMAN NUMERALS FROM SCHOOL? 14:09 AND THE V IS? >>FIVE. 14:12 >>FIVE. EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU'LL STILL 14:13 SEE SOMETHING WHERE THEY'RE USING THE OLD LATIN NUMERALS. 14:17 THE LETTERS HAD NUMERICAL VALUE - NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT SOME OF 14:21 THEM HAD NUMERICAL VALUE. THAT TITLE, WHEN YOU VERY SIMPLY 14:24 ADD UP THE VERY REAL VALUE OF THOSE NUMBERS, VICARIUS ADDS UP 14:28 TO 112, FILII ADDS UP TO 53, AND DEI IS 501. 14:36 AND YOU ADD THOSE UP AND THAT COMES TO 666. 14:39 NOW, YOU KNOW, ABOVE THE HEAD OF THE HIGH PRIEST, HE HAD A 14:42 PLACARD. THE PLACARD SAID, 'HOLINESS TO THE LORD'. 14:46 IT'S LIKE I TOLD YOU, THE WORD 'HOLY IS IN THE SABBATH 14:48 COMMANDMENT. HOLY IS THE SEAL OF GOD - HOLY SPIRIT. 14:52 WHEN JESUS DIED, ABOVE HIS HEAD IT SAID, 'KING OF THE JEWS'. 14:56 AND HERE, AT LEAST ON SOME OCCASIONS, THE POPE USED TO WEAR 14:58 A CROWN THAT SAID, 'VICARIUS FILII DEI' - 'I AM THE 15:01 REPRESENTATIVE OF GOD'. NOW, AGAIN, I WANT TO 15:03 MAKE SURE AND BE FAIR. HERE'S JUST - THIS IS JUST 15:06 POPE BENEDICT A FEW YEARS AGO. HE ALMOST NEVER APPEARED 15:09 WITH THE SAME CROWN ON. HE LIKED TO CHANGE CLOTHES. 15:12 HE WAS A LITTLE MORE FLAMBOYANT THAT POPE FRANCIS. 15:15 NOW, THE THIRD CROWN THAT YOU SEE HIM WEARING THERE, ON THE 15:17 RIGHT, MOST OF THE PAPAL CROWNS USED TO HAVE THREE CROWNS, AND 15:22 THAT MEANT BECAUSE HE WAS KING OF HEAVEN, KING OF EARTH, AND 15:24 KING OF PURGATORY. THE TRIPLE-TIERED CROWN - ONLY 15:27 THE POPE WAS ALLOWED TO WEAR BACK THEN. 15:29 SOME OF THOSE ANCIENT CROWNS DID HAVE THAT PLACARD ON IT THAT HAD 15:32 THE OFFICIAL TITLE. BUT, IF YOU STILL DON'T BELIEVE 15:35 THAT, MAYBE YOU'LL BELIEVE THE BOOK BY JOHN PAUL II, CALLED 15:38 ON THE THRESHOLD OF HOPE . "THE LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC 15:42 CHURCH" - AND THIS IS PAGE 3 - "IS DEFINED BY THE FAITH AS THE 15:45 VICAR OF JESUS CHRIST (AND IS ACCEPTED AS SUCH BY BELIEVERS). 15:50 THE POPE IS CONSIDERED THE MAN ON EARTH WHO REPRESENTS THE SON 15:54 OF GOD, WHO TAKES THE PLACE OF THE SECOND PERSON OF THE 15:59 OMNIPOTENT GOD OF THE TRINITY." TAKES THE PLACE OF - AND HE'S 16:06 THE VICAR FOR THE SON OF GOD. THAT'S WHAT VICARIUS 16:09 FILII DEI REPRESENTS. SO WHAT IS THE BEAST'S 16:13 MARK OF AUTHORITY? NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE 16:15 SPECIFICALLY INTO THE MARK. WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE SEAL OF 16:17 GOD IS IN THE LAW - IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT. 16:20 AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE SABBATH REPRESENTS THAT. 16:23 NOW I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU FROM THE CATHOLIC CATECHISM. 16:26 CATECHISM USES QUESTION AND ANSWER METHOD. 16:30 AND, WHEN YOU'RE - THIS IS WRITTEN BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - 16:32 WHEN YOU'RE TEACHING. QUESTION: WHICH DAY 16:35 IS THE SABBATH DAY? ANSWER: SATURDAY IS THE SABBATH 16:39 DAY - WHICH BEGS THE NEXT QUESTION: WHY DO WE OBSERVE 16:43 SUNDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY? ANSWER: WE OBSERVE SUNDAY 16:47 INSTEAD OF SATURDAY BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TRANSFERRED 16:51 THE SOLEMNITY FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY. 16:56 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, IT WASN'T DONE BY 16:58 JESUS; IT WASN'T DONE BY THE APOSTLES; IT HAPPENED HUNDREDS 17:01 OF YEARS LATER. IT HAPPENED GRADUALLY. 17:04 PART OF THE REASON WAS BECAUSE, WHEN THE ROMANS BEGAN TO FIGHT 17:08 AGAINST THE JEWS AND THEY CONQUERED ISRAEL AGAIN - THEY 17:11 DESTROYED THE CITY - THE JEWS BECAME - THEY FELL OUT OF FAVOR 17:15 IN ROME AND THEY ASSOCIATED CHRISTIANITY WITH JUDAISM. 17:20 WELL, THE CHRISTIANS WANTED TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE 17:22 JEWS AND, FOLLOWING THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE, THEY 17:26 SAID, 'LOOK, WHY DON'T WE JUST KEEP THE DAY THE PAGANS ARE 17:28 KEEPING? THE FIRST DAY - THE DAY OF THE SUN' - BECAUSE THAT WAS 17:31 ALL ABOUT SUN WORSHIP - AND IT'S THE DAY OF THE RESURRECTION. 17:35 AND THE CHURCH LEADERS BEGAN TO ARGUE IT, BUT THERE WAS NO 17:37 SCRIPTURE FOR IT. IT WAS A MAN-MADE LAW AND JESUS 17:41 SAID, 'WHY DO YOU KEEP THE TRADITIONS OF MEN AND PUT THE 17:44 COMMANDMENT OF GOD ASIDE? SO IN THE LAST DAYS GOD IS 17:47 CALLING PEOPLE BACK TO THE WORD - NOT JUST ON THE SUBJECT OF THE 17:50 SABBATH TRUTH, BUT A NUMBER OF AREAS. 17:53 LET ME FINISH THIS QUOTE HERE, IT SAYS, HAVE YOU ANY OTHER WAY 17:56 - QUESTION - HAVE YOU ANY OTHER WAY OF PROVING THAT THE CHURCH 18:00 HAS POWER TO INSTITUTE FESTIVALS OF PRECEPT? 18:04 AND THE ANSWER IS, YES, HAD SHE NOT SUCH POWER SHE COULD NOT 18:08 HAVE DONE THAT IN WHICH ALL MODERN RELIGIONISTS AGREE WITH 18:12 HER - NOT ALL, BUT MANY - SHE COULD NOT HAVE SUBSTITUTED THE 18:16 OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAY THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK FOR SATURDAY THE 18:21 SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK - FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF SATURDAY THE 18:24 SEVENTH DAY, A CHANGE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO SCRIPTURAL 18:28 AUTHORITY. RIGHT IN THE CATHOLIC CATECHISM 18:31 THEY WILL FREELY ADMIT THIS IS NOT BIBLE-BASED. 18:34 WE DID IT BY A SENSE OF OUR OWN AUTHORITY. 18:38 AND THEY CLAIM THAT WHAT THE CHURCH SAYS AND WHAT THE POPE 18:41 SAYS IS MORE VALUABLE THAN WHAT JESUS SAID - WHAT GOD SPOKE FROM 18:45 THE MOUNTAIN; WHAT THE LORD WROTE WITH HIS FINGER - 18:47 I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. THIS IS AN ISSUE. 18:51 BOTTOM LINE IN THE LAST DAYS IS WHO DO YOU WORSHIP? 18:53 WHO DO YOU OBEY? IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST OR THE 18:57 SEAL OF GOD A VISIBLE MARK? NOW I THINK WE'VE 19:00 PROBABLY MADE THIS CLEAR. WHAT DOES 'IN THE HAND' MEAN? 19:04 IN THE ACTIONS. IN THE HEAD, IN THE THOUGHTS. 19:06 HERE ARE SOME VERSES: HEBREWS 10:16, "SAITH THE LORD, 'I WILL 19:10 PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR HEARTS, AND IN THEIR MINDS WILL I WRITE 19:13 THEM.'" IT GOES ON TO SAY, IN ECCLESIASTES 9, VERSE 10, 19:19 "WHATEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT." 19:22 THAT'S SYMBOLIC. YOUR HAND MEANS YOUR ACTIONS, RIGHT? 19:25 AND YOU CAN READ, AGAIN, IN ISAIAH 59:6, "THEIR WORKS ARE 19:28 WORKS OF INIQUITY, AND THE ACT OF VIOLENCE IS IN THEIR HANDS." 19:32 YOU DON'T HAVE THE WORD 'VIOLENCE' IN YOUR HANDS, IT'S 19:34 SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS THE ACTIONS. 19:36 SO, WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES THE MARK OF THE BEAST IN THE 19:39 FOREHEAD, IT'S TALKING ABOUT IN THEIR WORSHIP. 19:42 MAYBE THEY'RE SINCERE, BUT THEY'LL BE WORSHIPING THE LAWS 19:45 OF THE BEAST INSTEAD OF THE LAWS OF GOD. 19:48 AND MAYBE SOME WON'T AGREE, BUT THEY'LL DO IT. 19:51 IT'S IN THEIR ACTIONS - IT'S NOT IN THEIR HEART, BUT THEY'RE 19:54 STILL GOING TO FOLLOW IT OUT OF FEAR. 19:56 SO, IT SAYS THE BEAST HAS A MARK TO REPRESENT ITS POWER AND 20:00 AUTHORITY. DOES GOD ALSO HAVE A SIGN 20:02 OF HIS POWER AND AUTHORITY? >>YES. 20:05 >>HE DOES, PRAISE THE LORD. LOOK IN EZEKIEL 20, VERSE 12. 20:09 "I GAVE THEM MY SABBATHS, TO BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND THEM, THAT 20:12 THEY MIGHT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD THAT SANCTIFY THEM." 20:17 EZEKIEL 20, VERSE 20 - SIMILAR VERSE - HE SAYS, "HALLOW MY 20:21 SABBATHS: AND THEY SHALL BE A SIGN BETWEEN ME AND YOU, THAT YE 20:24 MAY KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD." 20:27 IT'S A SIGN. THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT 20:29 ABOUT THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT. GOD SAYS SO, AMEN? 20:32 IT'S A SYMBOL OF WHO YOU WORSHIP. 20:34 AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S EASIER TO GIVE A PERSON YOUR 20:36 MONEY THAN TO GIVE THEM YOUR TIME. 20:39 GOD SAYS, 'DO YOU REALLY WORSHIP ME? 20:42 IT'S NOT A DONATION, I WANT YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE TIME IS THE STUFF 20:45 LIFE IS MADE OF. I WANT YOUR LOVE. 20:47 YOU DON'T HAVE A LOVE RELATIONSHIP UNLESS YOU SPEND 20:49 TIME WITH SOMEBODY. AMEN? 20:51 "VERILY MY SABBATHS YE SHALL KEEP: FOR IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN 20:54 ME AND YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS: THAT YE MIGHT KNOW 20:58 THAT I AM THE LORD THAT DOETH SANCTIFY YOU." 21:00 NOW, DO WE STILL NEED THE SABBATH TO PROVE THAT HE CAN 21:03 CREATE AND RECREATE? DO WE STILL NEED SANCTIFICATION? 21:07 >>AMEN. >>WHENEVER WE'RE PRAYING FOR 21:09 HOLINESS AND FORGIVENESS, THE SABBATH IS A SIGN THAT GOD, IF 21:12 HE CAN SANCTIFY A DAY, HE CAN SANCTIFY US. 21:15 WHAT DID THE ANTICHRIST POWER ATTEMPT TO CHANGE? 21:18 DANIEL 7:25, "HE WILL THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS." 21:23 THERE'S ONLY ONE COMMANDMENT THAT YOU CAN POINT TO THAT IS 21:25 BOTH A TIME AND A LAW. NOW HERE - WE QUOTED THIS 21:30 TO YOU THE OTHER DAY. "THE POPE HAS POWER TO CHANGE 21:32 TIMES TO ABROGATE LAWS, AND TO DISPENSE WITH ALL THINGS, 21:36 EVEN THE PRECEPTS OF CHRIST." I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. 21:41 AND THEN THEY FREELY ADMIT - IT SAYS HERE - "OF COURSE THE 21:44 CATHOLIC CHURCH CLAIMS THAT THE CHANGE WAS HER ACT...AND THE ACT 21:48 IS A MARK" - THIS IS A LETTER, OCTOBER 28, 1895, FROM C.F. 21:53 THOMAS, WHO SERVED UNDER CARDINAL GIBBONS. 21:56 AND THEY ADMIT, 'YEAH, WE CHANGED THE SABBATH.' AND THEY 21:58 SAY, "THIS IS A MARK OF HER ECCLESIASTICAL POWER AND 22:02 AUTHORITY IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS." NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 22:05 NOTICED, ON THE RIGHT THERE'S A COPY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS 22:07 I TOOK IN FRONT OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH. 22:08 YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS JUST NOT THERE - 22:11 AND THEY DIVIDE THE TENTH COMMANDMENT IN TWO. 22:13 THEY TOOK OUT THE COMMANDMENT ABOUT IDOLATRY. 22:16 THEY MAKE THE SABBATH A THIRD COMMANDMENT. 22:18 IT SAYS, "THE HOLY SABBATH DAY WAS CHANGED FROM SATURDAY TO 22:22 SUNDAY...NOT FROM ANY DIRECTIONS NOTED IN THE SCRIPTURES. 22:26 BUT FROM THE CHURCH'S SENSE OF ITS OWN POWER..." 22:29 - NOTICE THIS QUOTE - "PEOPLE WHO THINK THE SCRIPTURES SHOULD 22:33 BE THE SOLE AUTHORITY, SHOULD LOGICALLY BECOME SEVENTH-DAY 22:37 ADVENTISTS AND KEEP SATURDAY HOLY." 22:38 THAT'S FROM ST. CATHERINE'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, MAY 21, 1995 - 22:43 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT ENDORSEMENT. 22:45 (LAUGHTER) WE DIDN'T WRITE THAT, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT. 22:50 THEY SAY, 'LOOK, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO BY THE BIBLE, YOU SHOULD 22:52 LOGICALLY BE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.' THEY'RE KIND OF 22:54 MAKING FUN OF MOST CHRISTIANS THAT DON'T REALLY GO BY THE TEN 22:57 COMMANDMENTS. THEY'RE FOLLOWING A TRADITION. 23:01 PETER AND THE APOSTLES, THEY SAID, "WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD" - 23:05 ACTS 5:29 - "RATHER THAN MEN." THIS IS ALL ABOUT 23:07 'WHO IS YOUR GOD?' YOU ARE THE SERVANTS 23:09 OF THE ONE YOU OBEY. SABBATH IS ALL ABOUT WORSHIP. 23:11 THE BIG ISSUE IN THE LAST DAYS IS WORSHIP. 23:13 THEY'RE BEING TOLD TO WORSHIP THE BEAST OR WORSHIP JEHOVAH. 23:16 THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT HOW HE HAS SPECIFIED WE SHOULD 23:19 WORSHIP. AND HE ILLUSTRATES THAT 23:21 IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. >>AMEN. 23:23 >>WHEN YOU DECIDE TO ACCEPT JESUS AND TO FULLY FOLLOW HIM, 23:27 WHAT HAPPENS? CHRIST SAID, "TAKE MY YOKE UPON 23:30 YOU, AND LEARN OF ME; FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART, AND 23:35 YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS." 23:38 THE LORD WANTS US TO HAVE THAT REST. 23:40 WHO IS GOING TO ENJOY THE REST IN HEAVEN? 23:42 YOU READ ABOUT IT IN REVELATION CHAPTER 15 - WE LIKE TO START 23:45 AND END WITH REVELATION - IT SAID, "I SAW SOMETHING LIKE A 23:48 SEA OF GLASS MINGLED WITH FIRE. 23:51 AND THOSE WHO HAVE THE VICTORY OVER THE BEAST, OVER HIS IMAGE, 23:55 AND OVER HIS MARK AND OVER THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME, STANDING ON 24:00 THE SEA OF GLASS, HAVING HARPS OF GOD." 24:03 AND THERE THEY ARE, IN HEAVEN, THEY ARE REDEEMED. 24:06 THEY ARE SAVED. THEY'VE GOT THAT REST AND THEY'VE GOT THAT PEACE, 24:09 BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACCEPTED THE TRUTH. THEY HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD 24:12 AND THEY HAVE TURNED FROM THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 24:15 NOW, WHEN YOU TAKE A STAND FOR TRUTH, FRIENDS, YOU MIGHT 24:18 EXPERIENCE SOME STRUGGLES - AND JESUS NEVER SAID, 'FOLLOW ME AND 24:23 IT'S GOING TO BE EASY.' HE SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU NEED TO 24:27 TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.' BUT THE PROMISE IS THAT 24:31 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEACE AND REST. 24:34 IF YOU SEEK TO SAVE YOUR LIFE AND LIVE FOR YOURSELF, YOU'LL 24:38 LOSE IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO FIND YOUR LIFE, YOU NEED TO SAY 'NO' 24:42 TO SELF AND 'YES' TO JESUS AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE. 24:46 HE SAID, 'I'VE COME THAT I MIGHT GIVE YOU LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY. 24:49 AND SO, WHEN YOU LEARN THINGS LIKE THIS ABOUT THE BEAST AND 24:52 THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND THE SABBATH TRUTH, DOES IT TROUBLE 24:55 YOU? WELL, IT MAY RIGHT NOW BUT, 24:57 ULTIMATELY, WHY DOES GOD WANT YOU TO KNOW THESE THINGS? 25:00 IS THE SABBATH CURSED OR BLESSED? 25:02 >>BLESSED. >>HE WANTS TO BLESS YOU. 25:05 SOME OF YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THAT BLESSING. 25:08 THERE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW THAT ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW. 25:10 YOU'VE HEARD THESE THINGS FOR YEARS. 25:11 YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE. YOU KNOW IT'S IN THE BIBLE. 25:13 AND ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU PLAN ON DOING IT BUT, 'OH, PASTOR 25:15 DOUG, IF I DO IT NOW, YOU KNOW, I'LL GET KICKED OUT OF MY 25:18 CHURCH.' OR 'IF I TAKE A STAND FOR THIS NOW, MY FAMILY - WE'VE 25:21 BEEN IN THIS - THEY'RE GOING TO DENOUNCE ME.' I KNOW PEOPLE THAT 25:25 WHEN THEY TOOK A STAND FOR THE TRUTH, THEIR FAMILY SAID, 'DON'T 25:27 EVER TALK TO US AGAIN.' 'I'M GOING TO LOSE MY JOB.' SHADRACH, 25:34 MESHACH, AND ABEDNEGO WERE WILLING TO LOSE THEIR JOB AND 25:37 THEIR LIVES. JESUS SAID, 'IT'S NOT ME AND 25:41 SOMETHING ELSE,' HE SAID, 'IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME, YOU 25:44 MUST LOVE ME MORE - FATHER, MOTHER, HUSBAND, WIFE, HOUSES, 25:48 LANDS, EVERYTHING.' HE NEEDS FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE. 25:51 >>AMEN. >>AND WHEN YOU PUT HIM FIRST, 25:53 HE GIVES YOU EVERYTHING ELSE. JESUS GOES ON AND HE SAYS, 'NO 25:57 MAN THAT HAS FORSAKEN FATHER, MOTHER, HUSBANDS, WIVES, HOUSES, 26:00 LANDS, FOR MY SAKE AND THE GOSPEL, HE'LL RECEIVE A 26:03 HUNDRED-FOLD MORE IN THIS LIFE.' >>AMEN. 26:07 >>YOU MAY HAVE PERSECUTION, BUT HE GIVES YOU A HUNDRED-FOLD MORE 26:10 - AND ETERNAL LIFE IN THE WORLD TO COME. 26:12 THERE'S GOING TO BE TRIALS. THERE'LL BE CROSSES - LIFE IS 26:15 TOUGH, BUT IT'S A LOT TOUGHER TO BE LOST. 26:18 IT'S A LOT TOUGHER TO NOT HAVE GOD WALKING WITH YOU BECAUSE 26:23 YOU'RE REJECTING HIM - TO HAVE NO PEACE ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. 26:26 AND SO, WE SHARE ALL THESE THINGS - IT'S ALL ABOUT - IT'S 26:30 NOT JUST ABOUT ONE COMMANDMENT, IT'S ALL ABOUT ONE HEART - 26:33 SURRENDERING YOUR HEARTS TO GOD. HAVE YOU SAID, 'LORD, I WANT 26:38 YOU TO BE FIRST IN MY LIFE. I'M WILLING TO SAY 'YES' TO YOU 26:42 ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.' JESUS SAID, 'I'M NOT GOING 50/50 - 26:45 YOU AND THE WORLD - 50 PERCENT WORLD/50 PERCENT ME' - HE SAID, 26:49 'YOU'RE EITHER WITH ME OR AGAINST ME.' 26:51 (SOUND OF RAIN) (PIANO MUSIC) (SIRENS) 27:31 >>(PASTOR DOUG) THE HEAVENS WERE PARTED FOR HIM. 27:34 THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN. THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTS 27:36 YOU TO EXPERIENCE. YOU COME TO CHRIST, YOUR 27:39 SINS ARE WASHED AWAY. YOU BECOME A NEW CREATURE. 27:42 IT'S A LAND OF BEGINNING AGAIN AND HOW MANY OF YOU WISH YOU 27:44 COULD GET A NEW START? >>(NARRATOR) FOR I WAS HUNGRY 27:49 AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO EAT. 27:52 INASMUCH AS YOU DO IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, MY BRETHREN, 27:57 YOU DID IT TO ME. >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS 28:09 EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. 28:12 WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE 28:17 CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 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