Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP200001
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00:11 >> THE EVENTS OF TODAY ARE UNHEARD OF AND THE RIVERS AND 00:13 STREAMS ARE APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. 00:15 THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER FOLLOWING THE HORRIFIC 00:17 TORNADOES. 00:18 THREE TWISTERS HAVE TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF TOWN AND NOW 00:23 A ROLLING MOTION. 00:25 I BELIEVE WE'RE HAVING AN EARTHQUAKE. 00:27 I HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN SUCH HORRIFIC WEATHER. 00:29 I ADVISE YOU TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY-- 00:40 [MUSIC] 00:46 [AMBULANCE SIRENS SOUNDING] 00:51 [CROWDS SCREAMING] 00:57 [THUNDER SOUNDING] 01:21 >> LOOK MOMMY, THERE'S JESUS! 01:32 >> THE BOOKS OF BIBLE PROPHECY HAVE LONG BEEN SHROUDED IN 01:35 MYSTERY; ANCIENT TEXT, CRYPTIC NUMBERS, SYMBOLIC IMAGERY, ALL 01:40 DEPICTING AWESOME APOCALYPTIC EVENTS SOON TO COME. 01:44 IS IT REALLY POSSIBLY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY MEAN? 01:48 WHAT IS THE MARK OF THE BEAST? 01:50 IS IT, AS SOME SAY, A COMPUTER CHIP IMPLANTED UNDER THE SKIN OR 01:54 EVEN SOMETHING MORE INSIDIOUS? 01:56 AND WHAT ABOUT THE ANTICHRIST? 01:58 HAS THIS SINISTER ENEMY OF GOD ALREADY MADE HIS APPEARANCE 02:02 OR IS HE STILL WAITING IN THE SHADOWS? 02:05 WILL SOME TERRORIST EVENT TRIGGER EARTH'S FINAL 02:08 TRIBULATION? 02:10 WILL WE WITNESS THE HORRORS OF ARMAGEDDON AND THE SEVEN 02:13 LAST PLAGUES? 02:15 WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW TO AVOID BEING LEFT BEHIND WHEN THE LORD 02:18 RETURNS? 02:20 WILL WE RECOGNIZE THE LAST DAYS AND KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT? 02:24 WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE WILL REVEAL WHAT THE BIBLE 02:28 REALLY SAYS ABOUT EARTH'S ENDTIME EVENTS. 02:31 JOIN ME NOW AS WE UNCOVER THE AMAZING FACTS BEHIND "THE FINAL 02:36 EVENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY." 02:41 [MUSIC] 03:28 >> HELLO, I'M DWIGHT NELSON AND YOU'VE JUST SEEN THE 03:29 INTRODUCTION TO A FANTASTIC NEW DOCUMENTARY ON ENDTIME BIBLE 03:32 PROPHECY. 03:33 AMAZINGLY, THE PRODUCERS OF THIS FILM WORKED FOR 2 YEARS TO PULL 03:36 TOGETHER ALL THE STUNNING BIBLE INFORMATION YOU'LL FIND PACKED 03:40 INTO THIS SPECTACULAR 43-MINUTE PRESENTATION. 03:43 LET ME SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE INTRIGUING 03:45 DOCUMENTARY THAT BEGAN THIS BROADCAST. 03:47 AND REMEMBER, RIGHT AFTERWARD, WE'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN GET 03:49 YOUR OWN COPY OF THIS DVD. 03:58 [MUSIC] 04:09 >> "BUT YOU, DANIEL, SHUT UP THE WORDS, AND SEAL THE BOOK UNTIL 04:14 THE TIME OF THE END; MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE 04:19 SHALL INCREASE." 04:22 >> THE END OF THE WORLD, WILL IT EVER HAPPEN? 04:25 IF SO, WHEN? 04:27 THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MYSTERIOUS 04:29 QUESTIONS OF ALL TIME. 04:31 THE BIBLICAL PROPHET, DANIEL, CLEARLY PREDICTED THAT JUST 04:35 PRIOR TO THE END OF THE WORLD, WE'D WITNESS A DRAMATIC INCREASE 04:40 IN KNOWLEDGE. 04:41 HAS IT HAPPENED? 04:42 CONSIDER FOR INSTANCE HOW DRAMATICALLY MODES OF 04:45 TRANSPORTATION HAVE CHANGED IN RECENT TIMES. 04:50 FOR 60 CENTURIES, MAN COULD TRAVEL NO FASTER THAN 04:53 THE QUICKEST HORSE. 04:54 NOW, VOYAGES THAT ONCE REQUIRED MONTHS ARE ACHIEVED IN MINUTES. 04:59 IN ONE GENERATION, THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION HAS BROUGHT ABOUT 05:03 MIND-BOGGLING CHANGES THAT OUR ANCESTORS COULD NEVER HAVE 05:07 EVEN IMAGINED. 05:09 BUT AN EVEN MORE ACCURATE INTERPRETATION OF THIS VERSE IS 05:12 THAT KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE PROPHETIC BOOKS WOULD INCREASE. 05:16 AND AS PREDICTED, THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO. 05:20 BUT THE WRITINGS OF DANIEL ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES IN THE BIBLE 05:23 THAT SPEAK OF LAST DAY EVENTS. 05:25 WHAT OTHER KNOWLEDGE COULD BE HIDDEN WITHIN THE ANCIENT TEXT 05:29 OF SCRIPTURE? 05:32 >> "AND YOU WILL HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. 05:36 SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT TROUBLED; FOR ALL THESE THINGS MUST COME 05:39 TO PASS, BUT THE END IS NOT YET. 05:43 AND THERE WILL BE FAMINES, PESTILENCES, AND EARTHQUAKES 05:47 IN VARIOUS PLACES. 05:49 ALL THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS." 05:54 >> ONE CAN QUICKLY LOOK AROUND THE GLOBE AND SEE THAT BOTH 05:57 POLITICAL AND NATURAL FORCES HAVE MADE THE MODERN WORLD 06:00 AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS PLACE TO LIVE. 06:03 THINK ABOUT IT. 06:04 WITHIN THE LAST 100 YEARS, THE WORLD HAS HAD TO ENDURE TWO 06:08 WORLD WARS AND NUMEROUS OTHER MAJOR CONFLICTS, NOT TO MENTION 06:12 THE RISE OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 06:15 ADD TO THIS THE MARKED INCREASE IN DEADLY NATURAL DISASTERS, 06:19 INCLUDING EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, FLOODS, TORNADOES, KILLER STORMS 06:27 AND BIZARRE WEATHER, ALL CONTINUING TO WREAK HAVOC 06:30 ON PLANET EARTH. 06:33 AMAZINGLY, THE APOSTLE JOHN PREDICTED THAT ANOTHER SIGN OF 06:36 THE LAST DAYS WOULD BE MAN'S ABILITY TO DESTROY THE PLANET. 06:41 IN REVELATION 11:18, HE SAID THE TIME WOULD COME WHEN GOD WOULD 06:46 "DESTROY THOSE WHO DESTROY THE EARTH." 06:49 IT'S CLEAR THAT THIS PROPHECY HAS BEEN VIVIDLY FULFILLED. 06:53 FOR CENTURIES, MAN COULD DO LITTLE MORE THAN JUST SHOOT 06:56 FLAMING ARROWS OR LOB CANNONBALLS AT HIS ENEMY. 06:59 BUT NOW, WE POSSESS DEVASTATING WEAPONS THAT CAN QUICKLY RENDER 07:04 LIFE ON THIS PLANET EXTINCT. 07:06 IN FACT, JESUS EVEN PREDICTED THAT IF HIS COMING WERE 07:10 POSTPONED, NO FLESH WOULD SURVIVE. 07:15 CHRIST WARNED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FACE ALL THESE DANGERS, BUT 07:19 THEY WOULD ONLY BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END. 07:22 COULD IT BE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING MANKIND DOES TO 07:25 TRIGGER EARTH'S FINAL EVENTS? 07:29 >> "BUT KNOW THIS, THAT IN THE LAST DAYS PERILOUS TIMES WILL 07:33 COME: FOR MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY, 07:39 BOASTERS, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, 07:44 UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY, UNLOVING, UNFORGIVING, SLANDERERS, 07:50 WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, DESPISERS OF GOOD." 07:56 >> ANYONE WHO HAS LIVED THROUGH THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES CANNOT 07:59 DENY THE STEADY AND FRIGHTENING MORAL FREE FALL OF MODERN 08:03 SOCIETY. 08:05 EACH GENERATION CONTINUALLY PUSHES THE ENVELOPE OF 08:08 ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. 08:11 AS A RESULT, EACH SUCCEEDING GENERATION OPERATES UNDER 08:14 A LOWER MORAL STANDARD THAN THE ONE BEFORE. 08:18 AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE APPEARS TO BE NO END TO THIS SHAMEFUL 08:20 TREND. 08:22 IN NOAH'S DAY, CHRONIC MORAL DECAY LED TO GLOBAL DESTRUCTION 08:25 FROM A FLOOD. 08:27 IN LOT'S TIME, THE PERVERTED DEPRAVITY OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH 08:30 LED TO THE ANNIHILATION OF THESE CITIES BY FIRE FROM HEAVEN. 08:36 >> "AS IT WAS ALSO IN THE DAYS OF LOT: THEY ATE, THEY DRANK, 08:41 THEY BOUGHT, THEY SOLD, THEY PLANTED, THEY BUILT; BUT ON THE 08:45 DAY THAT LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM IT RAINED FIRE AND BRIMSTONE 08:49 FROM HEAVEN AND DESTROYED THEM ALL. 08:53 EVEN SO WILL IT BE IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS 08:57 REVEALED." 08:59 >> AND SO IN OUR DAY, COULD IT BE THAT RAMPANT IMMORALITY AND 09:03 PERVERSION WILL ONCE AGAIN CALL DOWN JUDGMENTS FROM HEAVEN? 09:07 ALONG WITH SOCIETY'S MORAL DECLINE, THE BIBLE ALSO WARNS 09:11 THAT IN THE LAST DAYS THERE WILL BE A DRAMATIC RISE IN 09:15 SPIRITUALISM AND THE OCCULT. 09:18 >> "NOW THE SPIRIT EXPRESSLY SAYS THAT IN LATTER TIMES SOME 09:22 WILL DEPART FROM THE FAITH, GIVING HEED TO DECEIVING SPIRITS 09:26 AND DOCTRINES OF DEMONS." 09:31 >> THE PRACTICE OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAD, LONG FORBIDDEN BY 09:34 THE SCRIPTURES, IS FAST BECOMING ACCEPTABLE EVEN IN MODERN 09:38 CHURCHES. 09:40 TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND MOVIES FEATURING WITCHCRAFT AND 09:44 THE OCCULT THEMES HAVE BECOME EXTREMELY POPULAR, ESPECIALLY 09:47 AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 09:49 IN SPITE OF ALL THIS RAMPANT SPIRITUALISM AND IMMORALITY, 09:52 THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT WHERE SIN ABOUNDS, GRACE ABOUNDS EVEN 09:56 MORE. 09:58 AND SO, ONE EXCITING BRIGHT SPOT OF THE LAST DAYS IS JESUS' 10:01 PROMISE THAT JUST BEFORE HIS RETURN, THE GOSPEL WOULD GO TO 10:05 ALL THE WORLD. 10:08 >> "AND THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL 10:11 THE WORLD AS A WITNESS TO ALL THE NATIONS, AND THEN THE END 10:16 WILL COME." 10:19 >> THE ONCE SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE TASK OF 10:22 COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH 10:25 IS FAST BECOMING A REALITY. 10:27 THROUGH MISSIONARIES, BOOKS, TAPES, SATELLITE BROADCASTS AND 10:32 THE INTERNET, THE GOSPEL WORK IS FAST ACCELERATING AROUND 10:35 THE WORLD. 10:36 THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION HAS NEVER HAD WIDER DISTRIBUTION 10:39 THAN TODAY. 10:41 THE BIBLE REVEALS THAT WE ARE OBVIOUSLY LIVING IN EARTH'S 10:45 FINAL DAYS. 10:47 THE INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE, GLOBAL INSTABILITY, MORAL 10:50 DECLINE AND THE EXPLOSIVE INTEREST IN THE OCCULT ALL 10:54 TESTIFY THAT THE END IS NEAR. 10:56 THE FINAL SIGNS ARE FAST BEING FULFILLED. 11:00 BUT THERE'S MORE, THE BIBLE ALSO WARNS THAT IT IS THESE OPPOSING 11:04 FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BRING THE WORLD 11:08 TO THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. 11:10 AT SOME POINT SOON, SOME UNKNOWN GLOBAL CRISIS WILL PLUNGE 11:15 THE ENTIRE PLANET INTO THE MOST TERRIFYING EVENTS THE WORLD 11:19 HAS EVER SEEN. 11:22 >> "FOR THEN THERE WILL BE GREAT TRIBULATION, SUCH AS HAS NOT 11:26 BEEN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD UNTIL THIS TIME, 11:29 NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE." 11:33 >> WHAT CATASTROPHE WILL TRIGGER THIS FINAL CRISIS AND WHEN WILL 11:36 IT HAPPEN? 11:38 COULD IT BE SOME DEVASTATING ACT OF TERRORISM? 11:42 SOME INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CRASH? 11:44 MAYBE EVEN AN EARTHQUAKE, ASTEROID OR SOME OTHER 11:47 CATACLYSMIC EVENT? 11:49 PERHAPS IT'S SOME CHEMICAL CALAMITY OR DEADLY BIOLOGICAL 11:52 PLAGUE? 11:54 MAYBE EVEN A COMBINATION OF THESE DISASTERS. 11:58 BUT WHILE THE BIBLE DOESN'T REVEAL THE EXACT CRITICAL EVENT, 12:01 IT DOES REVEAL THE DRAMATIC SCENES THAT WILL FOLLOW. 12:05 COMING UP IN OUR NEXT SECTION, YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE 12:08 ASTOUNDING FINAL EVENTS, SHOCKING EVENTS THAT EVEN MOST 12:12 CHRISTIANS ARE UNPREPARED TO MEET. 12:22 >> WORLD EVENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE UNSTABLE THAN TODAY; 12:25 TERRORISM, DISASTERS, BIZARRE WEATHER. 12:28 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REVEAL ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS? 12:31 LEARN THE AMAZING ANSWER IN THIS STUNNING DOCUMENTARY ENTITLED 12:34 "THE FINAL EVENTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY." 12:37 DURING THIS SPECIAL BROADCAST, YOU CAN GET YOUR VERY OWN COPY 12:40 OF THIS GRIPPING DVD. 12:41 YOU PAY ONLY $15.99 FOR SHIPPING AND HANDLING. 12:45 GO TO THE PHONE AND CALL THE NUMBER ON THE 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EARTH WAS ILLUMINATED WITH HIS GLORY." 14:02 >> THIS GREAT POWER THAT ILLUMINATES GOD'S PEOPLE IS 14:04 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 14:06 WITH A HOLY BOLDNESS, THEY WITNESS FOR GOD, PLEADING 14:10 FOR THE CHURCHES TO REFORM AND CALLING THE LOST TO CHRIST. 14:14 THEY STAND FIRMLY ON THE WORD OF GOD AND EXHORT ALL TO REPENT OF 14:18 THEIR SINS AND OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS. 14:21 AND ATMOSPHERE OF REVIVAL MOVES ACROSS THE WORLD AND THE HOLY 14:25 SPIRIT COMPELS MINISTERS AND CHURCH MEMBERS ALIKE TO WORK 14:28 EARNESTLY FOR THE SALVATION OF SOULS. 14:32 AS THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED, OCCULT 14:35 MANIFESTATIONS ALSO INTENSIFY. 14:38 DECEPTIVE DEMONS APPEAR TO MANY MASQUERADING AS LOVED ONES 14:42 WHO'VE PASSED AWAY OR AS BIBLICAL SAINTS OF OLD. 14:46 THEY SPEAK WORDS OF PEACE AND HOPE WHILE PRESENTING DOCTRINES 14:49 CONTAINING DANGEROUS AND SUBTLE ERRORS. 14:52 OF THEM, THE BIBLE WARNS: >> "FOR THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF 14:56 DEVILS, WORKING MIRACLES." 14:59 >> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THESE SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS HOLD 15:02 GREAT INFLUENCE WITH THE PEOPLE AND FEW ARE WILLING TO SPEAK 15:06 AGAINST THEM. 15:08 UP TO THIS POINT, FAMILIES AND CHURCHES HAVE BEEN INEFFECTIVE 15:11 IN STEMMING THE GROWING TIDE OF GLOBAL WICKEDNESS. 15:15 IN THE MIDST OF THIS POLITICAL, MORAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 15:18 UPHEAVAL, PEOPLE DESPERATELY SEEK AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO STEM 15:22 THE GROWING TIDE OF UNIVERSAL IMMORALITY. 15:26 RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS, URGED BY SUFFERING CONSTITUENTS, 15:30 CALL FOR STRONGER LEGAL MEASURES TO RESTORE GODLY PRINCIPLES 15:34 AND PEACE TO THE LAND. 15:36 AS A RESULT OF THIS MISGUIDED PRESSURE, THE GOVERNMENT PASSES 15:40 LAWS THAT DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THE LAW OF GOD. 15:46 BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY SOMETHING LIKE THIS 15:49 HAS HAPPENED. 15:50 YOU MIGHT RECALL THE FAMILIAR STORY IN DANIEL 3 WHEN 15:55 THE BABYLONIAN KING, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, COMMANDED ALL IN 15:58 HIS REALM TO BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THE ENORMOUS GOLDEN 16:01 IMAGE HE HAD FORGED. 16:03 HOWEVER, THREE YOUNG HEBREWS KNEW THIS COMMAND WAS A DIRECT 16:07 CONTRADICTION TO THE SECOND COMMANDMENT REGARDING IDOLATRY. 16:11 DETERMINED TO REMAIN TRUE TO GOD, THEY REFUSED TO BOW DOWN TO 16:14 THE STATUE. 16:16 THE KING WAS INFURIATED AND ORDERED THEM CAST INTO 16:19 A FIERY FURNACE. 16:21 BUT GOD MIRACULOUSLY INTERVENED AND SAVED THEIR LIVES. 16:25 AND THEN THERE'S THE STORY OF DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN. 16:28 YOU'LL RECALL THE KING OF PERSIA ISSUED A LAW THAT NO ONE SHOULD 16:32 WORSHIP ANY GOD BUT HIMSELF FOR 30 DAYS. 16:36 BUT DANIEL KNEW THAT TO OBEY THIS LAW WOULD MEAN THAT HE HAD 16:39 TO VIOLATE GOD'S FIRST COMMANDMENT. 16:42 SO, DANIEL BRAVELY CONTINUED HIS HABIT OF DAILY PRAYING OPENLY TO 16:45 GOD, EVEN THOUGH IT PUT HIS LIFE AT RISK. 16:48 DANIEL'S ENEMIES SOON REPORTED THIS VIOLATION TO THE KING, 16:52 WHO RELUCTANTLY HAD HIS TRUSTED SERVANT THROWN INTO THE LION'S 16:55 DEN. 16:57 BUT ONCE AGAIN, GOD'S POWER WAS DISPLAYED AS HE MIRACULOUSLY 17:01 SPARED DANIEL'S LIFE. 17:04 LIKEWISE IN THE LAST DAYS, REVELATION PREDICTS THAT AN EVIL 17:08 POWER WILL COMPEL THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD TO 17:10 ENACT LAWS REGARDING HOW PEOPLE SHOULD WORSHIP GOD. 17:15 THESE LAWS WILL OUTWARDLY APPEAR TO PROMOTE MORALITY BUT IN 17:19 REALITY, THEY PREPARE THE WORLD TO EMBRACE THE MARK OF THE BEAST 17:23 AND THE ANTICHRIST. 17:26 >> "FOR FALSE CHRISTS AND FALSE PROPHETS WILL RISE AND SHOW 17:29 GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS TO DECEIVE, IF POSSIBLE, 17:33 EVEN THE ELECT." 17:36 >> DURING THIS TIME OF MOUNTING CRISIS WHEN THE WORLD IS 17:40 DESPERATELY SEEKING RELIEF AND LOOKING FOR GLOBAL STABILITY, 17:43 HELP APPEARS IN A MOST STARTLING FORM. 17:47 IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD, A SHOUT IS HEARD, 17:50 "JESUS HAS COME! 17:51 JESUS HAS RETURNED!" 17:55 A RADIANT, CHARISMATIC BEING APPEARS CLAIMING TO BE 17:58 THE SON OF GOD. 17:59 AN ARMY OF NEWS AGENCIES FLOCK TO SEE THIS SUPERNATURAL ENTITY 18:03 PERFORM MIRACLES. 18:05 THEY HEAR HIM REPEAT MANY OF THE SAME WORDS JESUS SPOKE IN 18:08 THE SCRIPTURES. 18:10 THIS EVENT IS BEAMED TO THE WORLD VIA SATELLITE AND MILLIONS 18:13 MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THAT HIS APPEARANCE ON TELEVISION HAS 18:16 FULFILLED THE SCRIPTURE, "EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM." 18:21 MANY RELIGIONS ARE ANXIOUSLY EXPECTING A COMING SAVIOR AND 18:25 THIS DAZZLING BEING SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER TO THEIR PRAYERS. 18:30 BUT THE BIBLE HAS WARNED IN 2 CORINTHIANS THAT SATAN CAN 18:33 EVEN TRANSFORM HIMSELF INTO AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. 18:38 SADLY, IT'S NOT JESUS THE PEOPLE WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS BUT SATAN 18:43 MASQUERADING AS THE SON OF GOD. 18:46 BY DOING THIS, THE DEVIL IS ABLE TO UNITE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 18:50 AND REINFORCE HIS COUNTERFEIT SYSTEM OF WORSHIP. 18:54 AND SO, THE DEVIL PERPETRATES THE GREATEST DECEPTION EVER 18:58 CARRIED OUT ON THE HUMAN RACE. 19:06 [MUSIC] 19:15 >> SATAN'S DECEPTIONS PROVE TO BE A POWERFUL MOTIVATING FORCE 19:19 IN THE WORLD. 19:20 MOST SPIRITUAL LEADERS ACCEPT THE GREAT IMPOSTER AS WELL AS 19:23 THE FALSE SYSTEM OF WORSHIP HE PROMOTES. 19:26 AS GLOBAL CALAMITIES INTENSIFY, CHURCH LEADERS BELIEVE NO TIME 19:31 CAN BE LOST IN COMPELLING THE WORLD TO ADHERE TO THE DOCTRINES 19:35 OF THIS COUNTERFEIT MESSIAH. 19:38 >> "HERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS; HERE ARE THOSE WHO KEEP 19:43 THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS." 19:48 >> NOT EVERYONE IS DECEIVED. 19:50 A FEW REALIZE THE BIBLE HAS WARNED OF THIS AMAZING DECEPTION 19:55 AND THEY KNOW THE GOAL OF THIS FALSE MESSIAH IS TO LEAD PEOPLE 19:58 AWAY FROM THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 20:01 BUT THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT SATAN HAS APPEARED AS 20:04 AN ANGEL OF LIGHT. 20:06 WHEN CHRIST WAS TEMPTED IN THE WILDERNESS, SATAN APPEARED TO 20:09 HIM DISGUISED AS A GLORIOUS MESSENGER OF GOD. 20:13 BUT THE DEVIL REVEALED HIS TRUE IDENTITY WHEN HE TEMPTED JESUS 20:17 TO DISOBEY GOD'S WORD. 20:20 AND SO ONCE AGAIN, USING SIMILAR TACTICS, THE DEVIL TRIES TO 20:24 DECEIVE THE WORLD INTO BREAKING GOD'S LAW. 20:28 >> "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS; FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE 20:33 THE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER, OR ELSE HE WILL BE LOYAL TO THE ONE 20:37 AND DESPISE THE OTHER." 20:40 >> THE WORLD IS BEING BROUGHT TO A TIME OF DECISION. 20:44 THE FALSE CHRIST AND THE GLOBAL STRIFE ARE POLARIZING THE WORLD 20:47 INTO TWO DISTINCT GROUPS: THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE BIBLE AND THOSE 20:52 WHO FOLLOW THE BEAST. 20:54 ANXIETY FILLS THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE, AND RELIGION IS 20:57 THE SUPREME TOPIC ON EVERYONE'S MIND. 21:01 IN TV AND RADIO INTERVIEWS AND IN COURT DEBATES, GOD'S TRUE 21:05 FOLLOWERS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE WORLD LEADERS WHERE THEY GIVE 21:09 POWERFUL AND ELOQUENT BIBLICAL REASONS FOR THEIR OPPOSITION TO 21:12 THE FALSE SYSTEM OF WORSHIP BEING URGED ON THE MASSES. 21:17 THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND WHAT CONSTITUTES TRUE WORSHIP ARE AT 21:20 THE CENTER OF EVERY DISCUSSION. 21:23 MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE COMPELLING BIBLICAL ARGUMENT OF 21:27 GOD'S SERVANTS, THOUSANDS AROUND THE WORLD TURN FROM THEIR 21:30 LIFELESS CHURCHES AND TAKE UP THEIR STAND WITH THE UNPOPULAR 21:34 BUT TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. 21:37 THE QUESTION, "SHOULD WE OBEY GOD OR MAN, POPULAR TRADITION OR 21:42 SCRIPTURE?" 21:43 POLARIZES THE WHOLE WORLD INTO ONE OF TWO GROUPS: ON ONE HAND 21:48 ARE THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE SEAL OF GOD AND ON THE OTHER HAND ARE 21:52 THOSE WHO RECEIVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST. 21:55 >> "HE WHO IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL; HE WHO IS FILTHY, 22:02 LET HIM BE FILTHY STILL; HE WHO IS RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE 22:06 RIGHTEOUS STILL; HE WHO IS HOLY, LET HIM BE HOLY STILL." 22:14 >> THIS TEXT IN REVELATION FORETELLS THE NEXT EVENT WHEN 22:18 EVERY MAN, WOMAN, CHILD WILL MAKE THEIR FINAL DECISION FOR 22:21 OR AGAINST CHRIST. 22:23 ON GOD'S SIDE ARE THOSE WHO FAITHFULLY STAND ON HIS WORD IN 22:27 SPITE OF INTENSE OPPOSITION. 22:29 ON THE OTHER ARE THOSE WHO EMBRACE THE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS 22:33 OF MAN. 22:34 JUST AS THE DOOR ON NOAH'S ARK WAS SEALED RIGHT BEFORE THE 22:37 FLOOD, SO THE DOOR OF MERCY IS FINALLY SHUT TO THE WORLD 22:41 AND GOD'S GRACE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THE LOST. 22:46 THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS IMMINENT. 22:49 BUT FIRST, THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE MOST DEVASTATING 22:52 SERIES OF PLAGUES THAT HAVE EVER FALLEN ON HUMANITY. 22:58 >> "THEN I HEARD A LOUD VOICE FROM THE TEMPLE SAYING TO THE 23:01 SEVEN ANGELS, 'GO AND POUR OUT THE BOWLS OF THE WRATH OF GOD ON 23:06 THE EARTH.' SO THE FIRST WENT AND POURED OUT 23:09 HIS BOWL UPON THE EARTH, AND A FOUL AND LOATHSOME SORE CAME 23:13 UPON THE MEN WHO HAD THE MARK OF THE BEAST AND THOSE WHO 23:17 WORSHIPED HIS IMAGE." 23:20 >> HOPE OF THINGS GETTING BETTER IS CRUSHED AS REVELATION'S SEVEN 23:24 LAST PLAGUES BEGIN TO FALL ON THE WORLD IN RAPID SUCCESSION. 23:29 THESE ARE THE MOST AWFUL SCOURGES EVER SEEN BY MAN 23:32 OR EVER WILL BE. 23:34 THE FIRST PLAGUE IS AN EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND GRUESOME SORE THAT 23:39 BREAKS OUT AND CAUSES EXCRUCIATING SUFFERING FOR 23:42 THE LOST. 23:44 SIX MORE DEVASTATING PLAGUES QUICKLY FOLLOW. 23:47 THE SEA AND RIVERS OF WATER TURN TO BLOOD. 23:50 THE SUN IS GIVEN POWER TO SCORCH MEN WITH INTENSE HEAT. 23:54 AS PLAGUE AFTER PLAGUE FALLS, TERROR REIGNS ON THE 23:58 PANIC-STRICKEN PEOPLES OF THE WORLD. 24:01 DURING THIS TIME, SOME OF THE SAVED FIND SHELTER IN DESOLATE 24:05 AND REMOTE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE PROTECTED AND PROVIDED FOR 24:08 BY GOD'S ANGELS. 24:11 OTHERS ARE THROWN INTO LONELY PRISONS. 24:14 ALTHOUGH SEEMINGLY FORGOTTEN BY MAN, THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN 24:17 BY GOD. 24:18 GOD'S FAITHFUL ONES ARE SHIELDED FROM THE PLAGUES IN THE SAME WAY 24:22 THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE PRESERVED DURING THE PLAGUES 24:25 THAT FELL ON EGYPT. 24:27 NOW THE FAITHFUL GO THROUGH A FEARFUL TIME OF SOUL SEARCHING. 24:31 UPPER MOST IN THEIR MINDS IS THE THOUGHT, "ARE WE RIGHT 24:34 WITH GOD?" 24:36 ULTIMATELY, THEY FIND PEACE OF MIND BY TRUSTING THE PROMISES 24:40 OF GOD. 24:43 >> "AND THE DRAGON WAS ENRAGED WITH THE WOMAN, AND HE WENT TO 24:47 MAKE WAR WITH THE REST OF HER OFFSPRING, WHO KEEP THE 24:50 COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST." 24:57 >> PERSUADED BY THE FALSE CHRIST, THE MISERABLE LOST 25:00 BELIEVE THEIR ONLY HOPE FOR RELIEF FROM THE DEVASTATING 25:03 PLAGUES IS TO ELIMINATE THOSE WHO OPPOSE THEM. 25:08 SO, THE DECISION IS MADE TO SEARCH OUT AND EXTERMINATE IN 25:11 ONE DAY THE PEOPLE OF GOD WHO STUBBORNLY HOLD TO 25:14 THE SCRIPTURES. 25:16 AND SO ON THE SPIRITUAL BATTLEFIELD ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW 25:20 THE TRADITIONS OF MEN AND WORSHIP THE BEAST ARRAYED 25:23 AGAINST THOSE WHO LOVE JESUS AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS. 25:27 THIS IS THE FINAL BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. 25:31 A WICKED WORLD HAS FINALLY REACHED THE LIMIT OF GOD'S 25:33 PATIENCE, AND IT IS TIME FOR GOD TO STEP IN AND RESCUE HIS 25:38 FAITHFUL CHILDREN. 25:49 >> STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 25:52 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 25:55 >> WORLD EVENTS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE UNSTABLE THAN TODAY; 25:58 TERRORISM, DISASTERS, BIZARRE WEATHER. 26:01 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REVEAL ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS? 26:04 LEARN THE AMAZING ANSWER IN THIS STUNNING DOCUMENTARY ENTITLED 26:07 "THE FINAL EVENTS OF BIBLE 26:15 PROPHECY."R 26:15 AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMS VISIT OUR 26:17 WEBSITE AT 'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG'. 26:20 THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE OF ALL OUR TELEVISION 26:22 AND RADIO PROGRAMS INCLUDING AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 26:25 ONE LOCATION. 26:26 SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. 26:28 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:30 N 26:30 RESOURCES VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM. 26:42 >> FOR CENTURIES, BIBLE READERS HAVE BEEN INTRIGUED BY 26:45 THE SUBJECT OF THE ANTICHRIST. 26:48 THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY DESCRIBE A SINISTER POWER WHOSE 26:52 PURPOSE IS TO DECEIVE AND MISLEAD THE ENTIRE WORLD. 26:56 MANY CONFUSED PEOPLE ARE ANTICIPATING BAR CODES, 27:00 TATTOOED NUMBERS OR A COMPUTER CHIP IMPLANTED UNDER THE SKIN 27:03 OF SOMEONE'S HAND OR FOREHEAD. 27:05 UNFORTUNATELY, THESE BIZARRE INTERPRETATIONS HAVE ECLIPSED 27:10 THE MANY CLEAR WARNING SIGNS THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US 27:13 IN HIS WORD. 27:14 HE WANTS US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT OF THE ANTICHRIST. 27:18 IF YOU'D LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 27:21 WE HAVE PREPARED A FREE STUDY GUIDE FOR YOU, IT'S ENTITLED, 27:24 "WHO IS THE ANTICHRIST?" 27:27 WHEN YOU READ THIS STUDY GUIDE SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH YOUR BIBLE, 27:30 YOU'LL HAVE NO DOUBTS ABOUT WHAT THE ANSWER IS. 27:34 PLEASE CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER NOW AND ASK FOR 27:36 OFFER NUMBER 125. 27:38 OR YOU CAN WRITE US, IT'S "AMAZING FACTS," 27:41 OFFER 125, P.O. 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