Participants: Pr. Mark Fox
Series Code: AMP
Program Code: AMP000005A
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00:04 We are racing towards the global crisis at the close.
00:09 God is going to set up His kingdom on earth. 00:13 Preparation for the tribulation and the translation 00:18 is to develop a character like Jesus Christ. 00:21 To reach every hamlet, every village, every man, 00:24 every child, every person in India, 00:27 every person in South America 00:28 must hear these Three Angels' messages. 00:34 These are stories that illustrate 00:36 the kind of fabric of character and perseverance 00:39 that we need to go through the tribulation 00:42 just as certainly as they did. 00:44 The Bible makes it very clear 00:45 we are living in an unusual hour, 00:48 the last grains of sand 00:49 are trickling through the hourglass of time 00:52 and the door of probation is about to swing shut. 01:01 Beware of the deadly d's, 01:04 you are trying to have the victory, 01:06 trying to overcome 01:07 in the last days of earth's history, 01:10 beware of the deadly d's of distractions and deceptions. 01:15 That sets the pace and tone 01:17 for tonight's hot topic of the antichrist. 01:20 There are so many lethal destructive deceptions 01:26 captivating the world. 01:27 Is that true? Yes or no. It is true. 01:31 There are so many popular false teachings 01:34 taking people's eyes from looking solely to Jesus 01:39 for salvation. 01:40 How many of you agree there's only one way to salvation? 01:43 Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. 01:46 No man goes to the Father but by me." 01:48 John 14:6. 01:50 And so the thrust of the gospel of Jesus, 01:56 now listen, I know where I'm going, just stay with me. 02:00 The thrust of the good news is to look to Jesus. 02:05 I mean, that's what it's all about, 02:06 looking to Jesus, to trust in Jesus, 02:11 to pray in the name of Jesus and to live for Jesus. 02:16 How many of you agree that's what the gospel is all about? 02:17 It's about becoming like Jesus, talking about Jesus, 02:22 living for Jesus. 02:23 And the dreadful results of false gospels. 02:27 How many agree, there's a lot of gospels out there 02:30 but there is only one true gospel. 02:32 Now watch this. 02:35 The false gospels lead us to or lead people 02:38 to not you, lead people to take their eyes off of Jesus, 02:45 distorting the truth about Jesus. 02:48 You see, "Jesus is the truth." John 14:6. 02:54 And He said, "Sanctify them in thy truth, 02:57 thy word is truth." 02:59 John 17:17. 03:00 And the Bible says in Timothy that "God wants everyone 03:03 to come to a knowledge of the truth." 03:06 and "The truth shall set you free." 03:08 John 8: 32. Is the truth important? 03:12 And so distorting the truth about Jesus. 03:15 That is the work of the antichrist, 03:17 taking your eyes of Jesus. 03:18 That's the work of the antichrist. 03:20 The antichrist has a false gospel, 03:23 that's really no gospel 03:26 and the false gospel leads man to depend on man 03:33 instead of depending only on Jesus. 03:35 It leads man to try to save themselves. 03:39 But the true gospel leads us to realize, 03:42 "Blessed are the poor in Spirit." 03:44 We are spiritually bankrupt without Jesus. 03:47 "Without Me you can do nothing." Matthew 5: 3. 03:50 "Blessed are the poor in Spirit." 03:52 Those who feel they are in desperate need, 03:55 spiritual bankruptcy apart from Jesus. 03:57 "Theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5: 3. 04:02 Can you see the contrast between the two gospels? 04:06 One gospel, true gospel, full gospel. 04:10 Look to Jesus, trust in Jesus, love Jesus, become like Jesus. 04:15 False gospel, oh, it might, profess to uplift Jesus 04:19 but, oh, look to Jesus and look to thus and so. 04:24 Look to Jesus and, how many of you agree 04:26 we don't need an and? 04:30 Jesus, period. 04:32 Exclamation mark, but not a question mark. 04:37 The word of God is all about 04:38 how Jesus saves sinners from sin. 04:40 "Thou shalt call his name Jesus, 04:42 for He will save His people from their sins." 04:47 So the full gospel is He saves you 04:50 from what's destroying you. 04:52 How many agree sin will destroy you? 04:54 And that's why He loves us too much 04:56 to leave us in our sin. 04:58 And so the Bible makes it very clear 05:00 that we are to behold Jesus as our savior 05:04 and the Bible says, God says, the Lord Jesus says, 05:08 "Look unto Me and be ye saved." 05:10 How are you saved? You look to Jesus. 05:13 Look to Jesus, not just once, 05:14 "He is the author and finisher." 05:16 Looking unto Jesus, author and while He is perfecting you, 05:21 you're looking, looking, looking because Hebrews 12: 2, 05:24 "Looking unto Jesus," He's got you started by looking to Him 05:28 and it will keep you going by looking to Him, 05:30 He'll perfect your faith which is looking to Him. 05:33 It's all about looking to Jesus. 05:35 "Turn your eyes upon Jesus. 05:37 Look full in His wonderful face. 05:39 And the things of Earth will grow strangely dim 05:41 in the light of His glory and grace." 05:43 Look to Jesus. 05:46 It was Isaiah 45:22, 05:48 well, the antichrist, the antichrist, perpetrates, 05:53 propagates false teachings about Jesus. 05:59 So that's why we are very interested 06:01 in this subject because would you agree, 06:04 we cannot be taken away from Jesus? 06:10 We must hold on to Jesus. Amen. We must hold on to Jesus. 06:15 The antichrist is a combination of distraction and deception. 06:20 So we will discover ten clues that will identify 06:23 prophecies' most wanted, the Antichrist. 06:25 So is the antichrist is already here or near? 06:30 We will discover the Antichrist is already here. 06:34 Antichrist is here. 06:36 That maybe a new revelation, 06:39 that maybe shocking in the extreme, 06:41 but don't believe it until I validate it. 06:44 But I'm just telling you what I'm gonna tell you 06:46 and then I'll tell you and then I'll tell you what I told you. 06:49 All right, here we go. The Antichrist is here. 06:52 This is not Ripley's believe it or not! 06:55 Now you understand you have that in Branson, right. 06:57 Well, this is not Ripley's believe it or not. 07:00 This is Daniel's 07:02 or Revelation's believe it or not. 07:05 Daniel's smashing truth of the antichrist 07:08 has never been more relevant. 07:10 Indeed, while many are looking into the future 07:13 when some secular dictator will arise 07:16 and capture the imagination of the masses. 07:19 Could it be that meanwhile, 07:20 the antichrist is underneath everyone's noses? 07:25 Could it be that the antichrist is in clear view of everyone 07:28 but we are looking in the wrong directions? 07:34 So the masses are going to fall in line 07:37 in the following the antichrist. 07:39 The majority are going to swept away 07:42 by his sinister lies. 07:44 The world will obey 07:47 the marching orders of the antichrist, 07:50 with the exception of few. 07:53 "Narrow is the way and few there'd be to find it." 07:55 Matthew 7: 13 and 14. 07:58 So who is the antichrist? Who is the antichrist? 08:02 Will the real antichrist please stand up? 08:05 Don't expect it. 08:08 But we're gonna identify the antichrist. 08:11 So who do people, experts, think the antichrist is? 08:14 Well, are you ready? Heading a very lengthy list. 08:18 Pope, Gorbachev, Hitler, Ronald Wilson Reagan, 08:22 I mean, after all six letter in Ronald, 08:24 six letters in Wilson, six letters in Reagan, 08:26 six, six, six, 08:28 well, your name might come out to six, six, six. 08:31 If it does, just don't tell anybody, all right. 08:33 Lenin, Saddam Hussein, Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, 08:38 that list goes on. 08:39 Chairman Mao, Albert Pike, Nero, Henry Kissinger, 08:42 Barak Obama, Islamic figure. 08:44 Is it a Muslim, a Jewish, Christian, secular? 08:48 Well, guess what? 08:49 We are not interested in blind guesswork, 08:52 we are not interested in idle speculation 08:55 or tabloid sensationalism or novel fiction books 08:59 or wild spun theories. 09:00 Am I clear, am I thorough there? 09:02 We are not interested in that. 09:03 Remember, the antichrist is extremely popular. 09:08 That's right. 09:09 So this is the solved case tonight 09:11 of the bizarre little talking horn. 09:17 That is truth, stranger than fiction. 09:20 Can you imagine a talking horn? 09:23 Well, how did Daniel respond to the vision of the antichrist 09:28 through the symbolism of a bizarre talking horn? 09:31 How did he respond to it? 09:33 Well, he considered it to be shocking truth so much 09:36 so that in Daniel 7:28 09:38 and we're gonna spend a lot of time 09:40 in Daniel 7 here tonight. 09:42 "This is the end of the matter. 09:43 I, Daniel, was deeply troubled by my thoughts, 09:45 and my face turned pale, 09:46 but I kept the matter to myself." 09:48 Daniel 7:28. 09:51 So therefore, don't be surprised 09:54 if you find this discovery very shocking and troubling 09:58 just like Daniel did. 10:01 So fasten your seat belt, you still think you're ready? 10:04 You still want to know the truth, 10:05 even if it makes your face turn pale? 10:08 We can do it. Amen. We can do this with God's help. Amen. 10:12 And so tonight, let us examine the all overwhelming evidence 10:16 that exposes the antichrist. 10:21 And so therefore, what we want to do right now 10:24 is take our Bible and turn to the Book of Daniel. 10:28 Daniel, I'm turning there with you to Daniel Chapter 7, 10:33 go to Daniel 7 and put it in park 10:36 'cause we're gonna zero in on this sublime chapter 10:41 tucked away in an ancient scrolls of Daniel. 10:44 Daniel, Daniel is more than Daniel in the lion's den. 10:48 The stories of Daniel 10:50 illustrate the prophecies of Daniel. 10:53 I want you to notice this, beloved. 10:55 Daniel 7 is an instant replay of Daniel 2. 11:00 It's like a deja vu, 11:02 it's like a repeat performance, all right. 11:04 In Daniel Chapter 2, 11:06 how many remember opening night? 11:08 In opening night, we focused on Daniel Chapter 2's, 11:13 multi-metallic image, 11:15 an imposing image that was revealed to Nebuchadnezzar, 11:20 and then subsequently to Daniel in a dream. 11:24 And this imposing awesome image are comprised of four metals 11:30 represented a succession of four world empires. 11:33 The head of gold represented what, every one? 11:36 The head gold would represent Babylon. 11:41 The chest of silver would represent 11:44 none other than the Medes and the Persians, two arms, 11:48 coalition of dual dynasty 11:50 until the Persians took the ascendancy, 11:52 you can check out in your history books, 11:53 you see, prophecy is history in advance 11:57 so history confirms Bible prophecies 12:00 that have already been fulfilled. 12:01 And so yeah, Babylon, Medo-Persia, 12:04 then comes the bronze or brass thighs 12:07 represented fittingly the empire of Greece, 12:11 then followed in succession the fourth empire 12:15 was represented by the long iron legs, 12:19 the pagan iron monarchy of Rome. 12:23 And then Rome was divided, 12:24 not succeeded by another world empire 12:27 but it was divided into initially, 12:30 originally into ten kingdoms. 12:33 There's more than that now. 12:35 But ten kingdoms representing the break of the Roman Empire 12:38 or Europe and it was part clay and part iron, 12:43 meaning, militarily, politically, economically 12:47 that some of the kingdoms of Europe 12:49 would be stronger than others. 12:52 And so here you see a line up of four world empires 12:57 and then the division of fourth World Empire 13:00 represented there by the ten toes, 13:02 the European nations of the pagan Roman Empire. 13:07 So Daniel 7 is an instant replay of Daniel 2. 13:10 In Daniel Chapter 7 though, instead of metals, 13:14 you have what? 13:16 You have beasts. Everybody say beasts. 13:19 All right. Look at Daniel 7:1. 13:22 "In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, 13:25 Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. 13:29 Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts. 13:32 Daniel spoke, saying, 'I saw in my vision by night, 13:36 and behold, the four winds of heaven 13:38 were stirring up the Great Sea.'" 13:40 In Bible prophecy, sea represents populations 13:44 or masses of people, a sea of people 13:47 according to the prophetic key that unlocks the scripture. 13:52 Now remember, the Bible interprets itself. 13:54 The Bible interprets itself. 13:57 In Revelation 17:15, water equals people 14:02 or population basis. 14:04 And then the wind whipping up the people 14:08 or whipping up the waters. 14:09 Wind, according to the book of Zechariah 14:12 and other scriptures represents strife among the nations, 14:16 among the people 14:17 and out of that would come these beasts. 14:20 What could these beasts represent? 14:21 I'll show you here in the moment here. 14:24 I want you to notice here, "Daniel spoke, saying, 14:27 'I saw in my visions by night, 14:28 and behold, the four winds of heaven 14:30 were stirring up the Great Sea.' 14:32 And four great beasts came up from the sea, 14:36 each different from the other." 14:40 Now God's purpose for using rich symbolism 14:42 in the books of Daniel and Revelation 14:44 is to catch our attention, peak our interest 14:47 and lead us to a knowledge of Jesus. 14:50 That's the ultimate goal. 14:52 How many of you agree, it's all about Jesus? 14:55 But God wants to tell us, Jesus wants to tell us 14:58 that He knew everything in advance 14:59 so that you would trust in the power of Jesus. 15:03 How many of you agree He knew all ahead of time? 15:05 Number one, He's all powerful, number two, He can sustain you 15:09 'cause He knew what you would go through. 15:11 Amen. And so I want you to notice here, beloved. 15:15 Here we have four strange beasts 15:16 arising from the tumultuous waters, all right. 15:19 We see that very, very, very clearly here. 15:22 Now in this panorama prophetic vision 15:24 we see some intriguing symbols. 15:27 We need to carefully prayerfully 15:29 decode the symbolic language. 15:31 We know what sea represents, we know what wind represents. 15:35 But what does a beast symbolize in Bible prophecy? 15:38 Let's let the Bible answer that question. 15:42 In Daniel 7:23. 15:45 "Thus he said, 'The fourth beast shall be a fourth, '" 15:48 what everyone? 15:49 "Kingdom on earth, 15:51 which shall be different from all other kingdoms, 15:52 and shall devour the whole earth, 15:54 trample it and break it in pieces." 15:57 All right. Now look here at verse 3. 16:00 "And four great beasts came up from the sea, 16:02 each different from the other. 16:04 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. 16:07 I watched till its wings were plucked off; 16:09 and it was lifted up from the earth 16:11 and made to stand on two feet like a man, 16:14 and a man's heart was given to it." 16:16 So the first beast, that is Babylon 16:20 because there's a correspondence here. 16:22 Here we have the dramatic rise and fall 16:24 of four successive world empires, 16:27 the same line of empires that we saw in Daniel 2, all right. 16:32 And so the head of gold, 16:34 Babylon was known as the golden city 16:37 and so the superlative of metals, 16:39 gold fittingly represents Babylon. 16:42 And then the king of beasts represents Babylon, 16:46 the king of beasts represents Babylon here, its winged-lion. 16:49 And winged-lions were actually on reliefs there 16:55 on the walls of ancient Babylon. 16:57 Now look here at the second beast 16:59 described here in verse 5. 17:02 "Suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. 17:04 It was raised up on one side." 17:06 The Persians ultimately took the ascendancy over the Medes 17:09 or originally they worked together. 17:12 "And had three ribs in its mouth," 17:13 when it conquered Babylon, 17:15 it conquered two other kingdoms as well. 17:18 "And hence you have three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. 17:22 And they said thus to it: 'Arise, devour much flesh!'" 17:25 All right, third kingdom. 17:27 "After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard." 17:30 Alexander, the Great came in like a leopard, 17:33 flying leopard 17:35 with rapidity conquered the then world overnight. 17:38 "Which had on its back four wings of a bird. 17:41 The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it." 17:43 All right, fourth beast now would be Rome. 17:46 "After this I saw in the night visions, 17:48 behold, a fourth beast, 17:49 dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. 17:51 It had huge iron teeth." 17:53 You don't want to see this tonight when you dream. 17:55 This is a nightmarish creature. 17:57 "It had huge iron teeth, it was devouring, breaking in pieces, 18:00 and trampling the residue with its feet. 18:02 It was different from all the beasts 18:04 that were before it, and it had ten horns." 18:07 I mean, this is a mean looking creature 18:09 if I ever saw one, right. 18:10 So I want you to notice here, beloved. 18:13 What world empire is next? 18:16 Well, there wouldn't be another next ruling empire. 18:21 Instead, what you have? 18:22 You have the Lion-Babylon, Bear- Medo-Persia, 18:25 Leopard- Greece, then a Dragon 18:27 like ten horn iron teeth creature 18:29 that's ferocious and killing wherever it goes, that's Rome. 18:32 What world empire is next? 18:34 No, there would be the ten divisions of Rome 18:37 represented by the ten, 18:39 the ten toes in Daniel 2's image, right, the ten toes. 18:42 But in Daniel 7, instead of ten toes, 18:45 what you have, ten? 18:46 Horns, all right. 18:48 Now those ten divisions of Rome, originally, 18:52 these were the original tribes that would have descendents 18:57 and make up the kingdoms of modern counterparts 19:01 or the modern nations of Europe today 19:03 with the exception of three. 19:05 The Alamanni, the Germans. The Franks, the French. 19:08 The Saxons, the English. The Visigoths, the Spanish. 19:10 Burgundians, Swiss. 19:12 Lombard, Italians and Suvi, Portuguese. 19:14 I repeat, these ten original tribes or kingdoms 19:18 find their modern counterparts in the modern nations 19:21 of Europe today with the exception of three. 19:24 Keep that in mind. Everybody, say the number three. 19:27 It has everything to do 19:28 with the rise of the antichrist. 19:32 Now we're gonna zero in on the next verse. 19:36 Everybody, say next verse. 19:38 All right, here we go, next verse. 19:40 Now we need to downshift, all right. 19:45 "I was considering the horns, and there was another horn, 19:51 a little one, coming up," where? "among them," 19:57 among the horns, "before whom three of the first horns 20:02 were plucked out by the roots. 20:05 And there, in this horn," 20:07 it's eerie, it's surreal, 20:12 "were eyes like the eyes of a man, 20:15 and a mouth speaking pompous words." 20:17 Now that captures my attention. Daniel 7:8. 20:22 So this is the solved case of the bizarre 20:25 talking horn, the little talking horn. 20:29 How many of you remember Mister Ed? 20:31 I grew up with Mister Ed. 20:32 Now that was some fascinating animation 20:37 like that animal talked. 20:39 That horse really talked and we'll be looking at it like, 20:42 "Wow, that looks so real." 20:44 How many of you grew up with Mister Ed? 20:45 Now with special effects, I mean, forget it. 20:50 But you know what? 20:51 God was way ahead of everybody. 20:54 You've got a talking horn 20:58 and that was way back in the Book of Daniel. 21:01 What I want you to notice here, 21:03 God is trying to get our attention. 21:06 Who is this little horn? 21:09 In Daniel 7 there is a catalog 21:11 of ten vital clues. 21:13 We're gonna use all your fingers tonight. 21:15 That will help us to track down prophecy's most wanted. 21:19 It's a theological thrill. All right, ten clues. 21:22 We're gonna examine them one by one 21:24 and they are all in Daniel 7. 21:26 Now is that easy or what? 21:28 How many of you know how to read tonight? 21:30 All right, even if you don't know how to read, 21:31 how many of you know how to hear? 21:33 All right, here we go. 21:35 Sudden changes are about to catch the world by surprise. 21:39 Amazing Bible prophecies are fast fulfilling. 21:42 Do ancient prophecies predict the sudden economic collapse? 21:46 Will the Middle East crisis erupt into World War III? 21:49 Are we living on the eve of Armageddon? 21:52 How will the final moves of the antichrist affect you? 21:55 What is the future of the United States of America? 21:58 How will natural disasters 22:00 assure in the mark of the beast? 22:02 Now you can watch the entire Amazing Prophecy series 22:06 of 32 hope filled messages on DVD. 22:10 Don't guess about the future, know the future. 22:14 The complete set of DVDs 22:15 is available for a gift of $60 or more. 22:18 Call us at 1-855-336-Free 22:23 or you can send a check or money order 22:25 to Forever Free Ministries, 22:26 2001 Munro Park, Corinth, Texas, 76208. 22:32 You can also visit us online 22:33 at foreverfreeministries.org. 22:38 Ten prophetic clues from Daniel 7. 22:42 First, I'm gonna read a select few verses in Daniel 7 22:47 and then we will look at those clues 22:50 that come from these few handful cluster verses. 22:54 All right. 22:55 Daniel 7, we've already read verses 7 and 8. 22:58 Now let's look at verse number 20. 23:03 "And the ten horns that were on its head, 23:05 and the other horn which came up, 23:07 before which three fell, 23:08 namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth 23:11 which spoke pompous words," that is great things, 23:14 "whose appearance was greater than his fellows." 23:16 More domineering. 23:17 "I was watching; and the same horn 23:19 was making war against the saints, 23:22 and prevailing against them." 23:23 Verse number 24. 23:25 "The ten horns are ten kings 23:26 who shall arise from this kingdom. 23:28 And another shall rise," when? "After them." 23:31 After the ten are established. 23:34 "And he shall be different from the first ones, 23:38 and shall subdue three kings." 23:40 Or kingdoms, kings and kingdoms are used interchangeably 23:43 here in Daniel 7. 23:45 Verse 25 is a powerful verse here. 23:48 I believe the most-- 23:49 one of the most powerful verses in Daniel 7. 23:52 "He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, 23:55 shall persecute the saints of the Most High. 23:57 And shall intend to change times and laws. 24:00 Then the saints shall be given into his hand for a time 24:03 and times and half a time." 24:05 All right. Let's unpack it. Are you ready? 24:07 Say you're ready. Now watch this. 24:10 There are ten crystal clear, vital, pivotal clues 24:14 that leap from the page of Daniel 7. 24:17 All right. So let's look at this. 24:19 Number one, it arose out of the fourth beast, 24:22 the fourth beast was Pagan Rome, 24:24 we've established that. 24:25 All right, that's verses 7 and 8. 24:27 Number two, it arose proximity among the ten horns, 24:32 the ten divisions of Rome, verse 8. 24:34 All right. Number three, After, timing is everything. 24:38 After the ten horns 24:40 sometime after the break of the Roman Empire, 24:42 historians customarily used the date of 476 A.D. 24:46 Although Rome fell gradually, they say 476 A.D. 24:50 is a pivotal watershed year 24:52 marking the collapse of the Roman Empire. 24:56 That was Daniel 7:24. 24:59 Number four, different from the other horns. 25:02 The others were political, 25:03 this one would be religious, and, or political. 25:06 Daniel 7:24. 25:07 Number five, a look more stout or pompous or powerful, 25:11 prestigious than its fellows. 25:12 It would dominate Europe. Daniel 7: 24. 25:15 Number six, uproots three kingdoms, 25:17 historically they were Herull, Vandals and Ostrogoths. 25:20 That's Daniel 7: 8, 20, 24. 25:23 Number seven, spoke great words against the Most High, 25:26 against God, that's blasphemy. 25:28 Daniel 7: 25. 25:30 Number eight, wore out the saints of the Most High, 25:32 persecuting power. 25:34 Daniel 7: 25. 25:35 Number nine, thought to change times and laws. 25:38 What do we call the laws of the Most High? 25:40 The Ten Commandments. 25:41 How many fingers do you have, last time you checked? 25:44 All right, there we go. Daniel 7: 25. 25:47 Number ten, reined for a time, times and the dividing of time. 25:53 Now I don't expect you to believe this 25:55 until I validate it. 25:57 But I'm gonna tell you that equals 1260 years. 25:59 Daniel 7:25. 26:02 Did you know 26:04 that the antichrist may seem very Christian, 26:08 antichrist? 26:11 But some of his teachings 26:13 betray the real light of the gospel. 26:16 Remember the antichrist in the time of Jesus? 26:18 His name was Judas Iscariot and he was with him, 26:21 the Christian church, wasn't he? 26:24 One of the most influential among the disciples. 26:27 He was the church treasurer. 26:29 Now if you are a church treasurer 26:30 please don't take that personally. 26:31 All right, here we go. 26:33 Ten clues, ten clues. Here we go. 26:37 By the way, you know what the FBI stands for, 26:38 don't you? 26:40 'Cause we're-- 26:41 how many of you agree, we ought to investigate? 26:42 That's what we're doing. 26:44 We got the magnifying glass 26:45 and we're going in, doing some-- 26:47 how many of you agree we're doing some detective work 26:48 here tonight, aren't we? 26:50 We are trying to track down prophecy's most wanted, 26:52 the antichrist, right? 26:54 Well, you know what the FBI stands for, 26:55 Faithful Believers who Investigate what they believe. 26:58 All right, here we go. 26:59 Number one, 27:00 it arose out of the fourth beast, pagan Rome. 27:04 "Behold the fourth beast." 27:06 Number two, we're gonna apply this to a power. 27:10 Arises among the ten horns, ten divisions of Rome. 27:13 "There came up among them another little horn." 27:15 All right, quiz time. 27:17 Quiz time, are you ready? Here we go. 27:19 Where would the little horn power arise? 27:21 And I want you to shout it out. Canada? Yes or no. 27:24 India? Yes or no. Africa? Yes or no. 27:28 South America? Yes or no. United States? Yes or no. 27:33 Europe? Yes or no. Now how do you know that? 27:37 Because you read it in your Bible. 27:39 I'm not a magician pulling stuff out of my hat 27:42 like they might do in Branson saying "Wow, he's good. 27:44 Where did that come from?" 27:46 I'm a messenger and I must validate everything 27:50 according to the word of God in history 27:52 and currents events or don't believe. 27:54 Amen. And so beloved, hear tonight. 27:57 It's the power that rises after the ten horns, 28:00 after the break-up of the Roman Empire, 28:02 sometime after 476 it would be emerging. 28:06 Clue number three, another shall rise after that. 28:10 There's only one power 28:11 that meets all ten of these prophetic clues, 28:15 these Biblical specifications. 28:17 There's only one, there's only one 28:20 that has a hand that fits into glove. 28:23 All the fingers of these clues 28:26 point unerringly to one power. 28:32 Different from the other horns. 28:35 It's a religious power, not some secular dictator. 28:40 It is a religious power that looks Christian 28:46 because the-- 28:47 watch this, "He shall be diverse from the first." 28:50 Daniel 7:24. It would be political and religious. 28:55 Now this may be new 28:57 and I want to share this, thank you. 28:59 I want to share this with all sensitivity. 29:02 God loves everyone. 29:05 This is not against any people of a particular persuasion 29:10 that love the Lord. 29:11 It is rather talking about an institution 29:14 that has affected a lot of wonderful people. 29:17 Is that clear? 29:19 And so I want you to think of this. 29:23 History books, go get out your encyclopedias. 29:28 I'll read a quote, I'll read a quote from history. 29:32 "The transfer," what was going on 29:35 around the early centuries over there, over there, 29:38 since we're talking about-- 29:40 it would arise from the break up of the Roman Empire 29:43 in the early centuries. 29:45 We are going back in time. 29:47 "The transfer of the emperor's residence 29:49 to Constantinople was a sad blow to the prestige of Rome." 29:53 You see Emperor Constantine, 29:57 decided to in the early fourth century 30:00 decided to relocate in a political maneuver, 30:04 decided to relocate his capital city, 30:07 would you agree, that is, can you imagine 30:09 Washington DC deciding to go some-- 30:11 you know, the capital is gonna go somewhere, 30:13 that would make big news, wouldn't it? 30:16 And so Constantine relocated, packed everything up 30:20 and they relocated the capital to Byzantium. 30:27 Being a humble man or not, he renamed him 30:30 after himself, Constantinople. 30:33 Now you know the rest of the story. 30:35 But the question is well, 30:38 where did all the power go that was there in Rome? 30:41 To the Papacy. 30:44 They got all the power and all the prestige of Rome, 30:48 they got it all and it remains that way today. 30:51 I want you to notice here 30:53 that "The transfer of the emperor's residence 30:54 to Constantinople was a sad blow to the prestige of Rome." 30:58 But listen, 31:01 "and at the time one might have predicted her speedy decline, 31:03 but the development of the," what? 31:06 "Of the Church 31:07 and the growing authority of the Bishop of Rome, 31:09 or the Pope gave her a new lease on life, 31:11 and made her again the capital," yes, "this time 31:15 the religious capital of the civilized world." 31:18 All roads lead to Papal Rome. 31:24 Abbot's Roman History, page 236. Now watch this. 31:28 Down went pagan Rome up came papal Rome. 31:31 An irrefutable fact of your history books. 31:36 Now watch this. 31:38 How many of you ever heard of King James? 31:41 If you would ask me, "Mark, what Bible do you recommend?" 31:44 I recommend King James. I like to read New King James. 31:47 It's a little bit more fluent today. 31:50 You got to be careful about your versions, 31:51 you can read any version you want 31:53 but I'm just telling you the one's I recommend. 31:54 Okay, anyway, "King James, 1566 to 1625, himself believed 32:00 that following the removal of the Roman emperors, 32:02 the reign of Antichrist began. 32:04 This was, of course, a reference 32:06 to the rise of the Papacy which he believed 32:08 to be the Antichrist and Mystery of Iniquity." 32:10 Babylon Mystery Religion, page 135. Amazing. 32:14 This is not fringe theology. This is not fringe teaching. 32:18 This is what? 32:20 All of the Protestant reformers believe. 32:23 And all I'm doing, 32:25 not a new vindictive teaching that Mark Fox came up with, 32:28 rather, I'm giving an echo of the Protestant Reformation. 32:33 The root word of Protestant is protest. 32:35 Right now, 32:37 I'm here at this protest about the little horn. 32:43 Clue number five, a look more stout than his fellows, 32:46 dominate Europe, Daniel 7: 20. 32:47 "Whose look was more stout than his fellows." We continue. 32:51 Did the Papacy dominate Europe during the Middle Ages? 32:55 It did. Consider this. 32:56 The Pope seemed to have absolute control of the kings. 33:00 That's right. 33:01 The kings, listen here, "the kings seemed to be 33:05 under the bewitching spell of the Papacy. 33:09 The kings feared the threat of being excommunicated 33:11 by the brazen popes. 33:15 In realty the kings were mere puppets of the popes." 33:18 Friends, this is your history books. 33:21 How many of you watch the History Channel? 33:23 I don't know, maybe they've had programs on this. 33:26 Do a little Google, it's there. 33:28 Myer's General History, page 455. 33:31 And I share this with all sensitivity. 33:33 Please don't believe anything I say 33:36 unless you see it in the Bible, 33:38 your history books and current events 33:40 because I challenge your reasoning. 33:45 Oh, we can get emotional about this 33:48 and sometimes emotions can cloud the issue, 33:50 isn't that true? 33:51 How many of you agree with me? 33:53 We got to just be calm 33:54 and we have to look at the evidence 33:56 because the evidence is clinching. 33:58 And so I want you to notice what happened. 34:01 "Almost all the kings and princes of Europe 34:03 Swore loyalty, fealty to him as their overlord." 34:07 Clue number six, uproots three kingdoms, 34:09 Heruli, Vandals, Ostrogoths. 34:10 "Before whom three fell." 34:12 Did the Papacy orchestrate 34:14 the demise of these three opposing kingdoms? 34:16 It did. When were these three horns uprooted? 34:19 When were they uprooted? 34:21 We got to look at history and what do we discover? 34:23 There are the ten divisions of the Roman Empire, 34:26 there were three uprooted. 34:28 Heruli destroyed in A.D. 493, 34:31 Vandals, from which we get vandalism, 34:33 they were known for that, destroyed in A.D. 534. 34:37 Then the Ostrogoths destroyed in A.D. 538. 34:42 So therefore, all of these three opposing kingdoms 34:46 were uprooted by the pivotal year of 538 A.D. 34:50 Now keep that in mind. 34:51 Clue number seven, spoke great words 34:53 against the Most High. Blasphemy. 34:55 So the Bible makes it very clear. 34:57 "Behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man." 35:00 Can you imagine that? 35:02 A horn, can you imagine going to a zoo, 35:04 where is your nearest zoo? 35:05 Yeah, they have it in Branson there? 35:08 Can you imagine going to the zoo? 35:09 We have the big Dallas Zoo and the Fort Worth Zoo. 35:12 I've been there and I haven't, 35:14 I've seen a lot of funny animals 35:17 but I have not seen an animal with a horn 35:19 on the top of it that talks. 35:21 Let me know if you see one. 35:24 Based on man's wisdom 35:27 and interpretation of scripture. 35:29 That's what it means. 35:30 That's what it means, blasphemy. 35:32 What is the Bible's definition of blasphemy? 35:35 The Bible defines blasphemy as assuming any rights 35:38 or power or titles, prerogatives 35:40 that belong solely exclusive to God. 35:44 Remember, the Bible says, "I am God and there is no other." 35:46 Amen. 35:48 And so, why was Jesus falsely accused of blasphemy? 35:51 Because He claimed to forgive sin 35:53 and He claimed to be equal with God. 35:55 He was, is God in the flesh. Can you say amen? 35:59 He is fully divine and He was fully human. Amen. 36:03 And when we see Him, He's gonna still look like He did. Amen. 36:08 Oh, but now with full divinity flashing through 36:11 in all of His glory. 36:13 Can you say amen? 36:14 But He's still gonna have the scars. 36:15 Amen. It's still Jesus. Amen. 36:17 And so I want you to notice here, beloved. Luke 5:21. 36:21 "Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? 36:23 Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 36:25 "But that you may know that the Son of Man 36:26 has authority," that's the issue, 36:28 "authority on earth to forgive sins. 36:30 He said to the paralyzed man, 36:32 "I tell you, get up, take your mat, and go home." 36:34 Luke 5: 24. 36:36 Now what is a classic example of how ready Jesus is 36:40 to forgive our sins and to set us forever free? 36:45 Was condemned to die, to be stoned for adultery. 36:49 And He said, I don't condemn you, 36:51 forgive you, go and leave your life of sin. 36:54 Amen. That's John Chapter 8. 36:56 In other words, Jesus was saying, 36:57 I've got authority to tell you there's no condemnation. 37:02 Paul said, "There is no condemnation 37:04 to those who are in Christ Jesus 37:05 who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit." 37:08 Romans 8: 1. 37:09 How many of you agree you do not have to walk 37:11 in your life under a cloud of condemnation, 37:14 I don't care, maybe there's something, 37:15 you know what the devil does? 37:17 He tries to keep reminding you of your past. 37:19 You know, some dark thing in your closet 37:22 or what you did in the past and the devil 37:24 keep trying to bring that up so that you get discouraged. 37:29 But remember Jesus Christ, 37:31 "Him that cometh to me, I will no wise cast out." 37:34 My wife's favorite verse, John 6: 37. 37:37 Christ says, "you come to me as you are 37:41 and I will forgive you." 37:43 The Bible says in Nehemiah Chapter 9 37:46 that He is "ready to pardon." 37:48 Psalms 86 says, "He is ready to forgive." 37:52 How many agree, you don't have to talk Him into it. 37:55 You just have to confess and ask Him for forgiveness. 37:58 Amen. 37:59 And so listen, listen very, very, very clearly. 38:02 When the devil reminds you of your past, 38:06 remind him of his future. 38:09 Amen. 38:13 "'We are not stoning you for any of these,' 38:15 replied the Jews, 'but for blasphemy, 38:16 because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'" 38:19 But He was "God in the flesh." John 10:33. 38:22 But does the Papacy claim the titles 38:25 and prerogatives which belong to God alone? 38:28 Does the Papacy make the presumptuous claim 38:30 to forgive sins? 38:32 The Catholic Priest, pages 78, 79. 38:34 I repeat, God loves Roman Catholics, 38:37 He loves people of Pentecostals, 38:39 Assembly of Gods, Seventh-day Adventists. 38:41 He loves people of all different faiths 38:44 or no faith. 38:45 But I'm here to tell you 38:47 this is not about judging precious people 38:52 that are children of God 38:54 but rather an institution being exposed 38:56 so that precious people can get a heads up of truth. 39:00 Can you say amen? 39:01 How many of you agree truth is to set the captives free. 39:03 Amen. 39:05 And so "Seek where you will, through heaven and earth, 39:07 and you will find but one created being 39:09 who can forgive the sinner, 39:11 that extraordinary being is the priest, 39:12 the Roman Catholic priest." 39:14 Confess to a priest? 39:16 "There is one God and one mediator 39:18 between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 39:21 who gave himself a ransom for all." 39:23 There is one mediator, all you need is Jesus. 39:27 That's the true gospel, false gospel, 39:29 you need Jesus and a Pope and Mary 39:32 and the saints and penance and purgatory. 39:35 I'm here to tell you, all you need is Jesus. 39:39 Jesus and salvation is for kids. 39:43 Make it simple. Keep it simple. 39:45 1 Timothy 2: 5 and 6. 39:46 And yet in the catechism, it's a voluminous catechism. 39:50 We read, "One who desires to obtain reconciliation 39:53 with God and with the Church, must confess to a priest 39:56 all the unconfessed grave sins he remembers 39:58 after having carefully examined his conscience." 40:01 And so pages 374. 40:03 Page 365, "According to the Church's command, 40:06 'after having attained the age of discretion, 40:08 each of the faithful is bound by an obligation faithfully 40:12 to confess serious sins at least once a year.' 40:14 " I don't know where they come up with that 40:15 but they're, that's what they are saying. 40:17 1 John 1: 9. 40:18 Read it together with me and let's preach this together. 40:21 "If we confess our sins, He is faithful 40:24 and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us 40:26 from all unrighteousness." 40:28 I believe that. How about you? 40:30 And so 1 John 1:7. Let's read this together. 40:33 "But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, 40:37 we have fellowship with one another, 40:38 and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son 40:41 cleanses us from all sin." 40:44 Clean. 40:45 I tell my children, I tell my children, 40:48 when you make a mistake you ask Jesus to forgive you 40:51 and He gives you a clean slate. 40:54 And my son in particular, my ten year old son, Caleb, 40:57 he likes that idea 40:59 because he's like, that he makes mistakes occasionally 41:02 and he's like he loves the idea of a clean slate. 41:04 How many still like the idea of a clean slate? 41:09 If you are going through a personal crisis in your life, 41:12 if you are facing financial challenges, 41:15 if you are suffering from health problem, 41:17 if your marriage is needing a miracle, 41:19 if you have a special concern for your children, 41:22 whatever you need maybe give us a call 41:24 and we will pray with you. 41:25 For your prayer requests call us at 1-855-336-Free. 41:31 "If the Son sets you free, you are free indeed," 41:34 John 8:36. 41:37 Aren't you glad, "His mercies are new every morning?" 41:40 "Great is Thy faithfulness." Lamentations 3: 22 and 25. 41:44 Every morning is a new start. 41:47 How many of you agree you do not have to 41:49 drag around the ball and chain of guilt? 41:52 Let it go at the foot of the cross. 41:53 Can you say amen? 41:55 And so beloved, Jesus blood alone 41:58 is sufficient to save you and I. 42:00 You can believe in the blood. 42:02 You say, "But Mark, I'm unworthy." 42:04 Then you need the blood. 42:05 "I failed." you need the blood. 42:07 "Ah, you don't know where I've been." 42:09 You need the blood. 42:10 "I'm weak." You need the blood. 42:12 "Unworthy." You need the blood. 42:16 The word antichrist, 42:17 the word anti can have several meanings. 42:19 Did you know that? 42:21 The word antichrist, it can mean "Against Christ" 42:25 and it can mean also "In place of Christ." 42:28 And the pontiff claims to be in the place of Christ, 42:31 "Vicar of the Son of God." 42:34 And so "Thou art a priest forever, 42:36 says the ordaining Bishop. 42:38 He is not longer a man, a sinful child of Adam, 42:41 but an 'Alter Christus'" What does that mean? 42:45 "Another Christ. 42:49 Forever a priest of the Most High, 42:50 with power over the Almighty." 42:52 I don't even like reading it. 42:53 But there it is, Eucharistic Meditations. 42:57 Ferraris Ecclesiastical dictionary, Inflated claims. 43:01 "The Pope is of so great dignity, 43:03 and so exalted that he is not a mere man, 43:05 but as it were God, and the vicar of God." 43:09 This is blasphemy. What did Paul say? 43:11 Paul forecast what was gonna happen 43:13 in the temple, in the church. 43:16 "Who opposeth and exalteth himself 43:18 above all that is called God, or that is worshipped, 43:20 so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, 43:23 shewing himself that he is God." 43:24 Is he God? No. But is he acting like he is God? 43:27 Now keep in mind I cannot judge the personal Pope 43:34 in terms of his person. 43:39 You know, I don't know everything 43:40 that goes on in his mind. 43:42 The Bible says "Judge not that ye be not judged." Matthew 7:1. 43:45 But shouldn't I judge what he is teaching 43:48 and his position and what his beliefs are? 43:51 Shouldn't you judge everything that is being taught? 43:54 Yes or no. Absolutely. 43:57 And that's 2 Thessalonians 2:2 and 3. 44:00 Alphonsus Liguori says in Dignity 44:02 and Duties of the priests, "To pardon a single sin 44:05 requires all the omnipotence of God. 44:08 But what only God can do by his omnipotence, 44:10 the priest can also do." 44:12 No wonder Pope Leo XII said, "We hold upon this earth 44:17 the place of God Almighty." 44:20 Pope Leo. Wow. Amazing, amazing. 44:25 In the catechism, about Mary, it says, 44:27 "Taken up to heaven she, Mary, did not lay aside 44:30 this saving office but by her manifold intercession 44:33 continues to bring us the gifts of eternal salvation." 44:36 Wow. 44:37 Here's another quote from catechism 44:38 "Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked in the Church 44:41 under the titles of Advocate, Helper, Benefactress, 44:44 and Mediatrix." 44:47 Now I've got a question. 44:48 Didn't we just read there's only one mediator 44:50 between God and man? 44:52 And the man is Jesus Christ. 44:55 John Paul II devoted his pontificate, 44:58 not to God, not to Jesus, not to the Holy Spirit 45:01 but to Mother Mary. 45:03 There you see it on his regalia. 45:05 Pope John Paul II, 45:08 same year that I went to the Vatican on a tour, 45:12 1981, it didn't happen while I was there 45:16 but it did happen in 1981, there was an attempt-- 45:20 assassination attempt. 45:22 How many of you remember that? 45:24 And the location of the shooting is marked here 45:28 by the tablet in St. Peter's Square. 45:31 Here is a close up of it, a picture of it. 45:34 Do you see this? 45:36 The site at the shooting is marked 45:37 by a small marble tablet 45:39 bearing John Paul's papal coat of arms 45:41 and date in Roman numerals. 45:43 Notice the M for Mary. Wow, amazing. 45:48 Shouldn't that tell you something 45:49 that something is wrong? 45:51 When you dedicate your religious, 45:53 he is the most influential religious spokesman 45:56 in the world and he dedicated his religious pontificate, 46:00 not to God, not to Jesus, not the Holy Spirit, 46:03 but to Mary. 46:04 Shouldn't that concern you? 46:06 No wonder, people have taken pictures 46:09 of the Pope actually bowing before shrines of Mary. 46:14 So beloved, listen to this. 46:17 What does the Roman Papal power enforce upon its bishops 46:19 and is it Biblical? 46:21 Celibacy is a sign of this new life to service 46:23 of which the Church's minister is consecrated. 46:25 But what does the Bible say? 46:27 "A bishop then must be blameless, 46:28 the husband of one wife." 46:30 It's okay for the priest to get married. 46:32 Tell them that, liberate them. All right, anyway. 46:35 What does the Roman Papal power teach and practice 46:38 about Baptism? 46:40 Does it teach a sprinkling or pouring water 46:42 over a baby in the Bible? 46:43 It's not there. It's not there, beloved, it's nowhere. 46:47 And if it's not in the Bible, we don't want it. 46:49 Isn't that true? 46:51 So "full well ye reject the commandment of God, 46:53 that ye may keep your own tradition." 46:55 Mark 7: 9. 46:56 "Blind guides leading the blind." 46:58 Matthew 15:14. 47:01 Now how could so many false teachings be accepted 47:03 by millions of Christians during the Dark Ages? 47:06 During the centuries of the Dark Ages 47:07 the average person didn't have a Bible. 47:11 All right, I got a little quiz here. 47:12 How many have one Bible? How many have two? 47:16 How many have three? How many have four? 47:20 How many have five? How many have six? 47:25 How many have seven? 47:28 I don't even know how many I have, or eight. 47:30 All right, we are stopping right there. 47:32 They didn't have one. 47:34 Most of these pour peasants didn't even own the scriptures 47:39 like we have today. 47:41 And so would you agree they got away with a lot in the dark? 47:45 And so listen. 47:46 There was "a famine of hearing 47:48 the words of the Lord" at this time. 47:49 Amos 8:11. 47:50 "Truth was thrown to the ground." Daniel 8: 12. 47:53 "My people are destroyed from the lack of knowledge." 47:57 Hosea 4: 6. 47:59 Number eight, 48:00 "it would wear out the saints of the Most High." 48:02 Daniel 7:25. 48:03 Fifty million people lost their lives 48:06 during the Dark Ages. 48:08 Can you imagine? 48:09 In the Holocaust, there were six million 48:12 Jews that lost their life. 48:13 Beloved, this is the overlooked holocaust. 48:18 How many agree we must not forget 48:19 about the Jewish holocaust and we must not forget 48:22 the holocaust of the Dark Ages, would you agree with me? 48:27 There were so many unfair trials. 48:31 Persecution of the heretics, torn from limb to limb. 48:35 I think about John Hus, 48:39 a lecturer at the University of Prague 48:43 and he was being tried for his faith, 48:45 he was being told to recant 48:47 because he wanted to have reform in the church 48:50 and he protested some things that were going on. 48:54 And they told him, "Recant or you will die". 48:57 And he wouldn't change his mind. 48:58 He said, "Show me where I'm wrong. 49:00 Show me where I'm wrong." 49:02 And they would burn him at the stake because he said, 49:05 "the Bible is the only rule of faith. 49:08 "I would not, for a chapel full of gold, 49:10 recede from the truth." 49:11 John Hus, rector of Prague's Bethlehem Chapel. 49:14 So John Hus in 1415 was burned to the stake. 49:19 "God is my witness 49:21 that the evidence against me is false. 49:24 I have never thought nor preached 49:25 except with the one intention of winning men, 49:27 if possible, from their sins." 49:29 "Today I will gladly die" July 6, 1415. 49:34 Talk about heroic faith. 49:36 Oh, read the book, Foxe's Book of Martyrs or many other books 49:41 and so forth. Number nine, 49:42 "Thought to change times and laws," 49:43 change in the ten commandments, 49:45 "think to change time and laws." 49:46 Could you-- would you agree? 49:48 If this power, the Pope says 49:50 they can change the very law of God, 49:52 that's acting like God, who wrote the law. 49:57 In Austin, capital of Texas, 50:03 you have a monument of the Ten Commandments, 50:06 and this is the correct version that is in the Bible, 50:09 Exodus 20. 50:11 But the incorrect version is in the Roman catechism. 50:18 And has God changed His Ten Commandments? 50:21 He has not. 50:23 The reason why you have a change in the catechism 50:26 is to allow images to come into the church 50:29 without making people feel 50:31 like they're violating a commandment. 50:34 And so, what do they do? 50:35 This is the Roman papal version. 50:39 You'll notice that they have deleted the commandment 50:41 that says "Don't make images and bow down to them." 50:44 And so they have deleted that one. 50:47 Well, that doesn't look good. Ten minus one equals nine. 50:51 That doesn't look good. So what do they do? 50:53 They took the tenth commandment 50:54 and said, well, that's rather lengthy. 50:56 Uh, about "Thou shalt not covet" 50:57 and goes into detail, let's just split that in two. 51:00 So they deleted the second commandant 51:03 and split into two the tenth commandment 51:06 and there you have the changes. 51:10 Now, isn't that amazing? 51:13 And most people, either they are not aware of it 51:18 or they don't think it matters. 51:22 "For laying aside the commandment of God, 51:26 ye hold to the tradition of men." 51:29 Eyes like the eyes of a man, 51:31 Mouth of a man speaking great things." 51:34 Mark 7:8. 51:36 Number 10, "Reigned for a time, times and dividing of time" 51:40 What is that all about? 51:41 Time, that's one year of 360 days. 51:43 Two years, 720 days, that's times. 51:47 Half a time, half a year of 180 days. 51:49 1260 days. 51:51 One day equals a Biblical year. 51:53 "I have appointed thee each day for a year." 51:54 Ezekiel 4:6. 51:56 So therefore, we are talking about a whopping 1260 years. 52:01 When does this time prophecy begin? 52:03 When Emperor 52:05 Roman Justinian issued a legal decree. 52:08 You see, it must begin with an event or series of events 52:11 which gave incredible power to this Roman system. 52:15 Listen, "Vigilius...ascended the papal chair," 52:20 Pope Vigilius, 52:21 "538 AD under the military protection of Belisarius." 52:26 All right? 52:27 So therefore, in 538 AD, there was a Roman legal decree. 52:31 The Bishop would now be head of all churches. 52:34 Bishop, definer of all the doctrines. 52:36 The Bishop or Pope, corrector of all heretics, 52:39 ushering in the Dark Ages. 52:41 You know what corrector means? Persecutor. 52:44 So, three horns were uprooted by this year. 52:48 538 AD. 52:49 Well, let's plug it in and we are dealing here 52:52 with the time prophecy, let's plug in a 1260 years. 52:56 The Bible makes it very clear 52:57 that it would have this temple sovereignty, 52:59 this reign of terror for 1260 years. 53:03 From 538 AD when it got power. 53:07 Go 1260 years down the timeline, 53:10 down the quarters of time, passing, spanning the centuries 53:13 and it culminates in the year 1798, that's when it runs out. 53:17 That's when it lost power, temporarily. 53:20 So it got power 538 AD and lost power 1798. 53:25 You see in the encyclopedia Americana. 53:28 "In 1798, he, General Berthier, 53:30 made his entrance into Rome, abolished the Papal government 53:33 and established the secular one." 53:35 Here's the picture of Pope Pius VI and Berthier, 53:41 just passed by Napoleon to capture the Pope, 53:44 they went down to the Vatican and captured Pope Pius VI, 53:48 pulled him away from the mass, the altar of mass 53:54 pulled off his pontifical ring and you know what happened? 53:57 See the deadly wound was inflicted 53:59 as the Bible said in Revelation, in 1798, 54:02 exactly 1260 years from 538 AD. 54:06 Pope Pius VI died in exile a year and a half later 54:09 in Valence, France. 54:11 And now you know the rest of the story. 54:13 But it would have a comeback, wouldn't it? 54:15 Now how can we know for sure, beloved, 54:17 that the antichrist is not future but is present? 54:21 The Papacy has its roots in the distant past, 54:24 it reigned for 1260 years, and it keeps on going. 54:29 Is this a new theory? 54:31 "Martin Luther was the first to identify 54:33 that the papacy as such with the Antichrist." 54:35 "A view that was dogma for all Protestant churches." 54:38 Newsweek magazine, November 1, 1999. 54:42 I feel much freer now 54:43 that I am certain the pope is the Antichrist. 54:45 Martin Luther. 54:46 Here I can stand, you know, they told him, 54:48 "Martin Luther, give it up, give it up, give it up." 54:50 He said, "The just shall live by faith and faith alone." 54:55 They said "You better change your mind." 54:57 "Here I stand, I can do none other. 55:00 May God help me." 55:01 And God did help him. 55:03 So why do we not hear this more? 55:05 Now let's bring it right down here today as we close. 55:11 Why do we not hear this more now? 55:13 Because the Vatican is so powerful. 55:20 Every night on the news, if you are looking for it, 55:24 you can find it, go online, 55:25 there's something going on with the Vatican. 55:29 Time magazine, John Paul, superstar. 55:35 Time magazine talking about this Pope. 55:37 Why the Pope loves America. 55:40 You can miss some of my upcoming presentations 55:42 when I show you what's gonna happen 55:45 between the Vatican and America. 55:48 A sudden change is just around the corner. 55:53 I said a sudden, stupendous change. 55:57 Is this a fulfillment of Bible prophecy? 56:00 It is. 56:02 Here is a world map indicating where John Paul II visited. 56:06 Here's the political leaders from around the world 56:08 giving homage and recognition to the Pope. 56:11 And here's the who's who 56:13 of the political leaders right there. 56:15 Millions around the world viewed the funeral and then, 56:20 his successor received an unprecedented 56:27 glorious grandeurs impressive welcome 56:33 from the President of the United States. 56:35 The most influential political figure 56:38 and the most influential religious figure, 56:40 are they ever gonna work together in the future? 56:43 Not necessarily that particular president. 56:46 Deadly wound is healed, and all the world marveled 56:49 and followed the beast 56:51 who is the also bizarre talking horn. 56:54 We are not talking about the loving Christians 56:56 but the institution 56:57 that is misleading so many sincere people. 56:59 The Little Horn is not a person but a power, 57:01 not an individual, but an institution, 57:03 not a specific personality, but a system. 57:06 Besides, nobody has lived 1260 years, 57:08 not even Methuselah. 57:13 You see, Mark, how does this all apply 57:15 to my daily walk for Jesus? 57:18 The most dangerous element about the little horn is 57:20 that it obscures the light of truth about Jesus. 57:25 And this is a poignant reminder. 57:29 Look only to Jesus. 57:34 All those sudden and the alarming changes 57:36 are sweeping across the globe. 57:38 You and your family can be prepared 57:40 to face the future with confidence. 57:43 The complete set of Amazing Prophecies on DVD 57:46 are available for a gift of $60 or more. 57:49 Call us at 1-855-336-FREE 57:54 or send your check or money order 57:55 to Forever Free Ministries, 57:58 2001 Munro Park, Corinth Texas, 76208. 58:04 If you would like to have Mark Fox 58:06 hold an Amazing Prophecies seminar, 58:08 or a marriage seminar weekend in your church, 58:11 contact us today, 58:12 markfox @foreverfreeministries.org. |
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