We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ.
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To reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
three angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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we are living
in an unusual hour,
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the last grains of sand
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are trickling
through the hourglass of time
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and the door of probation
is about to swing shut.
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We need to
understand this very important
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hot potato subject
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and that is the antichrist
beast of Revelation 13 and 666.
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Well, who is the antichrist?
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There has been so
much conjecturing,
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so much heated debate,
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so many raging
opinions swirling around
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in the Christian community
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and, you know, they said, well,
Bill Gates maybe he is the guy
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because he is the
wealthiest person on earth.
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Well, no longer.
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So maybe he is
not the antichrist.
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And some said
itwas John F. Kennedy.
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Some say, no, it's Nero
way in the distant past.
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Some say, oh, it was Napoleon.
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Some say, it must
have been Gorbachev.
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It must be Gorbachev
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because he's got
that mark on his head.
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All right, don't
believe everything you hear.
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Will the real
antichrist please stand up?
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How many remember the
program "To Tell The Truth?"
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Do you remember that
program "To Tell The Truth?"
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Well, I was
growing up years ago,
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there was a
popular television program
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that was called,
everybody say it with me,
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"To Tell The Truth."
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And you remember
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there were three or four
familiar Hollywood celebrities
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who would try to figure
out who among three guests
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there on the panel
was telling the truth
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since they all
claimed to be the same person.
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And the celebrities were allowed
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to ask some very
probing questions
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guided and
supervised by a moderator.
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They asked probing questions.
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Then there was,
their time was up
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and they all
selected one of the three.
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You could only have one vote.
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And they were either
right or they were dead wrong.
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When the moderator asked
for the real genuine person
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who was telling
the truth to stand up
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many times the
truth was surprising
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and down right shocking.
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So millions of
people watched the program
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like you and I to see
how good their guessing was
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about who is telling the truth.
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Do you think you had a
good battering average?
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Well, okay, and so who was
the real school superintendent,
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who did great things?
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Who was that real popular
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or I should say
that real major inventor
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or that astute scientist
or that prestigious admiral?
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Will the real person stand up?
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How many remember, how
many remember the suspense?
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I mean, it was very thick?
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And how many remember
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that you would see all of
them start to get up or one
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and then lo and
behold you are confused
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and a couple of
them sit down completely
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and there is one lone figure
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and either you are
right or you are wrong.
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Well, guess what?
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Don't expect the
antichrist to stand up
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and say, all
right, I'm the antichrist.
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To tell the truth
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you got to really
study the Word of God.
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But the Bible
says, Jesus declared
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and it comes ringing down
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the quarters of
time to us tonight.
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You shall know the truth
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and the truth shall set you free
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from a lot of false opinions
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prevailing in the
Christian community.
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A popular belief
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gaining credibility and
popularity among Christians
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is that "The Antichrist is
yet to come in the future!"
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You may have
heard of this opinion
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that's becoming
very, very popular.
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Would the antichrist be revealed
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before or after Jesus
comes for His bride, the church?
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For the answer let's
go to the scriptures.
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If it's in the
Bible, we want it.
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If it's not in the
Bible, we don't want it.
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All right, so we're
going there to 2 Thessalonians,
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this in the writings of Paul,
the preacher to the gentiles.
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And we're looking there at
2 Thessalonians, all right,
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give you a
moment to locate that.
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2 Thessalonians 2:1-4,
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"Now, brethren,
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concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ
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and our gathering
together to Him, we ask you,
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that you not to be soon
shaken in mind or troubled,
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either by spirit or by word
or by letter, as if from us,
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as though the day
of Christ had come."
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Notice, "Let no one deceive you"
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about the timing or
the sequence I should say
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of the coming of Christ,
our gathering together to Him.
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"Let no on deceive you
by any means, for that day"
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second coming of Christ
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"will not come unless
something happens first,"
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so Paul is
talking about sequence.
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Everybody say sequence.
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What's the line
up of final events?
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It's crucial to understand
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because there would
be prevalent deceptions,
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widespread ramped deceptions
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in regard to the
sequence of events.
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"Let no one
deceive you by any means,
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for that day will not come
unless," what happens first?
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The falling away comes first.
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So Paul is really
making an issue here
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about proximity of time,
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the framework or the
perfect timeline here.
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And I want you to notice here
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falling away comes
from the Greek word
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New Testament it
was written in Greek
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and it says you
are falling away.
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That comes from the
Greek word apostasia.
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Now you know some Greek.
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Apostasia, what is
that word sound like to you?
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Apostasy, now you
know a little Greek.
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So apostasy
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that is to say and Paul
coined it in another book
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in 2 Timothy
Chapter 4 he talks about
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people would go
away from the truth.
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That's apostasy.
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Paul forecast a
formidable apostasy
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taking place, unfolding
in the Christian church.
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And so I want you to notice here
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there would be
"this falling away
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that comes first" an apostasy
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and out of the
melting part of that apostasy
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"the man of
lawlessness or the man of sin"
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that is known for
promoting and propagating
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and perpetrating an attack
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on the standard of
what is right and wrong.
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What tells you what sin is?
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The law of God.
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That's why this man,
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this antichrist is
known as the man of sin.
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So I want you to notice
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"is revealed, the
son of perdition."
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There is only one other
person in the New Testament
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that was given that
label son of perdition.
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Can anyone tell me?
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Now this is really testing
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the fabric of your
understanding of scripture.
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I'll give you a
clue, it's in John 17:12,
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it was given there
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in the context of
Christ intercessory prayer
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where He called,
who, the son of perdition.
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Judas Iscariot. Very good.
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Judas Iscariot was a type
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or a
foreshadowing of the antichrist.
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Judas was within the church.
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He was influential
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and he did his darkest
deed under the cloak of night
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and he betrayed
Jesus with a punch.
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He betrayed Him with a what?
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With a kiss.
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So the antichrist
would be parallel.
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The antichrist would be
like a repeat performance.
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A dreadful deja vu.
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And so I want you to notice here
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"The man of sin is
revealed, the son of perdition."
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Judas Iscariot personified
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"Who opposes and exalts himself
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above all that is called
God or that is worshiped,
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so that he as
God sits" notice here
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"so that he sits as
God in the temple of God,"
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that's a Christian community
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"showing
himself that he is God."
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Is he God, yes or no? No.
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But is he acting like he is God?
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And we'll discover
tonight just how that play doubt
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and just how the antichrist
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has acted as if,
masquerades as if it is God.
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And so since we are
going through the tribulation
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as the Bible makes it very clear
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we are not gathered
together to be with the Lord
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until the
antichrist does his dark deeds
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in the last days
of earth's history.
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So since we are going
through the tribulation
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we must prepare for
these final tests and events.
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Now I'm here to tell
you, my kids go to school
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particularly my son
Caleb, fifth grader,
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he has tests, he has quizzes.
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And let me tell you something,
he's got to be prepared for it.
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How many believe the final exam
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for Christians is
just around the corner?
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Isn't that true?
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How many agree
there's not gonna be
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the graduation ceremony
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of the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb?
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How many agree the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb?
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That's a
celebration of graduation. Amen.
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That graduation
is not going to come
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until the
preparation for the tribulation,
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the tribulation tests
the fabric of our faith
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and those who pass
the test, Matthew 24:13,
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"He who endures unto the
end the same shall be saved."
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And go through that
glorious celestial graduation.
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How many are gonna meet
me at the banquet table?
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Amen.
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And so listen, we
know that the antichrist
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has been around a long time.
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How do we know that?
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Because in Bible
prophecy one prophetic day
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equals a year according
to the biblical precedent
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of Ezekiel 4:6
and Numbers 14:34.
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And so the Bible explains itself
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"Prophecy is of no
private interpretation"
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according to 2 Peter 1:19-21.
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So the Bible makes it very clear
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that the antichrist
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would have a reign
of terror for 1,260 days
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which equal years
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in the context
of Bible prophecy.
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Just like-- how many have maps?
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How many like to go
traveling, all right?
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And we do-- my wife and I
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we do a lot of
traveling and the kids.
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And let me tell you something
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one of my
favorite things to look at
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and I think my kids are starting
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to find this contagious as well.
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We love to look at
maps in our family.
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And we discovered that
there is usually a scale
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by which you can
determine distances.
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Well, in God's
prophetic map there is a scale.
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One prophetic day
equals a literal, what, class?
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A year, that's right.
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And I gave you the
biblical precedent for that.
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So 1,260 years
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not even
Methuselah lived that long.
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So when we're
talking about the antichrist
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we are not talking
about a singular person,
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we're talking
about a succession of men
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that would speak for
an institution a power
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that would be dominant
down through the dark ages.
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That's right.
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Therefore the antichrist
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has been around for a long time.
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During the dark ages it
would dominate the world.
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You can expect to
see the antichrist
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revealed in the world
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before Jesus
comes for His believers.
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Now we know that the
antichrist therefore,
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is alive and
well on planet earth.
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We know the
antichrist has been around
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it has its roots
in the distant past
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but we know
it's going to fulfill
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more of Bible prophecy
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by its final dark
deeds in the world.
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So it is a dangerous
subtle snare of the enemy
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to allure us into believing
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that the
antichrist is yet future.
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Is this making sense, yes or no?
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Are you with me thus far?
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All right, this is
not rocket science.
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We can do this.
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So therefore, be
prepared for some things,
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some shocking insights
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from God's word
about the antichrist
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who has infiltrated
the Christian church.
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It is one of the most
serious warnings for us
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in our day in the
Book of Revelation.
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We are talking now tonight
about the three angels' message
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and this is earth's final
call from heavens throne room.
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Take your Bible and
turn with me to the heart,
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the center of the
Book of Revelation.
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Everybody say Revelation.
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Revelation 14:6-12, all right.
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting
gospel" the gospel is the truth.
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How many have ever
heard the expression
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the gospel truth?
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This is the gospel, the
word gospel means truth.
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And all truth comes
from the Lord Himself.
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All truth leads us to Jesus.
He is the truth, John 14:6.
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So I want you to notice here,
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"Having the everlasting gospel
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to preach to those
who dwell on the earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people."
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It's a worldwide message
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that must be preached
to earth's remotest bounds,
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to cross over
every language barrier
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and to reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
three angles' messages
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to be prepared for
the harvest of the world.
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The second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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And so look at verse 7,
saying with a soft voice.
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Oh, come on here Missouri,
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"saying with a
loud voice," notice here
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"Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come,"
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everybody together on this part
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"and worship Him
who made" Creator
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"heaven and earth,
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and the sea and
the springs of waters."
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Now let's drop down to verse 9,
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third angel's
message in start contrast.
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"Then a third
angel followed them,
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saying with a loud voice,
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'If anyone worships the'"
not the Creator in this place
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but worships the-- by antithesis
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"the beast and his image,
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and receives his mark on
his forehead or on his hand,
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he himself shall
also drink of the wine
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of the wrath of
God, which is poured out
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full strength into the
cup of His indignation.
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He shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels
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and in the presence of the Lamb.
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And the smoke of their torment
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ascends forever and ever,
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and they have no
rest day or night,
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who worship the
beast and his image,
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and whoever receives
the mark of his name."
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Now zero on how God
graphically describes
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who is gonna
preach these messages,
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who are not gonna get
the mark of the beast,
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who are gonna
resist the pressure
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that comes from the antichrist.
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Would you like to be
among the group that prevail?
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Verse 12,
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"Here is the patience"
the word patience there means
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perseverance or endurance.
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"Here are those
who don't give up
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despite the peer pressure.
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Here is the
patience of the saints,
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here are those who keep
the commandments of God"
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no matter what the
commandments of men are,
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they clash with it.
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Keep the commandments of God
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and they have the
genuine 100 percent proof
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"faith of Jesus."
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Notice how the faith of
Jesus leads to obedience to God
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because "Faith without
works is dead" James 2:26.
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The Bible makes it very
clear if we are in Christ,
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there will be the fruits
of obedience, John 15:1-8.
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So notice what's gonna happen
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after these
messages go around the world.
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Verse 14, "Then I looked,
and behold, a white cloud,
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and on the cloud one
sat like the Son of man,
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having on His
head a golden crown,
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and on His hand a sharp sickle."
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Coming in as a
heavenly harvester.
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"And another angel
came out of the temple,
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crying with a loud voice
to Him who sat on the cloud,
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'Thrust in Your sickle and reap,
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for the time has
come for You to reap,
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for the harvest of the
earth is ripe and ready.'"
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Can you say amen?
Ready for the picking.
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So what is going to ripen?
All people in the last days.
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There are going to
be those who are ripen
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to go home to be with the Lord
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and those who are
ripen to be destroyed
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by the brightness of its coming,
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2 Thessalonians 2:8.
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There will be those who
are happy to see the Lord
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and those who cry out
to the mountains and rocks
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to hide them from the face
of Him who sits on the throne
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and from the wrath of
the lamb, Revelation 6:14-17.
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So the Bible makes it very clear
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the world is polarized
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into two sides,
two camps, two groups.
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Those who believe
these three angels' messages
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and resist the mark of the beast
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they get the seal of
God, they are ready for glory,
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they are ready when Jesus comes.
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And the
opposite of that is true.
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Those who get
cover unto the pressure,
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those who cave
into the pressure,
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those who along with the
infamous mark of the beast,
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go along with the
majority in the masses,
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go along with the--
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when the government
says you cannot buy or sell
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unless you go along
with the mark of the beast.
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All right, we will buy,
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we will go ahead and go along
with the mark of the beast.
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And the Bible says they
get the seven last plagues,
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they go to a lake of fire.
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They are fully
ripe for destruction.
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How many can see?
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Either you are
ready for Jesus to come
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or you're ready to be destroyed
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at the brightness of His coming.
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There is only two groups
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and the three angels' messages
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spotlights those who
are gonna be saved at last.
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They keep the
commandments of God,
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they have faith in Jesus,
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they have endurance that says,
no matter what I go through,
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no matter what people may say
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as for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord."
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Joshua 24:15.
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Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
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Amazing Bible
prophecies are fast fulfilling.
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a sudden economic collapse?
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crisis erupt into World War III?
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the eve of Armageddon?
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of the antichrist affect you?
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So the antichrist wants worship.
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Our Creator wants
and deserves worship.
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Revelation 4:11
and Revelation 5:11, 12
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makes it very clear
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why you should worship the lamb.
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Notice I'm quoting
the Book of Revelation.
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You ought to keep track
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of how often I'm
quoting the Book of Revelation
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under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit
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because I recognize
this is a prophecy seminar
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and if you are really in tune,
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you are gonna hear me refer
a lot to Daniel and Revelation.
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Now listen carefully,
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the lamb is
worthy of our worship
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because He created us.
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Worthy is the Lamb
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because worthy is Him
who made us, Revelation 4:11.
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Worthy is the
Lamb that was slain.
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He is worthy because He
died for me and for you.
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Amen.
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So majority, so we
are dealing with worship
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and who really deserves worship.
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Majority are
always falling for error.
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What is the central issue
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showcased in
Revelation 14:6, 7, 9, 10?
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Either you are
gonna worship the Creator
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or you will worship the beast
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either by
decision or by default.
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What warning did Jesus give
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about deceptions
in the last days?
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"For many will come in My name,"
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in the name of Christ,
under Christian pretence
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"saying 'I am Christ',
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and will deceive many."
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Matthew 24:5.
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"Beware of the false prophets,
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who come to you
in sheep's clothing,
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but inwardly are
ravenous wolves."
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Keep in mind the antichrist
is in the Christian community,
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Matthew 7:15.
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Acts 20:29,30
makes it very clear
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there would be
wolves in the church
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that would
ravage and would exploit
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and do devastation
and havoc in the church.
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And so Paul said
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in 2 Thessalonians
2:3, 4, we already read it,
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there would be
deception within the church
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and out of that deception
would come the antichrist.
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Keep in mind Judas
Iscariot was a son of perdition.
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Would you agree
he healed people?
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Don't you doubt
that for a minute.
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My Bible tells me that
Jesus sent the disciples out
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to preach and teach and
work miracles in His name
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and they came out,
came back ecstatic saying,
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"Wow, even demons
are subject to us."
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They worked miracles.
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And Jesus said, "Well, rejoice
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that your names
are written in heaven."
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So I can see, I can see
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people that
really looked up to Judas
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along with the other disciples.
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Judas was one of
the most influential
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because he handled the
purse, he handled the money.
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Obviously they looked up to him.
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They considered he
was of unique talent.
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And so listen,
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you can expect that
the antichrist is gonna be
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greatly
respected in the last days.
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Would you agree if
somebody was to say,
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you know what?
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That Judas Iscariot
is a son of perdition.
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He is like an antichrist.
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And if people
heard that back then
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and their little
boy or their grandma
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was healed in the name of Jesus
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under the leadership or
ministry of Judas Iscariot
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they will say, "you are nuts.
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You are crazy.
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There is no way that the
man who has blessed our family--
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you mean to tell me the person
who has blessed our family
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in the name of the
Lord is the antichrist?
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Get out of my house."
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How many agree?
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Think about the tree
of the knowledge of good
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and evil.
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That's the way
the enemy operates.
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So you can expect
that the antichrist
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has blessed a lot
of people apparently.
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But when the mask is pulled off
you realize this is the devil.
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Here comes the beast.
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Everybody say that with
me, "here comes the beast."
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What does the beast
symbolize in Bible prophecy?
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The fourth beast shall be
a fourth kingdom on earth.
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Beast equals kingdom,
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political and or
religious, Daniel 7:23.
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In Daniel 2 and Daniel 7
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we had a line up of four
successive world empires.
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They are in your history book
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but it was
forecast history predicted
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hundreds and years in advance.
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The lion represented Babylon.
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The bear Medo-Persia.
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The leopard Greece.
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And a dragon like
creature pagan Rome.
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The ten horns the
break up of the Roman Empire
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or divided Rome or Europe.
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Now when it comes to
this beast in Revelation 13
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now that we have some foundation
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let's go there,
Revelation Chapter 13,
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we are gonna do some
detective work, all right.
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You got your magnifying glass
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and you got your
special hat, here we go.
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All right, all right,
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Revelation 13:1,
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"Then I stood on
the sand of the sea.
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The beast rises
up out of the sea,"
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by the way the antichrist
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is a counterfeit of the Christ,
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the true Christ.
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How many agree the
devil has a counterfeit
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for every truth of God?
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There's counterfeits.
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You will discover the parallels
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or I should say the comparisons
and contrasts at times
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between Christ
and the antichrist.
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The beast, antichrist
beast came up out of the water.
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Jesus when He was
anointed of the Holy Spirit
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and the Father
said, "Here's my Son,
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may I introduce Him to you.
00:26:52.37\00:26:53.91
He is My beloved Son
in whom I'm well pleased.
00:26:53.94\00:26:56.08
Here He is."
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.71
He came up out of the water
00:26:57.75\00:27:00.52
of the Jordon River.
00:27:00.55\00:27:02.18
You should know this.
00:27:02.22\00:27:03.55
Jesus had a public ministry
00:27:03.59\00:27:05.52
for three and
half literal years.
00:27:05.55\00:27:09.16
The antichrist has a
special reign of terror
00:27:09.19\00:27:12.96
for three and
half prophetic years
00:27:12.99\00:27:16.06
which is 1,260 literal years.
00:27:16.10\00:27:20.07
The Lamb wants worship.
The beast wants worship.
00:27:20.10\00:27:25.14
The Lamb has the seal of God.
00:27:25.17\00:27:28.21
The beast has the
mark of the beast.
00:27:28.24\00:27:31.95
The Lamb has a number seven.
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.98
The beast has a number 666.
00:27:35.02\00:27:39.15
The Lamb is king.
00:27:39.19\00:27:42.16
The beast is a religious king.
00:27:42.19\00:27:46.29
The Lamb has followers.
The beast has followers.
00:27:46.33\00:27:51.13
The Lamb wants worship.
The beast wants worship.
00:27:51.17\00:27:56.97
And that's just
the beginning of it
00:27:57.01\00:27:59.27
or at least maybe
that's about half of it
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.48
but there is much more.
00:28:01.51\00:28:02.94
Notice here "Then I
stood on the sand of the sea.
00:28:02.98\00:28:05.61
And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea,"
00:28:05.65\00:28:07.68
by the way does Jesus,
does Jesus Christ have a twin?
00:28:07.72\00:28:13.42
No. No.
00:28:13.46\00:28:15.39
So how many agreed no matter,
no matter anybody who comes in
00:28:15.42\00:28:19.03
and says they are
like another Christ
00:28:19.06\00:28:20.60
or some like
that's a counterfeit.
00:28:20.63\00:28:21.96
I want you to notice here
00:28:22.00\00:28:23.33
"Then I stood on
the sand of the sea.
00:28:23.37\00:28:25.03
And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea,
00:28:25.07\00:28:28.34
having seven
heads and ten horns,
00:28:28.37\00:28:30.91
and on his horns ten crowns,
00:28:30.94\00:28:33.51
and on his heads
a blasphemous name.
00:28:33.54\00:28:37.95
Now the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,"
00:28:37.98\00:28:40.32
remember Greece
00:28:40.35\00:28:41.68
"his feet were like
the feet of a bear,"
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.05
Medo-Persia
00:28:43.08\00:28:44.42
"and his mouth like
the mouth of a lion."
00:28:44.45\00:28:45.79
Babylon, "The dragon"
that would be like pagan Rome
00:28:45.82\00:28:48.19
"gave him his power, his throne,
00:28:48.22\00:28:49.56
and great authority."
00:28:49.59\00:28:50.93
So this power arises
sometime after Babylon,
00:28:50.96\00:28:53.43
Medo-Persian, Greece and Rome
00:28:53.46\00:28:55.20
and it has ten horns.
00:28:55.23\00:28:56.56
So that is to say it must arise
00:28:56.60\00:28:58.43
after the break up
of the Roman Empire.
00:28:58.47\00:29:01.90
The ten horns.
00:29:01.94\00:29:04.64
I want you to notice here
00:29:04.67\00:29:07.41
that the dragon gave
him his power, his throne,
00:29:07.44\00:29:09.48
the throne notice there
00:29:09.51\00:29:10.85
which would be
like a capital seat
00:29:10.88\00:29:12.98
and great authority.
00:29:13.01\00:29:14.42
"And I saw one of his heads
00:29:14.45\00:29:15.78
as if it had
been mortally wounded,
00:29:15.82\00:29:17.15
and his deadly wound was healed.
00:29:17.19\00:29:18.52
And all the world marveled
and followed the beast."
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.12
This is global
00:29:21.16\00:29:22.86
just like the Lamb goes global.
00:29:22.89\00:29:25.26
This beast is global.
00:29:25.29\00:29:28.20
"So they worshiped the dragon
00:29:28.23\00:29:29.63
who gave authority to the beast,
00:29:29.66\00:29:31.20
and they
worshiped the beast, saying,
00:29:31.23\00:29:32.60
'Who is like the beast?'"
00:29:32.63\00:29:33.97
Who is able to
make war with him?
00:29:34.00\00:29:36.30
By the way the beast
is part of a trinity.
00:29:36.34\00:29:40.34
You've got the dragon,
00:29:40.38\00:29:42.74
the beast, and
the false prophet.
00:29:42.78\00:29:45.88
The unholy trinity,
00:29:45.91\00:29:48.32
the counterfeit
to the true trinity
00:29:48.35\00:29:51.59
of the Father, Son,
00:29:51.62\00:29:54.22
the Lamb and of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:54.26\00:29:58.03
And so he was given--
now who is like the beast?
00:29:58.06\00:30:01.60
Who is able to
make war with him?
00:30:01.63\00:30:05.17
The Lamb was persecuted.
00:30:05.20\00:30:08.94
The beast persecutes.
00:30:08.97\00:30:13.27
"And he was given a mouth
00:30:13.31\00:30:14.64
speaking great
things and blasphemies,"
00:30:14.68\00:30:17.38
the biblical
definition of blasphemy
00:30:17.41\00:30:20.15
is claiming to forgive
sin when you are not God.
00:30:20.18\00:30:25.82
Jesus claimed to forgive sin
00:30:25.85\00:30:27.59
but He is and
was God in the flesh.
00:30:27.62\00:30:33.29
So He did not commit blasphemy.
00:30:33.33\00:30:35.43
He can forgive our sins
and He does forgive our sins.
00:30:35.46\00:30:40.44
But so the Lamb
says, I will forgive you
00:30:40.47\00:30:44.77
and the beast
says, I will forgive you
00:30:44.81\00:30:48.38
but that's blasphemy.
00:30:48.41\00:30:51.61
"Blasphemies and he
was given authority"
00:30:51.65\00:30:54.22
oh, the Lamb claims authority.
00:30:54.25\00:30:57.59
What did the Lamb say?
00:30:57.62\00:30:58.95
What did Jesus say when
He has ascended on high.
00:30:58.99\00:31:00.86
"All authority is given to me,
00:31:00.89\00:31:02.36
go and preach
and teach and baptize
00:31:02.39\00:31:04.69
to all the world."
00:31:04.73\00:31:06.06
And the beast
says, "I have authority,
00:31:06.09\00:31:08.66
I got it from the dragon."
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.80
Jesus says, "I got
authority from My Father."
00:31:10.83\00:31:15.90
"He was given authority
to continue forty-two months.
00:31:15.94\00:31:18.61
Then he opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God,
00:31:18.64\00:31:21.14
to blaspheme His
name, His character."
00:31:21.18\00:31:23.75
The beast distorts
the character of God,
00:31:23.78\00:31:26.72
Jesus came to show us
the Father's character,
00:31:26.75\00:31:30.45
John 14.
00:31:30.49\00:31:32.55
Blaspheme his tabernacle.
00:31:32.59\00:31:35.42
The beast would counterfeit
the priestly ministry
00:31:35.46\00:31:39.16
of Christ in the
heavenly sanctuary
00:31:39.19\00:31:41.16
by setting up a
counterfeit down here.
00:31:41.20\00:31:45.70
"And those who dwell in heaven.
00:31:45.73\00:31:47.10
And it was given to him
to make war with the saints
00:31:47.14\00:31:50.17
and to overcome them.
00:31:50.21\00:31:51.54
And authority was given him
00:31:51.57\00:31:53.17
over every tribe,
tongue, and nation.
00:31:53.21\00:31:55.21
And all who dwell on
the earth will worship him,
00:31:55.24\00:31:57.68
whose names
have not been written
00:31:57.71\00:31:59.71
in the Book of
the Life of the Lamb"
00:31:59.75\00:32:03.28
the Lamb has a book
and if you are in that book
00:32:03.32\00:32:07.16
and stay in that
book, you will be saved.
00:32:07.19\00:32:09.96
If you follow the beast,
00:32:09.99\00:32:11.76
you will not be
in the Lamb's book.
00:32:11.79\00:32:13.86
Are you following?
00:32:13.90\00:32:15.23
How many agree
this is profound stuff
00:32:15.26\00:32:16.60
you are hearing tonight? Amen.
00:32:16.63\00:32:17.97
And give all the glory to
Jesus because any truth nuggets,
00:32:18.00\00:32:21.40
any wisdom doesn't
come from our thoughts,
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.67
it came from Jesus Christ
00:32:23.71\00:32:25.24
with the anointing
of the Holy Spirit.
00:32:25.27\00:32:27.34
"The Lamb slain
00:32:31.25\00:32:32.61
from the
foundation of the world.
00:32:32.65\00:32:34.65
If anyone has an
ear, let him hear."
00:32:34.68\00:32:36.95
What kind of ear is that?
00:32:36.99\00:32:38.42
That's the heart ear.
00:32:38.45\00:32:39.95
How many agree you need
to listen with your heart.
00:32:39.99\00:32:42.42
And by the way that's
a little marriage 101.
00:32:42.46\00:32:44.89
You want some
marriage counseling
00:32:44.93\00:32:46.26
here it goes.
00:32:46.29\00:32:47.63
I'm gonna throw this out to you.
00:32:47.66\00:32:49.00
When you listen to your wife,
00:32:49.03\00:32:50.37
men, listen with your
heart and all the ladies said.
00:32:50.40\00:32:52.07
You would say, "Come on
now, you didn't finish that.
00:32:55.47\00:32:57.74
All right, ladies always listen
with your heart to your husband
00:32:57.77\00:33:02.44
and all the men said.
00:33:02.48\00:33:04.41
All right, verse 10,
00:33:04.45\00:33:07.65
"He who leads into captivity
shall go into captivity,
00:33:07.68\00:33:11.15
he who kills with the sword
must be killed with the sword."
00:33:11.19\00:33:13.92
That sounds like "What
goes around comes around."
00:33:13.96\00:33:16.46
"Here is the patience
and the faith of the saints."
00:33:16.49\00:33:18.76
Then verse 18, "Here is wisdom.
00:33:18.79\00:33:20.56
Let him who has understanding
00:33:20.60\00:33:22.00
calculate the
number of the beast,
00:33:22.03\00:33:23.37
for it is the number of a man,
00:33:23.40\00:33:26.13
His number is 666."
00:33:26.17\00:33:29.60
Wow. Let's put
all that together.
00:33:29.64\00:33:31.37
Let us closely examine
00:33:31.41\00:33:33.34
ten clear clues
from Revelation 13.
00:33:33.38\00:33:37.45
All right, clue number one,
00:33:37.48\00:33:39.91
the Protestant
reformers categorically declared
00:33:39.95\00:33:46.12
that the Papal Roman
power was the antichrist beast.
00:33:46.15\00:33:52.56
Were they correct
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.96
in their
assessment and conclusion
00:33:55.00\00:33:58.13
or was it blatantly false?
00:33:58.17\00:34:00.97
Let's examine the evidence.
00:34:01.00\00:34:04.14
Remember we're the FBI,
00:34:04.17\00:34:05.54
faithful
believers who investigate
00:34:05.57\00:34:07.24
what they believe.
00:34:07.28\00:34:08.61
All right, so a power
that receives its seat
00:34:08.64\00:34:11.11
all these clues are
coming from the verses
00:34:11.15\00:34:14.25
predominantly that we just read.
00:34:14.28\00:34:16.28
A power that receives its seat
00:34:16.32\00:34:18.09
influence and
power from pagan Rome,
00:34:18.12\00:34:21.32
the dragon pagan Rome
gave him his power, his seat,
00:34:21.36\00:34:24.89
capital seat
and great authority,
00:34:24.93\00:34:26.59
Revelation 13:2.
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.03
Now listen carefully,
00:34:28.06\00:34:30.23
identifies the dragon as Satan.
00:34:30.27\00:34:33.97
But Satan works
through human agencies.
00:34:34.00\00:34:36.91
In Revelation 12
00:34:36.94\00:34:38.27
the dragon,
working through pagan Rome,
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.14
attempted to destroy baby Jesus.
00:34:40.18\00:34:43.08
The devil used Roman Herod
00:34:43.11\00:34:45.75
to try to put
baby Jesus to death.
00:34:45.78\00:34:48.18
The devil used Roman
Pilate to authorize His death.
00:34:48.22\00:34:54.52
The devil, the dragon
00:34:54.56\00:34:56.76
pagan Rome using pagan Rome,
00:34:56.79\00:34:58.53
pagan Rome used Roman soldiers
to nail him to the cross.
00:34:58.56\00:35:03.00
Roman soldiers guarded His tomb.
00:35:03.03\00:35:05.40
Roman colosseums house
00:35:05.43\00:35:08.57
or I should were became a
scene of unsightly martyrdom.
00:35:08.60\00:35:14.54
Oh, yes, the dragon,
the devil and pagan Rome
00:35:14.58\00:35:19.55
they were a
perfect match made in hell.
00:35:19.58\00:35:22.48
Pagan Rome oppressed
and brutally persecuted
00:35:22.52\00:35:25.05
God's people so much
00:35:25.09\00:35:27.16
that the same term "Dragon"
00:35:27.19\00:35:28.92
is used for both the devil
and the power he was using.
00:35:28.96\00:35:31.79
Did you know that
00:35:31.83\00:35:33.16
Jesus actually called
Judas Iscariot the devil?
00:35:33.19\00:35:39.67
How many have ever
read that in the scriptures?
00:35:39.70\00:35:42.07
Don't take my word
for it, look it up.
00:35:42.10\00:35:46.84
And by the way have you
ever heard somebody describe,
00:35:46.88\00:35:49.64
"Oh, man, my ex
was such a devil."
00:35:49.68\00:35:53.65
It got real quiet in here.
00:35:53.68\00:35:55.02
Okay, anyway, you
know, the ex-boss.
00:35:55.05\00:35:58.55
All right, anyway,
00:35:58.59\00:35:59.92
who did the dragon, pagan Rome--
00:35:59.95\00:36:01.62
you know, the reason why
00:36:01.66\00:36:03.02
that was just not a
parenthetical thought.
00:36:03.06\00:36:05.33
The idea is this,
the devil uses people,
00:36:05.36\00:36:09.23
is that true yes or no?
00:36:09.26\00:36:10.97
The devil uses institutions,
00:36:11.00\00:36:14.50
God uses people and
God uses institutions.
00:36:14.54\00:36:18.31
You got to have this sermon
00:36:18.34\00:36:19.67
and that's why we have
Amazing Prophecies seminar
00:36:19.71\00:36:22.14
so you can know the difference
and not be duped and deluded.
00:36:22.18\00:36:25.08
So who did the dragon
00:36:25.11\00:36:26.45
pagan Rome give
its capital seat to?
00:36:26.48\00:36:28.35
A religious power
that is worshipped.
00:36:28.38\00:36:30.35
Clue number
two, Revelation 13:4.
00:36:30.39\00:36:32.92
Here's a quote
00:36:32.95\00:36:34.29
"To the
succession of the Caesar's
00:36:34.32\00:36:35.72
came the succession
of the Pontiffs in Rome.
00:36:35.76\00:36:38.03
When Constantine left Rome
00:36:38.06\00:36:39.89
he gave his seat to the Pontiff,
00:36:39.93\00:36:42.13
Labianca, Professor of History,
00:36:42.16\00:36:43.70
University of Rome
a number of years ago.
00:36:43.73\00:36:47.04
As pagan Rome was losing power,
papal Rome was gaining power.
00:36:47.07\00:36:51.61
Down went pagan
Rome, up came papal Rome.
00:36:51.64\00:36:55.88
So now all roads
lead to papal Rome.
00:36:55.91\00:36:59.85
Would you agree,
00:36:59.88\00:37:01.22
Rome is still prestigious
00:37:01.25\00:37:04.09
and all
powerful on planet earth?
00:37:04.12\00:37:07.56
And so at least that's what
they are claiming and so forth.
00:37:07.59\00:37:10.23
And so I want you to
notice here a painting
00:37:10.26\00:37:14.66
is worth a
thousand prophetic words.
00:37:14.70\00:37:17.47
The dragon we are saying
00:37:17.50\00:37:19.07
is in the secondary
sense pagan Rome the dragon
00:37:19.10\00:37:23.51
and that pagan
Rome gave its seat
00:37:23.54\00:37:25.47
to the Pontiff
in Rome, the papacy.
00:37:25.51\00:37:28.84
I want you to notice
this is a painting by Raphael
00:37:28.88\00:37:32.38
and it's a painting
you can't see Constantine
00:37:32.41\00:37:35.05
but this is Constantine's armies
00:37:35.08\00:37:37.29
and you will notice
they have a standard.
00:37:37.32\00:37:39.39
They are holding up there
00:37:39.42\00:37:40.76
and what does that standard
look like to you, everyone?
00:37:40.79\00:37:44.59
A dragon.
00:37:44.63\00:37:45.96
So the dragon was
associated with the Roman armies
00:37:45.99\00:37:50.67
in the time of Constantine
00:37:50.70\00:37:52.33
and that's around the time
that Constantine left power
00:37:52.37\00:37:58.47
to the Vatican, to the papacy.
00:37:58.51\00:38:01.01
He relocated his
capital seat to Byzantium,
00:38:01.04\00:38:04.61
renamed it Constantinople.
00:38:04.65\00:38:06.72
Who filled the political vacuum?
00:38:06.75\00:38:09.22
Who got that power?
00:38:09.25\00:38:10.59
Who inherited that prestige?
00:38:10.62\00:38:12.85
None other than the papacy.
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.96
There you have it.
00:38:14.99\00:38:16.86
If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:38:16.89\00:38:19.79
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:38:19.83\00:38:22.26
if you are
suffering from health problem,
00:38:22.30\00:38:24.40
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:38:24.43\00:38:26.84
if you have a special
concern for your children,
00:38:26.87\00:38:29.24
whatever you need maybe
00:38:29.27\00:38:30.61
give us a call and
we will pray with you.
00:38:30.64\00:38:32.64
For your prayer requests
call us at 1-855-336-FREE.
00:38:32.67\00:38:38.35
"If the Son sets you
free, you are free indeed,"
00:38:38.38\00:38:41.78
John 8:36.
00:38:41.82\00:38:43.59
Clue number three,
a blasphemous power.
00:38:46.96\00:38:49.86
The Bible defines blasphemy
00:38:49.89\00:38:51.23
as I mentioned as
assuming any titles and rights,
00:38:51.26\00:38:54.10
or authority that
belongs solely to God.
00:38:54.13\00:38:56.16
Does the papacy claim
the titles and prerogatives
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.43
which belong to God alone?
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.07
"For thou art the
shepherd, thou art the director,
00:39:00.10\00:39:03.64
thou art the husbandman,
00:39:03.67\00:39:05.17
finally thou art
another God on earth."
00:39:05.21\00:39:09.11
That is the paper
cover about the papacy.
00:39:09.14\00:39:12.35
"Who opposeth and
exalteth himself above all
00:39:12.38\00:39:15.78
that is called God,
so that is worshipped,
00:39:15.82\00:39:18.55
so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God,
00:39:18.59\00:39:22.42
in the Christian community
00:39:22.46\00:39:23.79
showing himself that he is God."
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.33
Is he God? No.
00:39:25.36\00:39:26.70
But he is
acting as if he is God,
00:39:26.73\00:39:28.06
2 Thessalonians 2:2, 3.
00:39:28.10\00:39:29.93
"The Pope is of so great dignity
00:39:29.96\00:39:33.00
so exalted
00:39:33.03\00:39:34.37
that he is not a mere
man but as it were God,
00:39:34.40\00:39:36.77
and the vicar of God."
00:39:36.81\00:39:38.14
Ferraris
Ecclesiastical dictionary.
00:39:38.17\00:39:40.78
"The Pope is not only the
representative of Jesus Christ,
00:39:40.81\00:39:44.15
but he is Jesus Christ himself,"
00:39:44.18\00:39:45.81
I don't even like
reading this stuff
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.18
but I have to
00:39:47.22\00:39:48.55
"hidden under
the veil of flesh."
00:39:48.58\00:39:49.92
The Catholic
National, July, 1895.
00:39:49.95\00:39:53.36
Seek where you will,
through Heaven and earth,
00:39:53.39\00:39:56.12
you will find
but one created being
00:39:56.16\00:39:58.06
who can forgive the sinner.
00:39:58.09\00:39:59.43
That extraordinary
being is the priest,
00:39:59.46\00:40:01.23
the Catholic Priest."
00:40:01.26\00:40:02.60
Now can I just say
this parenthetically.
00:40:02.63\00:40:04.77
God has people,
His sheep in all folds,
00:40:04.80\00:40:09.04
in all flocks, in all churches.
00:40:09.07\00:40:11.64
There will be many
Roman catholics in heaven
00:40:11.67\00:40:14.18
I believe it
with all of my heart
00:40:14.21\00:40:15.54
and there will be many
Roman catholics not in heaven.
00:40:15.58\00:40:19.05
There will be many
Protestants in heaven
00:40:19.08\00:40:20.85
and there will be many
Protestants not in heaven.
00:40:20.88\00:40:24.09
How many agree
00:40:24.12\00:40:26.15
that Jesus is
ultimately the judge?
00:40:26.19\00:40:29.76
You know,
sometimes they tell me,
00:40:29.79\00:40:31.19
you know, you
are judging people.
00:40:31.23\00:40:32.86
I'm judging an
institution that has impacted
00:40:32.89\00:40:37.27
a lot of lot of
wonderful lovely Christians...
00:40:37.30\00:40:41.14
and the truth shall set us free.
00:40:43.91\00:40:48.34
What does papal
Rome say about Mary?
00:40:48.38\00:40:51.48
They say, Mary is a mediatrix.
00:40:51.51\00:40:54.22
What does that sound
like? Another mediator.
00:40:54.25\00:40:56.85
But 1 Timothy 2:5 says,
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.85
"There is one
Mediator between God and men,
00:40:59.89\00:41:03.73
the Man Christ Jesus."
00:41:03.76\00:41:05.86
How many agree?
00:41:05.89\00:41:07.23
All you need is Jesus.
00:41:07.26\00:41:11.90
And would you agree
our God is a jealous God,
00:41:11.93\00:41:14.74
He will share His
glory with no man?
00:41:14.77\00:41:19.01
And so what is this
message all about tonight?
00:41:19.04\00:41:21.31
Get your eyes off men,
get your eyes off Mary,
00:41:21.34\00:41:24.31
get your eyes off the saints,
00:41:24.35\00:41:25.85
get it off of a
church in terms of salvation,
00:41:25.88\00:41:29.28
get it on Jesus and Jesus alone.
00:41:29.32\00:41:33.09
"Christ Jesus
came into the world
00:41:33.12\00:41:35.22
to save sinners" 1 Timothy 1:15.
00:41:35.26\00:41:38.76
Mommy? Mommy, who do we pray to?
00:41:38.79\00:41:43.83
Oh, that every parent
in America, in the world
00:41:43.87\00:41:46.80
would not teach their children
00:41:46.84\00:41:48.74
to pray to anyone else
than our Father in heaven
00:41:48.77\00:41:52.47
to His Son Jesus Christ.
00:41:52.51\00:41:54.98
And by the way
sometimes people will say,
00:41:55.01\00:41:57.71
"You are only supposed
to pray to God, aren't you.
00:41:57.75\00:41:59.48
You are not
supposed to pray to Jesus."
00:41:59.51\00:42:01.68
How many agree if
my little girl says,
00:42:01.72\00:42:04.29
"Dear, Jesus, would
You be with me today?"
00:42:04.32\00:42:06.49
Jesus isn't gonna say,
00:42:06.52\00:42:07.86
"I'm sorry, I
can't hear that prayer."
00:42:07.89\00:42:10.23
Let me-- I'll give you a proof
00:42:10.26\00:42:11.93
in Acts 7 Peter said,
00:42:11.96\00:42:15.56
"Jesus, receive my spirit."
00:42:15.60\00:42:18.67
It's okay to talk
to Jesus, all right.
00:42:18.70\00:42:20.57
Amen. Now we pray to our Father.
00:42:20.60\00:42:23.24
We pray to our Father.
00:42:23.27\00:42:25.01
But how many have
ever heard yourself saying
00:42:25.04\00:42:26.91
"Oh, Jesus I need You."
00:42:26.94\00:42:30.05
What do we sing?
00:42:30.08\00:42:31.61
What do we sing?
"My, Jesus, I love You."
00:42:31.65\00:42:35.98
That's a song
and that's a prayer.
00:42:36.02\00:42:37.69
Amen.
00:42:37.72\00:42:40.52
Daniel 7:25,
00:42:40.56\00:42:42.72
"Think to
change times and laws."
00:42:42.76\00:42:44.96
The antichrist, the papal power
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.96
would notoriously
have a checkered pass
00:42:48.00\00:42:51.20
of actually tampering
with heaven's constitution
00:42:51.23\00:42:54.74
the Ten Commandments.
00:42:54.77\00:42:57.11
The audacity, the presumption,
00:42:57.14\00:42:59.67
they would actually seek
to revise, modify, alter,
00:42:59.71\00:43:04.51
substitute the Ten Commandments.
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.72
They would what, think
to change times and laws.
00:43:06.75\00:43:10.49
Where is that from? Daniel 7.
00:43:10.52\00:43:12.62
We already had an
entire presentation
00:43:12.65\00:43:15.32
in which we looked at
00:43:15.36\00:43:17.36
who is the bizarre talking
horn according to the Bible.
00:43:17.39\00:43:21.63
That's Daniel 7:25,
all right. So we continue.
00:43:21.66\00:43:25.53
What specific commandment
did the papacy change?
00:43:25.57\00:43:29.97
Here you have a card
of the Ten Commandments
00:43:30.01\00:43:33.17
and this might be
new to some of you.
00:43:33.21\00:43:35.14
Do not accept anything I say
00:43:35.18\00:43:38.51
unless, Acts 17:11,
00:43:38.55\00:43:41.08
you are willing
to receive things
00:43:41.12\00:43:42.78
as long as you go home
00:43:42.82\00:43:44.42
and you verify what
Pastor Fox is saying
00:43:44.45\00:43:47.06
up here or Pastor Rester.
00:43:47.09\00:43:48.42
Amen?
00:43:48.46\00:43:49.79
So there's Ten Commandments
not ten suggestions.
00:43:49.82\00:43:52.99
But you will notice
that the catholic version
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.83
is different from
the Protestant version.
00:43:55.86\00:43:58.23
Now can I say
this in all honesty,
00:43:58.27\00:44:01.14
the Catholic church
and the Lutheran church
00:44:01.17\00:44:04.21
in their catechism
00:44:04.24\00:44:06.27
have dropped the
second commandment
00:44:06.31\00:44:09.68
out of the their line
up of the Ten Commandments.
00:44:09.71\00:44:12.45
Well, that didn't look too well.
00:44:12.48\00:44:13.82
Ten minus one is nine.
00:44:13.85\00:44:16.65
So they thought
what do we do about that?
00:44:16.69\00:44:18.89
Well, they looked at
the tenth commandment said,
00:44:18.92\00:44:20.59
that's a little lengthy
why don't we just conveniently,
00:44:20.62\00:44:23.36
compromisingly divide it?
00:44:23.39\00:44:25.43
They split it.
00:44:25.46\00:44:26.80
So ten minus one is ten
when you figure it that way.
00:44:26.83\00:44:30.20
How many agree God is
not pleased with this?
00:44:30.23\00:44:32.37
This is acting like you're God
00:44:32.40\00:44:33.87
when you are really
not in the temple of God.
00:44:33.90\00:44:36.40
How many want the whole
truth, nothing but the truth.
00:44:36.44\00:44:38.61
Don't add to it,
don't take away from it.
00:44:38.64\00:44:40.71
If it's in the
Bible, we want it,
00:44:40.74\00:44:42.08
if it's not in the
Bible, we don't want it.
00:44:42.11\00:44:43.51
Is that clear?
00:44:43.55\00:44:44.88
Is that what you want
to teach your children?
00:44:44.91\00:44:46.25
You put the Ten
Commandments on the wall,
00:44:46.28\00:44:47.62
you teach your
children the Ten Commandments
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.45
and it needs to be
the Ten Commandments
00:44:49.48\00:44:51.42
that are in the Bible
00:44:51.45\00:44:53.19
not just in a
catechism that has been changed.
00:44:53.22\00:44:55.49
You want the real
thing, the genuine.
00:44:55.52\00:44:57.19
There is a counterfeit,
there is the genuine.
00:44:57.23\00:44:59.39
As for me and my house
00:44:59.43\00:45:00.83
we want to go
with the Lord Jesus
00:45:00.86\00:45:02.30
and what He teaches.
00:45:02.33\00:45:03.67
Daddy, what are
the Ten Commandments?
00:45:03.70\00:45:06.50
This should be
very simple and basic.
00:45:06.53\00:45:09.04
How many agree there are
00:45:09.07\00:45:10.41
two major basic
truths in the Bible?
00:45:10.44\00:45:13.78
The Ten Commandments
00:45:13.81\00:45:15.68
and Jesus died for
breaking the commandments.
00:45:15.71\00:45:19.75
Thank God for the blood
00:45:19.78\00:45:21.25
and when you accept
Jesus He gives you the power.
00:45:21.28\00:45:24.59
He writes the law in your heart.
00:45:24.62\00:45:26.69
The cross and the
commandments are inseparable.
00:45:26.72\00:45:30.86
Proof, Jesus stands
by His Ten Commandments
00:45:30.89\00:45:34.00
and the Ten Commandments
00:45:34.03\00:45:35.36
are right
underneath the mercy seat.
00:45:35.40\00:45:37.20
Cross and the commandments,
somebody shout amen tonight.
00:45:37.23\00:45:40.74
That's
Revelation 11:19 by the way.
00:45:40.77\00:45:43.00
Now listen carefully,
does the Roman papal power
00:45:43.04\00:45:47.24
claim the power
to change God's law?
00:45:47.28\00:45:50.15
They do.
00:45:50.18\00:45:51.51
The Bible says,
00:45:51.55\00:45:52.88
"For laying aside
the commandment of God,
00:45:52.91\00:45:54.25
you hold to the
tradition of men"
00:45:54.28\00:45:55.62
Mark 7:8.
00:45:55.65\00:45:57.02
How does the antichrist
act as if it were God?
00:45:57.05\00:46:00.96
"By thinking to
change times and laws,"
00:46:00.99\00:46:03.73
Daniel 7:25.
00:46:03.76\00:46:05.56
So how did the antichrist change
00:46:05.59\00:46:07.23
God's Ten
Commandments, everyone?
00:46:07.26\00:46:10.07
He deleted the
second commandment
00:46:10.10\00:46:14.50
and they doubled
the tenth commandment.
00:46:14.54\00:46:19.17
Who are the only ones
00:46:19.21\00:46:20.54
who do not add or take
away from the Ten Commandments?
00:46:20.58\00:46:23.38
Revelation Chapter 12,
let's go there very quickly.
00:46:23.41\00:46:25.91
Are you with me?
00:46:25.95\00:46:29.28
You say, Mark,
this is new to me.
00:46:29.32\00:46:31.52
Hallelujah.
00:46:31.55\00:46:32.89
How many want a
new song of truth?
00:46:32.92\00:46:34.76
Amen.
00:46:34.79\00:46:36.12
Let God do a new
thing in your life, amen.
00:46:36.16\00:46:39.19
All right, Revelation 12:17
00:46:39.23\00:46:41.33
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,"
00:46:41.36\00:46:44.90
who is the woman?
00:46:44.93\00:46:46.27
The church. The bride of Christ.
00:46:46.30\00:46:47.94
Notice
00:46:47.97\00:46:49.64
"and he went to make
war with the remnant"
00:46:49.67\00:46:53.34
or the "rest of her
offspring," the remnant
00:46:53.38\00:46:56.08
"who keep the
commandments of God
00:46:56.11\00:46:57.61
and have the faith of Jesus
00:46:57.65\00:46:58.98
testimony of
Jesus" I should say.
00:46:59.01\00:47:00.92
So a remnant are the only ones
00:47:00.95\00:47:03.42
who are going to be
preaching the whole truth here.
00:47:03.45\00:47:06.72
I want you to notice
don't expect majority
00:47:06.76\00:47:09.42
to champion the
Ten Commandments.
00:47:09.46\00:47:11.43
My Bible tells me
it's just a remnant.
00:47:11.46\00:47:14.00
How many want to
be among the remnant?
00:47:14.03\00:47:15.86
Who wants to be
among the remnant?
00:47:15.90\00:47:17.37
Who wants to say, you know what?
00:47:17.40\00:47:18.73
I dare to be different
like-- dare to be a Daniel?
00:47:18.77\00:47:20.40
Amen.
00:47:20.44\00:47:21.77
Dare to be different? Amen.
00:47:21.80\00:47:23.14
And so keep the
unchanged law of God
00:47:23.17\00:47:25.41
or keep the changed law of God.
00:47:25.44\00:47:27.24
That's the choice.
00:47:27.28\00:47:28.61
So what is the only commandment
00:47:28.64\00:47:30.81
that has
anything to do with time?
00:47:30.85\00:47:33.38
The fourth commandment.
00:47:33.42\00:47:34.75
Remember I said, think
to change times and law.
00:47:34.78\00:47:38.15
What's the only one
that has to do with time?
00:47:38.19\00:47:40.76
The fourth commandment
about the seventh day Sabbath.
00:47:40.79\00:47:43.93
Let's go there.
00:47:43.96\00:47:45.43
Let's go there to
Exodus Chapter 20.
00:47:45.46\00:47:48.96
Exodus Chapter 20.
00:47:49.00\00:47:52.43
Exodus Chapter 20
looking there at verse 8,
00:47:52.47\00:47:56.74
and I'm gonna let
you fill in some blanks.
00:47:56.77\00:47:58.71
All right, you
ready? Here we go.
00:47:58.74\00:48:00.44
Remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it as a holiday.
00:48:00.48\00:48:05.31
Oh, how many agree
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.82
the Sabbath is different
from the forth of July?
00:48:07.85\00:48:10.42
It's different from
just a Thanksgiving Day?
00:48:10.45\00:48:13.25
It is holy.
00:48:13.29\00:48:16.22
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:48:16.26\00:48:18.83
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:48:18.86\00:48:21.16
but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Jew."
00:48:21.20\00:48:25.93
Were the Ten
Commandments given for everyone
00:48:25.97\00:48:27.90
or just for the Jews.
00:48:27.94\00:48:30.31
Jew or gentile
is it wrong to kill?
00:48:30.34\00:48:33.58
Steal?
00:48:33.61\00:48:34.94
Commit adultery? Bare fault--
00:48:34.98\00:48:36.41
How many agree the
Ten Commandments are
00:48:36.44\00:48:37.78
for all mankind?
00:48:37.81\00:48:39.15
That's why Jesus said
"The Sabbath was made for man"
00:48:39.18\00:48:42.72
Mark 2:27, 28.
00:48:42.75\00:48:45.29
"But the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:48:45.32\00:48:47.09
of the Lord your God."
00:48:47.12\00:48:48.46
So it's the Lord's day.
00:48:48.49\00:48:50.09
"In it you shall do no work,"
unless your boss wants you to.
00:48:50.13\00:48:53.86
Now keep in mind
00:48:56.50\00:48:57.83
did Jesus work
miracles on the Sabbath
00:48:57.87\00:49:00.60
and He said,
"It's lawful to do well
00:49:00.64\00:49:03.20
or to relieve
suffering on the Sabbath."
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.31
Is it okay if we have hospitals
00:49:05.34\00:49:08.08
saving peoples
lives on the Sabbath?
00:49:08.11\00:49:10.31
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:49:10.35\00:49:12.71
And so "But the seventh day
00:49:12.75\00:49:14.38
is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
00:49:14.42\00:49:16.45
In it you shall do no
work, you, nor your son,
00:49:16.48\00:49:19.02
notice how God
is expanding on it.
00:49:19.05\00:49:21.12
He is trying to
make it very thorough
00:49:21.16\00:49:22.92
so that there is no
excuse for a person,
00:49:22.96\00:49:25.39
not even the delegated.
00:49:25.43\00:49:27.10
I want you to notice it.
00:49:27.13\00:49:28.46
"You, nor your son"
don't be telling your son,
00:49:28.50\00:49:30.67
hey, son, well, listen,
I can't keep the Sabbath
00:49:30.70\00:49:33.34
all right or I can't work on
the Sabbath so you work for me.
00:49:33.37\00:49:38.84
"In it you shall do no work,
00:49:38.87\00:49:40.71
you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
00:49:40.74\00:49:42.58
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:49:42.61\00:49:44.75
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:49:44.78\00:49:46.41
who is within your gates."
00:49:46.45\00:49:47.78
Why?
00:49:47.82\00:49:49.15
For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth.
00:49:49.18\00:49:51.42
Are we called in Revelation
00:49:51.45\00:49:53.12
to come back to
worshipping the Creator?
00:49:53.15\00:49:55.56
And those who do that
are described as he or those
00:49:55.59\00:49:58.26
who keep the
commandments of God.
00:49:58.29\00:50:01.63
In the last days there is a call
00:50:01.66\00:50:03.26
to come back to
keeping the Sabbath.
00:50:03.30\00:50:05.10
Why?
00:50:05.13\00:50:06.47
Because the
commandment that begins
00:50:06.50\00:50:07.84
with the word "remember"
is the most forgotten today
00:50:07.87\00:50:11.14
and the most
forgotten commandment.
00:50:11.17\00:50:14.31
But it is sublime.
00:50:14.34\00:50:16.51
Notice the Bible says here,
00:50:16.54\00:50:18.55
"For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:50:18.58\00:50:20.82
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:50:20.85\00:50:22.18
and rested the seventh day.
00:50:22.22\00:50:23.55
Therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:50:23.59\00:50:25.55
and hallowed it."
00:50:25.59\00:50:26.99
Sometimes people tell me,
00:50:27.02\00:50:28.36
well, Mark, I
keep every day holy.
00:50:28.39\00:50:29.82
No, you don't
00:50:29.86\00:50:31.19
because the biblical definition
of keeping that day holy
00:50:31.23\00:50:33.46
is you don't work on that day
00:50:33.50\00:50:34.90
and most people have
to work for a living.
00:50:34.93\00:50:38.50
And so listen,
00:50:38.53\00:50:39.87
oh, yeah, of course,
we're God's holy people,
00:50:39.90\00:50:41.44
of course we want to live
from a holy life every day
00:50:41.47\00:50:43.97
but you got to work for a living
00:50:44.01\00:50:45.87
but not on the seventh day.
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.41
So what does the
fourth commandment say?
00:50:47.44\00:50:50.35
"Remember the Sabbath." How?
00:50:50.38\00:50:52.65
By keeping it holy and
not working on that day.
00:50:52.68\00:50:55.55
What's that day?
00:50:55.58\00:50:56.92
The seventh day of the week.
00:50:56.95\00:50:58.29
What is that day?
00:50:58.32\00:50:59.65
Look on the
calendar, it's Saturday.
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Oh, but that
calendar has been changed.
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Never has the
weekly cycle been changed
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and if you ever doubt that
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the Jews keep the
same day that Jesus kept
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and the Jews have it right.
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But Christians need to tell them
00:51:13.67\00:51:15.84
it's not enough to
observe the Sabbath.
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You got to accept
the Lord of the Sabbath.
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Can you say, amen?
00:51:21.18\00:51:22.64
But, you know, we
need to tell the Jews.
00:51:22.68\00:51:25.38
We need to tell orthodox Jews,
00:51:25.41\00:51:27.62
you know what?
You got something.
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We Christians can
learn a little something
00:51:29.75\00:51:32.45
that the law of
God is unchanged.
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But you, Jews, we love you too.
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You need to be a Jew for Jesus.
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Can you say, amen?
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And so listen,
00:51:40.43\00:51:42.23
three changes that the
Catholic Church has made
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to the commandments.
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I share this in love,
00:51:46.70\00:51:48.04
please, please, I share
this with all sensitivity.
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Three changes, number one,
deleted the second commandment.
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Number two, made the
tenth commandment two.
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Number three,
changed the Sabbath
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from Saturday to Sunday.
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There are three
changes and you know what?
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Most people are not
fully aware of this.
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But now you know. Now you know.
00:52:06.22\00:52:08.62
Does the papal power
admit changing the Sabbath
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from Saturday to Sunday,
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do they actually
acknowledge that?
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Catechism.
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Question, which
is the Sabbath day?
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Answer, Saturday
is the Sabbath day.
00:52:19.37\00:52:21.47
Question, why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?
00:52:21.50\00:52:24.91
Answer, we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday
00:52:24.94\00:52:27.61
because the Catholic Church
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in the council of
Laodicea (A.D. 336),
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transferred the solemnity
from Saturday to Sunday.
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That's a Convert's Catechism
00:52:39.19\00:52:40.52
of Catholic
Doctrine, 1957 edition.
00:52:40.56\00:52:43.36
So therefore, Daniel
predicted the change.
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The church admits the change.
History reveals the change.
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The Bible condemns the change.
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And I'm not going
along with the change.
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Would you agree?
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If you need to make a
change in order to keep the day
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that has been unchanged
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then I say, change to keep
that which has been unchanged.
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Are you with me?
00:53:05.51\00:53:08.18
Cardinal Gibbons, the late
James Cardinal Gibbons said,
00:53:08.22\00:53:11.75
"You may read the Bible
from Genesis to Revelation,
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and you will not
find a single line
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authorizing the
sanctification of Sunday.
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The scriptures enforce
00:53:20.10\00:53:21.43
the religious
observance of Saturday."
00:53:21.46\00:53:23.97
What a candid
admission. What did Jesus say?
00:53:24.00\00:53:29.30
"Whosoever therefore shall break
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one of these least commandments,
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and shall teach men so,
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he shall be called the
least in the kingdom of heaven,
00:53:35.44\00:53:38.01
but whosoever
shall do and teach them,
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the same shall be called
great in the kingdom of heaven."
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Mark, are you saying
that all those who don't keep
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this seventh day
Sabbath are gonna be lost?
00:53:44.69\00:53:46.55
No, I'm not saying that.
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But here's what I'm saying.
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That when we know better
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and we turn our
back on the truth
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that's a whole another thing.
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What does the Bible say?
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"Therefore to him
that knows to do good,
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and does not do
it, to him it is sin."
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James 4:17.
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"At times of ignorance
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God overlooks it, winkes at it."
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Acts 17:30.
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But you shall know the
truth and it will set you free,
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if you know it and follow it.
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So therefore,
00:54:24.16\00:54:26.03
did Jesus keep the Sabbath?
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Luke 4:16, Luke 4.
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Are we learning
something tonight?
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Luke 4:16, let's
go there very quickly.
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Luke 4:16,
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so he himself-- I'm sorry here.
00:54:41.28\00:54:45.48
Luke 4:16, "So
He came to Nazareth,
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where He had been brought up.
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And as His custom was,"
His habit, His tradition
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"He went into the synagogue"
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church "on the Sabbath
day, and stood up to read."
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If it's good enough for Jesus
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it ought to be
good enough for us.
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Can you thunder out
an amen to Jesus tonight?
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Amen.
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Did Jesus know
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which day was the true
seventh day of the week?
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Did He know?
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And do you know that He observed
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what the Romans called--
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at that time they called
00:55:10.87\00:55:13.11
the seventh day of the
week what do they call it?
00:55:13.14\00:55:15.04
They called it Saturday.
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The Roman Julian calendar
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was in effect in
the time of Christ.
00:55:18.85\00:55:20.72
Now we have the
Gregorian calendar
00:55:20.75\00:55:22.68
but we still call the
seventh day of the week
00:55:22.72\00:55:24.19
Saturday and the Bible
doesn't call it Saturday
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it calls it the Sabbath.
00:55:26.09\00:55:27.42
What's God's number?
00:55:27.46\00:55:28.79
Even gambling casinos
recognize this special number.
00:55:28.82\00:55:31.26
What's the number? Number seven.
00:55:31.29\00:55:33.16
Sunday is not number seven.
00:55:33.19\00:55:34.90
Now, can I go to
church on Sunday?
00:55:34.93\00:55:36.26
Absolutely.
00:55:36.30\00:55:38.67
Hey, what's tonight?
00:55:38.70\00:55:40.64
This is Sunday night,
00:55:40.67\00:55:42.57
of course, really
this is the beginning
00:55:42.60\00:55:44.81
of the second day of the week
00:55:44.84\00:55:47.71
because the day
begins not at midnight
00:55:47.74\00:55:50.21
but at sunset
according to the Bible.
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So listen,
00:55:53.15\00:55:54.65
did Jesus ever
change the Sabbath?
00:55:54.68\00:55:58.79
Let's go to Matthew 5:17.
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We are running out
of time now here tonight
00:56:02.92\00:56:05.33
and we are gonna pick up
this message on another night.
00:56:05.36\00:56:09.33
And looking here
in Matthew Chapter 5.
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Have we learned a lot tonight?
00:56:12.17\00:56:14.27
Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:17,
00:56:14.30\00:56:20.71
"Do not think
00:56:20.74\00:56:22.18
that I came to destroy
the Law or the Prophets.
00:56:22.21\00:56:24.35
I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill."
00:56:24.38\00:56:26.88
Mark, there it is.
00:56:26.92\00:56:28.25
He fulfilled it therefore
we don't have to keep it.
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Bible says in Matthew Chapter 3
00:56:30.49\00:56:33.46
the Bible says that
Jesus fulfilled baptism
00:56:33.49\00:56:38.33
and that's Matthew Chapter 3,
00:56:38.36\00:56:40.90
Matthew Chapter 3
looking there verse 15.
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Jesus said to
John, John protested.
00:56:44.07\00:56:47.17
"Me baptize you?
00:56:47.20\00:56:48.67
I'm not worthy to
unloose your sandal."
00:56:48.70\00:56:51.34
And Jesus said in response,
00:56:51.37\00:56:53.88
"No, we have to do this to
fulfill all righteousness."
00:56:53.91\00:56:56.75
How many still
believe baptism by immersion?
00:56:56.78\00:56:59.21
Amen.
00:56:59.25\00:57:00.58
By the way baptism by sprinkling
00:57:00.62\00:57:01.95
came from the Roman papal power.
00:57:01.98\00:57:04.52
Now listen
carefully as we close,
00:57:04.55\00:57:07.02
does truth matter?
00:57:07.06\00:57:11.79
Bible makes it very
clear that in the last days
00:57:11.83\00:57:14.46
there will be so much deception
00:57:14.50\00:57:17.53
but Jesus Christ wants
us to get our eyes on Him
00:57:17.57\00:57:23.87
looking unto Jesus
00:57:23.91\00:57:26.01
the author and
finisher of our faith.
00:57:26.04\00:57:30.88
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:30.91\00:57:32.98
are sweeping across the globe
00:57:33.01\00:57:35.15
you and your
family can be prepared
00:57:35.18\00:57:36.99
to face the
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00:57:37.02\00:57:39.65
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