We are racing towards the
global crises 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 Angles' Messages.
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These are stories that
illustrate the kind of fabric
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of character and perseverance
that we need to go through
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the tribulation 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 are trickling through
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the hourglass of time
and the door probation
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is about the swing shot.
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How many have your
Bible here tonight?
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Can you hold it up?
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And if you don't have your Bible
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but you believe in the
Bible, raise your hand.
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All right, so we're all covered.
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Anyway we're gonna have a great
time exploring Bible prophecy
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and in this edition
of amazing prophecies,
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our title this
evening is what everyone,
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let's thunder it out together,
"The Mark of the Beast!"
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One more time,
"The Mark of the Beast!"
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That infamous,
mysterious number 666
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that number is not used
to promote gambling casinos,
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have you noticed?
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They use 777. Well, guess what?
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That might be
the flip side of 666.
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So 666 has conjured
up all sorts of images
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and grotesque
pictures and so forth about
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this really familiar,
popular, ominous number 666.
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So what about the mysterious
number of the Beast 666.
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Well, if you're a UPS driver
or a FedEx driver and you're--
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you know, you've your package
and you need to drop it off
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at a skyscraper of the building
in Saint Louis or Kansas City
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and you go there and oh,
no, your worse nightmare,
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you got to go up to
the top of the building
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and that building
number is, what everyone?
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666.
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Feeling a little nervous.
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Wish that you
hadn't gone in for the day.
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How about that highway?
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Well, it's not 666,
but it's close enough.
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It's highway 66, well,
may be it's little antiquated
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but the infamous
highway full of deadly crashes,
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superstition and popularity
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and good old
Hollywood sensationalism.
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Well, let's say
you go to the Wal-Mart,
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checkout and you just
throw some things on there
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and lo and behold,
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how much did you say
the total was, ma'am?
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Yeah, $6.66.
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Well, here's some
gum, throw in some gum.
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You see this number scares
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the daylights out
of many, many people.
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Tonight, you'll learn
the rest of the story.
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It has everything to
do with tonight's topic
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but I got to leave
you with a cliffhanger.
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So let's continue.
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Will the United States
enforce the mark of the beast?
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"She will be the first!"
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"She will be the first!"
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That's why you
can't miss a beat.
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You got to listen to
every syllable tonight.
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And so could the race
toward a cashless society
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make it easier
for the government
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to control buying and selling?
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Could that happen,
because my Bible tells me
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in Revelation Chapter
13, let's go there quickly.
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Revelation Chapter 13 contains
the startling pronouncement,
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the startling announcement,
the dire prediction,
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the ominous reality that will
unfold just before Jesus comes.
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Revelation 13:16, "He" speaking
about the United States,
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I'll prove it in an
upcoming presentation.
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"He causes or enforces
all, both small and great,
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rich and poor, free and slave,
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to receive a mark
on the right hand,
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or on their foreheads."
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So you can receive
the mark of the beast
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in two distinct places.
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On the forehead or on the what?
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On the hand.
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And notice here verse 17,
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"And that no
one may buy or sell,
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except one who has the
mark or the name of the beast
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or the number of his name."
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So according to the scriptures,
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the mark of the
beast will be what?
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Enforced.
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That is crystal clear.
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That is the prophetic
scenario that we see spotlighted
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in these packed verses.
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How many agree
these verses are packed?
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How many agree, I mean,
this is heavily concentrated.
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I mean, this is prophecy stuff.
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So I want you to notice
here, in verse 16 it says,
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"There's going to be
something that is forced."
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So whatever the
mark of the beast is,
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it will have
everything to do with becoming
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the law of the land and
it will have teeth in it.
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It will be enforced, legislated
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and according
to the word of God,
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it's a mark, it's
the forbidden mark.
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It's a mark that God
says, "Don't get it."
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Because if you
do, what will happen?
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We'll get into that in a moment.
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So could the race
toward a cashless society
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make it easier
for the government
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to control buying and selling?
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Well, consider this fact.
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"The deadly combination
of financial chaos..."
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Are we in the
throes of that right now?
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Yes, we are.
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Global interdependency,
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are we a global
village of sorts?
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You know, one nation sneezes
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and the rest of the
world catches a cold.
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Are you with me?
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And so, and modern technology--
listen, let me recap that.
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"The deadly
combination of financial chaos,
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global interdependency
and modern technology
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are all converging,
getting together, combining,
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and coalescing and creating
the right dangerous climate,
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a right climate
for a cashless society
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and governmental
control of your money."
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Would you agree
when the government
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starts messing with your money?
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We really are or all heads up.
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So where's the money, honey?
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Ah, that's so you know,
the number one contention,
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number one marriage problem.
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You know, I do marriage seminars
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and marriage counseling
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and let me tell you that
number one contender there
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that causes
heated debate is money.
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So where's the money, honey?
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Anyway, let me
tell you something.
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The Bible makes it very clear
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that the
government will stipulate
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and they will specify
that you must, in particular,
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you must go along with
this mark of the beast.
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So it will be popular
and persuasive and false.
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And it will be
enforced by, number one,
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an economic
boycott, economic sanctions
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imposed upon those
who would dare to dissent,
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who would dare to be a Daniel
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and not go along
with the government
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when false worship is enforced.
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Can you say
Daniel in the lion's den
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that's how he ended up there.
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He refused to give
in to false worship
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that was being
enforced by the government
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and he was under
governmental surveillance.
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You know, what he did
when he was under that, that,
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that scrutiny, that
governmental surveillance
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and that false
worshiping of force?
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You know what he did?
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He just kept doing what
he was doing, all along.
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Kept going before the
Lord at his window there,
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would look up at the sky
and by faith look up to God
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and the Bible says,
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"He would kneel down and pray
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three times a day
as was his custom."
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Daniel 6:10.
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How many agree?
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When the devil gets
mean, you just keep on praying.
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And so listen carefully.
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"Is the high-tech surveillance
capabilities and usage
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resulting in a trap
that will be used to identify
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and expose those who
resist the Mark of the Beast?"
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Now I'm giving some
thought for presidency.
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And so, in today's
world would you agree
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that enormous
changes can happen overnight,
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fast with
rapidity, with wings on it?
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Right, is that true?
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I mean, the devil will
have something overnight
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and blow up in your
face tomorrow morning.
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How many agree the
devil doesn't sleep?
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Thank God, Psalms
1:21, the Bible says,
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"The Lord does not
slumber nor sleep."
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Can you say amen?
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"And greater is
He that is in you
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than He that is in the world."
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1 John 4:4.
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But the Bible
makes it very clear
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that end time cataclysmic,
apocalyptic prophecy events
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will happen with rapidity,
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will happen in quick succession,
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will happen with blinding speed,
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one change following quickly
after the heels of another
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so that the average person
will be dumbfounded, deluded,
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deceived because they were
not prepared for these events.
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Number one, they
weren't prepared for the events.
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Number two,
they weren't prepared
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for the rapidity of the events.
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But you, Bible
says in Romans 13,
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"Are not in darkness."
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So that that day
and that the events
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leading up to that day
will catch you by surprise.
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The Bible says,
"We're not of the darkness.
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We're of the light."
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And now knowing the time that
it is now high-time to awake,
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for our salvation is near
than when we first believe."
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Romans 10:10-11.
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So the Bible makes it very clear
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that just like a woman
who at its birth-pangs,
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it suddenly comes upon them.
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They were told
it was gonna happen
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and then all of
a sudden it happens
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and the contractions
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become more
frequent and intense.
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And all the mother
said, "I know all about it."
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Paul compared end events
and the coming of the Lord.
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He compared
that end time events,
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the developments
in the social world,
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the political world,
the environmental world,
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the economic world,
the religious world.
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These events, these developments
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that would take place,
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he compared it
to the birth-pangs,
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the birth pains of a woman
who is ready to give birth.
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And so the point is this,
is that right now we're living
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in an age of
intensity and a rapid change.
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Convulsions or
contractions, take your pick.
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All I know is in today's world
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enormous changes can happen fast
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and guess what?
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The Mark of the Beast is going
to catch the world by surprise,
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stunning surprise.
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But those who
know Bible prophecy,
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it pays to know Bible prophecy.
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This is no trivia pursuit.
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We're not gathered here
in a nice cute little seminar
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and just saying,
"I know this now,
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it's rather not
just head information,
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its heart transformation
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and preparation
for the tribulation."
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That's what it is.
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The Bible, may you say,
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Mark, "We going
through the tribulation?"
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If we're not going
through the tribulation
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then this is all
just nice to know.
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But you really
don't have to know,
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'cause you won't be here.
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People want to
hear smooth things.
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Tell me preacher
that I'm not gonna go
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through the tribulation.
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You're not gonna go
through the tribulation.
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Thank you preacher, I love you.
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Come over at my house any time.
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Listen to me, Revelation 16:15
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makes it very
clear with clarity,
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ringing clarity that we're
going through the tribulation.
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I was about to say I'm
going through the depression.
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Yeah, okay, here we go.
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Revelation 16:15,
"Behold, I am coming as a thief.
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Blessed is he who
watches and keeps his garments,
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lest he walk naked,
and they see a shame."
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And it's in the
context of the sixth angel,
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the pouring out of his vial,
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pouring out of his
bowl of God's wrath.
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The seven installments
of God's wrath poured out
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in the last days in the form
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of the seven last
scourges or seven last plagues.
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And so as these
bowls are poured out,
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they're poured out and
then Jesus comes as a thief.
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Jesus just said,
"Hold on to your garments,
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" Christ righteousness.
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How many agree we're
nothing but nakedness?
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But when we have
Jesus, we put on Christ
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that is we put on His robe.
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Amen, we put on His perfection.
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You do not stand
before God in your own self.
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You claim Jesus, you
don't pray in your own name,
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you pray in the name of
Jesus and He presents you
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before the father, faultless,
before His throne of grace,
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" Jude verse 24.
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Do you know that he
says in Isaiah 43:25,
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"I will not remember your sins."
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Micah 7:18 and 19
says, "That He will cast them
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into the depths of the sea."
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And someone said, "And I'll
put a no-fishing sign up there."
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Can you say amen about that?
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And so listen, we're racing
toward the Mark of the Beast
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and we're gonna go
through the tribulation
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because the tribulation is
purification and preparation
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for your translation
and your glorification.
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Now that's simple, you might
need to rewind and play that.
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We're racing toward
the Mark of the Beast.
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So what is the
Mark of the Beast?
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Is it a government
identification number?
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Is it a barcode on a
can in a grocery store?
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Is it a number on a credit card?
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God loves us so much,
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He wants us to be fully informed
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and prepared
for the tribulation,
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the mark of the beast
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and the coming of
Jesus Christ in the sky!
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So what warning does God give
about the Mark of the Beast?
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Revelation 14,
Revelation 14, the very center,
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the very heart of
the Book of Revelation,
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right there, 22 chapters,
right there in the middle.
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Revelation chapter
14 we read verse 6,
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of Heaven,
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" God is describing
with symbolic language
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his end time warning messages.
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These are his-- this constitutes
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and comprises his last call,
his last messages of mercy.
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How many agree? This is it.
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This is it.
This is closing time.
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This is the end time.
This is the prophetic time.
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This is the sealing time.
This is the judgment time.
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And the Bible says here,
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"Then I saw another Angel flying
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in the midst of Heaven,
having the everlasting gospel
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to preach to those
who dwell in the Earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people."
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Saying with a loud voice,
compelling voice, "It's urgent,
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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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All right, now notice
the next part of this purpose
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and we're gonna
contrast it with verse 9.
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"And worship Him..."
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What's the key
word there? Worship.
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"Him who made..."
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What would you call
the person who made us?
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Our creator.
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"Worship the creator
who made heaven and earth
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and the sea and
the springs of waters."
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Now drop down to verse 9
and see if you can notice
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a stark sharp
pronounce bold relief
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contrast to what we just read.
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Worshipping the
beast, all right,
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let's put that up on
the board, so to speak.
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Worshipping the
beast on one side
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and the extreme polarity
on the other end is what?
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Verse 9, "Then a
third angel followed them
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saying with a loud voice,
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'If anyone
worships the beast..."
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not the creator, but
the beast, "and his image
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and receives his mark
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on his forehead
or on his hand..."
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All right, what's gonna happen?
What are the consequences?
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"He himself shall
also drink of the wine
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of the wrath of God."
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' What is the wrath of God
poured out in the last days?
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The seven last plagues,
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Revelation 15 and
16 makes that clear.
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"Which is poured
out full strength
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into the cup of his indignation,
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he should be tormented with fire
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and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels,
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and in the presence of the Lamb.
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And that smoke of their torment
ascends for ever and ever
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and they have no
rest day or night..."
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to what?
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"Give in, cave in
either by default or decision
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they worship the
beast and his image
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and whoever receives
the mark of its name."
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How many agree
this is a dire warning?
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This is a straight shooting.
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Undiluted powerful message
from a loving God who says,
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"Ladies and
gentlemen, boys and girls,
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it's closing time."
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Verse 12, "Here is the patience,
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the endurance of the
saints, here those who
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keep the commandments of
God and the faith of Jesus."
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So what's gonna
unfold? What's gonna unravel?
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I'll tell you
what's gonna happen?
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The law will be of the
land the government will say,
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"You must worship the beast."
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And that will clash
against worshipping the Creator
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and keeping the law of God
instead of the law of the land.
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Now I believe that we
must respect our government.
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We must pray for our president.
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The Bible says
in Roman Chapter 13
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that God would have us
to respect and to honor
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our government as long as
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it doesn't
contradict our conscience.
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But in this case, guess what?
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You got to stand up and
say, "Now that's about enough.
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I'm willing to
honor my government,
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but when my government says,
00:18:53.26\00:18:55.00
'You must receive
the mark of the beast,'
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I don't care how
Christian it looks.
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I don't care how popular it is.
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I don't care how much
you threaten me with death
00:19:01.30\00:19:05.31
or what kind of economic boycott
00:19:05.34\00:19:07.58
or economic
sanctions you impose upon me,
00:19:07.61\00:19:09.88
no matter what you say
as for me and my house,
00:19:09.91\00:19:13.48
serve the Lord, " Joshua 24:15.
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So it's a matter of the fabric
of your-- a test of the fabric
00:19:17.52\00:19:19.92
of your faith and to
see who really can say,
00:19:19.95\00:19:23.53
"I love the Lord
more than anything."
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That will be tested.
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The great showdown
test in the last days is,
00:19:28.30\00:19:32.33
who really has faith in Jesus
that leads to loving obedience.
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Who has the
endurance of the saints,
00:19:37.94\00:19:40.81
keep the commandments of God
and the genuine faith of Jesus.
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'Cause if you have faith in
Jesus He'll give you endurance
00:19:44.81\00:19:47.95
to obey when they
tell you disobey God
00:19:47.98\00:19:52.15
and go along with
the laws of the land.
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Can you see,
it's a clash of laws.
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God's law, man's law.
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It's a clash of worship.
00:20:00.40\00:20:02.03
Worship the creator
or worship the beast.
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How many can see
00:20:04.57\00:20:05.90
the Book of
Revelation is a catalogue,
00:20:05.93\00:20:07.70
a string, a litany of
one contrast after the other.
00:20:07.74\00:20:12.31
Save, lost. Babylon, Jerusalem.
00:20:12.34\00:20:15.91
Heaven, hell. Sea
of glass, lake of fire.
00:20:15.94\00:20:19.51
666, 777.
00:20:19.55\00:20:21.72
All throughout the Bible.
00:20:21.75\00:20:23.08
The Book of Revelation
is a book of contrast.
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So you got the mark of the beast
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and the seal of God.
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So I want you to notice here,
you have Christ and antichrist.
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Dragon, Lamb.
00:20:34.10\00:20:36.23
So I want you to notice
here, I want you to notice here
00:20:36.26\00:20:39.43
what the Bible makes clear.
00:20:39.47\00:20:41.30
What warning does God give
about the mark of the beast?
00:20:41.34\00:20:43.71
Do not get the
mark of the beast.
00:20:43.74\00:20:45.97
Do not worship the beast
00:20:46.01\00:20:47.48
or you will get
the mark of the beast.
00:20:47.51\00:20:49.94
So who overcomes
the mark of the beast?
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Who's gonna be
preaching the warning
00:20:53.11\00:20:55.22
about the mark of the beast?
00:20:55.25\00:20:56.75
Don't miss this.
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Let me say it is
just as plain as I've--
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The Bible says in
Habakkuk 2:2-4, it says,
00:21:00.42\00:21:03.99
"Make it plain."
00:21:04.03\00:21:05.99
All right, let me
make it very, very plain.
00:21:06.03\00:21:10.10
God does not make it
complicated to know the issues
00:21:10.13\00:21:17.44
at stake in this life
00:21:17.47\00:21:20.48
and death
confrontation in the last days.
00:21:20.51\00:21:23.75
Would you agree you cannot guess
00:21:23.78\00:21:26.11
about life and death issues?
00:21:26.15\00:21:30.19
So the question is
this, who overcomes?
00:21:30.22\00:21:33.79
Who resists the
mark of the beast?
00:21:33.82\00:21:35.79
Those who are
preaching the warning.
00:21:35.82\00:21:37.43
Would you agree, they're
ones who are not gonna get
00:21:37.46\00:21:39.69
the mark of the beast
because they're identifying it
00:21:39.73\00:21:42.13
and warning people
don't go along with it.
00:21:42.16\00:21:45.27
Who are they? How
can they be identified?
00:21:45.30\00:21:49.30
Verse 12, it's right there.
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Put your finger on it.
00:21:52.27\00:21:53.61
Get your highlighter out.
00:21:53.64\00:21:55.04
Get your pen out, underline it.
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Put your memory cap on.
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Remember this one. Memorize it.
00:22:00.12\00:22:02.72
This is one of the
most important scriptures
00:22:02.75\00:22:05.09
for the last days.
00:22:05.12\00:22:07.22
Here is the
patience of the saints.
00:22:07.26\00:22:09.82
Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:22:09.86\00:22:12.19
even when it's against
the law to keep His law.
00:22:12.23\00:22:17.23
Here are those who
have the faith of Jesus
00:22:17.27\00:22:20.00
in a time when everyone
claims their faith in Jesus
00:22:20.04\00:22:23.57
but it's a down
right counterfeit.
00:22:23.61\00:22:26.98
So what is poured out
upon those who receive
00:22:27.01\00:22:30.88
the mark of the beast?
00:22:30.91\00:22:32.28
Revelation Chapter 15:1-2
00:22:32.31\00:22:35.38
"Then I saw
another sign in heaven,
00:22:35.42\00:22:36.79
great and marvelous,
00:22:36.82\00:22:38.15
seven angels having
the seven last plagues,
00:22:38.19\00:22:40.06
for in them, the
wrath of God is complete
00:22:40.09\00:22:42.06
and I saw something like
00:22:42.09\00:22:43.43
a sea of glass of
mingled with fire,
00:22:43.46\00:22:45.33
and those who have the victory
over the beast, over his image,
00:22:45.36\00:22:48.00
over his mark, over
the number of his name,
00:22:48.03\00:22:50.60
standing on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God."
00:22:50.63\00:22:53.77
So the Bible
makes it very clear.
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.30
If you have victory,
00:22:55.34\00:22:56.77
you will stand
on the sea of glass.
00:22:56.81\00:22:58.87
If you do not have victory, but
you are defeated by the devil,
00:22:58.91\00:23:03.55
by the beast, if you
are defeated then you get
00:23:03.58\00:23:07.05
the mark of the
beast, then the Bible says,
00:23:07.08\00:23:09.05
"You get the seven last
plagues and ultimately you go
00:23:09.08\00:23:12.05
to the lake of fire,
where there's weeping
00:23:12.09\00:23:17.19
and gnashing of teeth.
00:23:17.23\00:23:19.79
Bible makes that clear.
00:23:19.83\00:23:21.36
If you go to the sea of glass,
00:23:21.40\00:23:23.06
'casue you had victory or
you go to the lake of fire,
00:23:23.10\00:23:25.50
because you had defeat.
00:23:25.53\00:23:26.97
I'd rather go up than down.
00:23:27.00\00:23:28.37
Can you say amen?
00:23:28.40\00:23:29.97
So the Bible makes
it very crystal clear.
00:23:30.01\00:23:33.17
That God's wrath as
the seven last plagues
00:23:33.21\00:23:36.04
poured out in the last days.
00:23:36.08\00:23:37.41
Would you like to see just one--
00:23:37.45\00:23:39.71
Let me give you a
little glimpse here
00:23:39.75\00:23:41.48
of just one
installment, the first plague.
00:23:41.52\00:23:45.25
Chapter 16:1, "Then I
heard another loud voice
00:23:45.29\00:23:48.52
from the temple
saying to the seven angels,
00:23:48.56\00:23:50.99
'Go and pour out the bowls of
the wrath of God on the earth.'
00:23:51.03\00:23:55.46
So the first went, poured
out his bowl upon the earth
00:23:55.50\00:23:58.37
and a foul, a foul and loathsome
00:23:58.40\00:24:01.34
that is a severe
and malignant loathsome,
00:24:01.37\00:24:05.31
sore," like painful
boils or something comparable,
00:24:05.34\00:24:09.68
"came upon the men who
had the mark of the beast
00:24:09.71\00:24:12.15
and those who
worshipped its image."
00:24:12.18\00:24:14.02
So who is targeted?
00:24:14.05\00:24:16.55
Who's on the hit
list of these angels
00:24:16.58\00:24:20.49
pouring out the
bowls of God's wrath?
00:24:20.52\00:24:23.29
Those who got
the mark are the ones
00:24:23.32\00:24:26.26
that are marked for the plagues.
00:24:26.29\00:24:28.70
And so the Bible
makes it very clear,
00:24:28.73\00:24:30.70
"Worship the beast,
get the mark of the beast,
00:24:30.73\00:24:33.74
get the seven last plagues."
00:24:33.77\00:24:35.17
And just one of
them is this deadly,
00:24:35.20\00:24:38.24
malignant, sore, painful.
00:24:38.27\00:24:41.68
Can you imagine the
ramifications of that?
00:24:41.71\00:24:44.31
Can you imagine a
fallout from that?
00:24:44.35\00:24:46.11
Can you imagine the ripple
effect among the hospitals?
00:24:46.15\00:24:49.12
You know, where who knows,
how many millions of people
00:24:49.15\00:24:51.79
come down with
these boils and they go
00:24:51.82\00:24:53.96
and there is no relief.
00:24:53.99\00:24:56.76
No matter what shots
they get, there is no relief.
00:24:56.79\00:25:01.60
Can you imagine the
chaos, the social upheaval,
00:25:01.63\00:25:07.17
the economic
collapse that would ensue
00:25:07.20\00:25:09.37
just from this
first installment?
00:25:09.40\00:25:12.71
How many agree Hollywood
can't catch up with this stuff?
00:25:12.74\00:25:17.55
So listen, listen
carefully, seven last plagues.
00:25:17.58\00:25:23.12
I got a question for you.
00:25:23.15\00:25:24.85
Is this really
serious stuff or it's a con?
00:25:24.89\00:25:28.59
You see the devil wants worship
and when he came to Jesus
00:25:28.62\00:25:34.56
in the wilderness,
what was Jesus doing?
00:25:34.60\00:25:40.37
He was praying.
00:25:40.40\00:25:42.40
Some people think, "You know,
if you pray then, you know,
00:25:42.44\00:25:45.27
they hope the devil
will leave you alone."
00:25:45.31\00:25:47.14
I don't think so.
00:25:47.18\00:25:50.75
The devil showed
up when the Lord was--
00:25:50.78\00:25:55.48
Jesus was seeking
His Father with fasting.
00:25:55.52\00:25:58.12
How many agree
that's one way you seek
00:25:58.15\00:25:59.49
and seek God is
through fasting and prayer?
00:25:59.52\00:26:02.62
Fasting for 40
days, praying for 40 days
00:26:02.66\00:26:06.53
in a very intense
intentional purposeful way
00:26:06.56\00:26:10.77
and the devil showed up
as if an answer to prayer.
00:26:10.80\00:26:16.20
It came down as
a beautiful angel.
00:26:16.24\00:26:19.11
By the way, there's a beautiful
angel, but he's a fallen angel,
00:26:19.14\00:26:23.14
but he can still make it appear
00:26:23.18\00:26:25.21
that he's still
that unfallen angel.
00:26:25.25\00:26:28.18
He can masquerade as anybody
he wants, matter of fact,
00:26:28.22\00:26:32.52
get into that in
future presentations.
00:26:32.55\00:26:35.82
I want you to notice here.
00:26:35.86\00:26:37.76
The mark of the beast will be
00:26:37.79\00:26:39.59
the ultimate
deception of the enemy.
00:26:39.63\00:26:43.06
He will have the
mark of the beast
00:26:43.10\00:26:45.87
look like its Christian.
00:26:45.90\00:26:49.84
While the beast is
known as the antichrist
00:26:49.87\00:26:54.24
which appears to
be a Christian power.
00:26:54.28\00:26:59.75
So beloved just how popular
will the mark of the beast be?
00:26:59.78\00:27:04.25
Revelation
13:8, Revelation 13:8,
00:27:04.29\00:27:08.19
are we learning
something here tonight?
00:27:08.22\00:27:10.03
Verse 8, "All who dwell on
the earth will worship him,
00:27:10.06\00:27:13.03
whose names
have not been written
00:27:13.06\00:27:14.40
in the book of life of the Lamb
00:27:14.43\00:27:15.76
slain from the
foundation of the world."
00:27:15.80\00:27:17.57
The whole world
will be held captive
00:27:17.60\00:27:21.00
under the sway of the evil one,
the wicked one in the last days
00:27:21.04\00:27:25.67
with the exception of who?
00:27:25.71\00:27:29.24
Of a minority,
of a smaller group.
00:27:29.28\00:27:35.12
Look at that group spotlighted,
of course they were spotlighted
00:27:35.15\00:27:38.15
there in Revelation
14:12 and so-- by the way,
00:27:38.19\00:27:42.72
if you're in Revelation
14:12 and Revelation 12:17,
00:27:42.76\00:27:46.63
they're the
people who will overcome.
00:27:46.66\00:27:49.40
Look at Revelation 12:17.
00:27:49.43\00:27:52.67
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
00:27:52.70\00:27:54.84
the church and
he went to make war
00:27:54.87\00:27:57.01
with the rest of her
offspring, the remnant,
00:27:57.04\00:27:59.41
who keep the commandments of God
00:27:59.44\00:28:01.54
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:28:01.58\00:28:03.28
How many can see the parallel?
00:28:03.31\00:28:05.01
The echo from
Revelation 14:12, this,
00:28:05.05\00:28:07.78
this-- there's a connection.
00:28:07.82\00:28:09.32
You can connect the dots
between these two passages.
00:28:09.35\00:28:12.22
That's how we learn truth.
00:28:12.25\00:28:14.36
The truth just like
you're afraid, John 8:32,
00:28:14.39\00:28:16.26
how do you learn truth,
00:28:16.29\00:28:17.63
by comparing
scripture with scripture,
00:28:17.66\00:28:19.19
line upon line,
precept upon precept.
00:28:19.23\00:28:20.86
Amen.
00:28:20.90\00:28:22.23
It's not how smart
you are, it's rather,
00:28:22.26\00:28:23.73
do you have a
little bit of time,
00:28:23.77\00:28:25.10
where you can read scripture
and say, "Wait, wait a minute,
00:28:25.13\00:28:27.57
I just read that," and
then you make the connections
00:28:27.60\00:28:30.34
and thank God for
concordances that can help you
00:28:30.37\00:28:32.81
to make it even faster.
00:28:32.84\00:28:34.18
Can you say amen?
00:28:34.21\00:28:35.54
Now listen
carefully. Listen carefully.
00:28:35.58\00:28:38.68
My Bible tells me that
there's gonna be an attack
00:28:38.71\00:28:42.72
on the law of God
and my Bible tells me
00:28:42.75\00:28:45.39
there will be an attack,
00:28:45.42\00:28:46.96
a very frontal
assault on the remnant.
00:28:46.99\00:28:50.69
That's why it
requires, here's the patience,
00:28:50.73\00:28:53.06
the endurance of the saints
00:28:53.09\00:28:54.43
because they're
gonna come under attack.
00:28:54.46\00:28:55.80
Why?
00:28:55.83\00:28:57.17
Because they still
want a champion and carry
00:28:57.20\00:28:59.23
the torch of loving
obedience to God's law.
00:28:59.27\00:29:03.20
No matter how
politically incorrect it may be.
00:29:03.24\00:29:07.38
So I want you to notice here--
00:29:07.41\00:29:08.74
How many would like to be
in that group of verse 17?
00:29:08.78\00:29:11.58
You want to be in that group?
00:29:11.61\00:29:12.95
Do you even know
what's a remnant?
00:29:12.98\00:29:14.32
So the majority will never go
00:29:14.35\00:29:16.72
along with all of
the Ten Commandments.
00:29:16.75\00:29:19.62
They never will, they
never have, they never will.
00:29:19.65\00:29:21.96
According to the word of God,
the law of God is under attack
00:29:21.99\00:29:25.39
in the last days and
it will appear Christian
00:29:25.43\00:29:31.13
to change that
law, revise that law,
00:29:31.17\00:29:33.90
modify that law and end up
00:29:33.94\00:29:36.77
not really
keeping the original law,
00:29:36.81\00:29:38.84
the genuine but going
along with the counterfeit.
00:29:38.87\00:29:42.14
So in the last days, there
will be a widespread delusion,
00:29:42.18\00:29:48.25
a rampant deception that
will sweep across the globe
00:29:48.28\00:29:52.39
in regard to when it's
even now a foot in regard
00:29:52.42\00:29:56.86
to the Ten Commandments of God.
00:29:56.89\00:30:00.16
How many can see
that the pivotal,
00:30:00.20\00:30:01.90
central issue in the last days,
00:30:01.93\00:30:03.87
worship the creator
or worship the beast?
00:30:03.90\00:30:06.80
Keep the commandments of God
or keep the commandments of men
00:30:06.84\00:30:10.47
that clash with the
commandments of God.
00:30:10.51\00:30:14.14
Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
00:30:14.18\00:30:17.98
Amazing Bible
prophecies are fast fulfilling.
00:30:18.01\00:30:21.52
Do ancient prophecies predict
the sudden economic collapse?
00:30:21.55\00:30:24.92
Will the Middle East
crisis erupt into World War III?
00:30:24.95\00:30:28.59
Are we living on
the eve of Armageddon?
00:30:28.62\00:30:31.16
How will the final moves
of the antichrist affect you?
00:30:31.19\00:30:34.53
What is the future of
the United States of America?
00:30:34.56\00:30:37.70
How will natural disasters
00:30:37.73\00:30:39.67
assure in the mark of the beast?
00:30:39.70\00:30:41.80
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Why would people go along
with the mark of the beast
00:31:16.94\00:31:20.44
even after hearing
the strong warnings?
00:31:20.48\00:31:22.58
Because the Bible says
that people are deceived.
00:31:22.61\00:31:25.95
Look now at Revelation,
Revelation chapter, it's here,
00:31:25.98\00:31:32.05
Chapter, Chapter 20:10,
00:31:32.09\00:31:38.16
"The devil who deceived them
00:31:38.19\00:31:40.23
was cast into the
lake of fire in brimstone,
00:31:40.26\00:31:43.00
where the beast and
the false prophet are
00:31:43.03\00:31:46.23
and they will be tormented
00:31:46.27\00:31:47.60
day and night forever and ever."
00:31:47.64\00:31:48.97
So the Bible
makes it very clear.
00:31:49.00\00:31:50.34
The beast, the dragon
and the false prophet,
00:31:50.37\00:31:52.34
the false trinity,
are known for what?
00:31:52.37\00:31:55.31
For their track
record of deception.
00:31:55.34\00:31:58.78
And so the Bible makes it
very clear, when the devil,
00:31:58.81\00:32:02.42
who is Lucifer in heaven,
00:32:02.45\00:32:04.92
he decided to
launch his campaign of lies
00:32:04.95\00:32:09.62
in heaven and smear
the character undermine
00:32:09.66\00:32:13.40
and malign the character of God.
00:32:13.43\00:32:15.96
How many agree the devil
was on a political campaign?
00:32:16.00\00:32:18.67
He wanted votes in heaven
00:32:18.70\00:32:20.67
and one-third of
the celestial host
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.87
made the fatal decision to
side with this fallen angel,
00:32:22.90\00:32:27.71
this good-angel gone bad
00:32:27.74\00:32:29.64
and they were
kicked out of heaven.
00:32:29.68\00:32:31.61
This is all right there
in Revelation Chapter 12,
00:32:31.65\00:32:34.98
and they were
thrust out from heaven.
00:32:35.02\00:32:37.25
But then Adam and Eve said,
00:32:37.29\00:32:38.95
"Well, you can come
down here if you want."
00:32:38.99\00:32:42.09
And Adam and Eve opened the door
00:32:42.12\00:32:44.73
and the floodgates of hell
00:32:44.76\00:32:47.13
and the host of
darkness came rushing in
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.60
but Jesus came down
here to rescue anybody
00:32:49.63\00:32:52.23
who is not wanting to go along
00:32:52.27\00:32:55.04
with sin and self and the devil.
00:32:55.07\00:32:58.87
How many are determined
that you want to be rescued?
00:32:58.91\00:33:03.14
Now, listen to me.
00:33:03.18\00:33:05.45
They still walkway though.
00:33:05.48\00:33:08.08
Devil still wants
what it wanted in heaven.
00:33:08.12\00:33:12.15
He wants to be first.
00:33:12.19\00:33:14.49
He wants to be worshipped.
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.59
But he's got very
cunning over 6,000 years.
00:33:16.62\00:33:20.76
Crafty and he has been
fine-tuning and orchestrating
00:33:20.80\00:33:27.90
his final web of deception.
00:33:27.94\00:33:30.21
How many agree he's held
back his big one for them?
00:33:30.24\00:33:34.78
That's why beloved, you and
I need to study this scripture.
00:33:34.81\00:33:38.48
So I want you to notice
here, people will be deceived
00:33:38.51\00:33:42.08
and if they're not deceived,
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.45
they will give
into the pressure.
00:33:44.49\00:33:46.99
Remember Shadrach, Meshach,
Abednego on the plains of Dura
00:33:47.02\00:33:50.83
King Nebuchadnezzar
had, had told everyone,
00:33:50.86\00:33:57.50
"I want you to bow down
and worship this golden image,
00:33:57.53\00:34:01.50
" that was erected
there, on the plains of Dura.
00:34:01.54\00:34:04.64
It was made of
gold, it was dazzling.
00:34:04.67\00:34:07.51
Spectacular image that you
could see for miles and miles
00:34:07.54\00:34:12.98
and miles and let
me tell you some thing.
00:34:13.01\00:34:15.05
He said, "I want
everybody to bow down,
00:34:15.08\00:34:18.32
at the cue of the music,
I want everyone to bow down
00:34:18.35\00:34:21.49
when they hear
the Babylonian music."
00:34:21.52\00:34:23.53
I'm gonna agree that devil
still has his Babylonian music?
00:34:23.56\00:34:26.66
Anyway, and
everybody is to bow down
00:34:26.70\00:34:30.17
and worship this
image and if you don't,
00:34:30.20\00:34:33.37
you see that fiery
furnace that we used to help
00:34:33.40\00:34:36.07
make this image
in the first place,
00:34:36.10\00:34:39.27
you're going there.
00:34:39.31\00:34:40.68
So there was forced worship
00:34:40.71\00:34:45.75
and there was Babylonian music
00:34:45.78\00:34:49.02
to help them feel comfortable
to go against conscience.
00:34:49.05\00:34:54.12
Devil still uses music to loll
people into a spiritual slumber
00:34:54.16\00:35:00.06
and to help their conscience
feel comfortable with sin.
00:35:00.10\00:35:05.47
I'm gonna agree,
you got to make sure,
00:35:05.50\00:35:07.04
you can discern heavenly
music from the devil's music.
00:35:07.07\00:35:10.81
Because I'm here to tell
you that just because you may
00:35:10.84\00:35:13.31
attend a church
doesn't mean that it's only
00:35:13.34\00:35:15.38
heavenly music in that church,
00:35:15.41\00:35:16.75
now that's a
whole another sermon.
00:35:16.78\00:35:18.11
But listen to me carefully.
00:35:18.15\00:35:20.32
Listen to me carefully
because who is one of their
00:35:20.35\00:35:23.22
chief leaders in music in heaven
00:35:23.25\00:35:27.56
and now he's come down here,
00:35:27.59\00:35:28.96
and let me tell you something,
00:35:28.99\00:35:30.33
he's fallen and
his music is fallen.
00:35:30.36\00:35:33.60
So listen carefully
to me. Listen carefully.
00:35:33.63\00:35:36.06
On the plains of Dura,
00:35:36.10\00:35:37.43
everyone was to bow down
and give homage to the image.
00:35:37.47\00:35:44.97
And in the last days
everyone is gonna be called
00:35:45.01\00:35:48.74
to bow down to the image.
00:35:48.78\00:35:51.18
Keep that in mind because I have
00:35:51.21\00:35:52.81
an upcoming presentation
00:35:52.85\00:35:54.68
that we will deal with the image
00:35:54.72\00:35:56.48
that's gonna be setup in
the United States of America
00:35:56.52\00:35:59.22
and the rest of the world
00:35:59.25\00:36:00.59
is gonna follow
setting up that image.
00:36:00.62\00:36:02.69
It has everything to do
with the mark of the beast
00:36:02.72\00:36:04.06
'cause you got to know
00:36:04.09\00:36:05.43
who the beast
is, what's the mark,
00:36:05.46\00:36:06.80
what's the image,
what's the number,
00:36:06.83\00:36:08.16
what's the name?
00:36:08.20\00:36:09.53
Amen.
00:36:09.56\00:36:10.90
So give into the
pressure or be deceived.
00:36:10.93\00:36:12.27
By the way, Adam
was not deceived.
00:36:12.30\00:36:17.24
The Bible says,
"Eve was deceived.
00:36:17.27\00:36:20.48
Eve was deceived."
00:36:20.51\00:36:22.48
That's what Paul said
in the Book of Corinthians,
00:36:22.51\00:36:24.45
"She was deceived."
00:36:24.48\00:36:26.21
So what happened?
00:36:26.25\00:36:28.42
She was deceived in her mind.
00:36:28.45\00:36:31.02
Adam wasn't deceived,
he knew what was going on,
00:36:31.05\00:36:35.76
but even though his heart,
his mind was not deceived,
00:36:35.79\00:36:39.36
what did he do?
00:36:39.39\00:36:40.73
He put out his
hand under the pressure,
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.10
"I don't want to lose my
wife, give me the apple."
00:36:42.13\00:36:45.10
An apple, poor apples.
00:36:45.13\00:36:46.84
We don't know what
kind of fruit it was.
00:36:46.87\00:36:50.74
And I want you
to think about that.
00:36:50.77\00:36:53.24
In other words, you can
sin in two different ways,
00:36:53.27\00:36:57.38
deception...
00:36:57.41\00:37:00.92
...or knowingly disobey.
00:37:00.95\00:37:05.59
One, deceived.
00:37:05.62\00:37:07.72
I'm gonna agree the
devil deceives people into sin.
00:37:07.76\00:37:10.93
That's one of the
ways he catches people.
00:37:10.96\00:37:13.26
That's why truth
shall set you free.
00:37:13.29\00:37:16.63
That's the name of our ministry,
00:37:16.67\00:37:18.00
Forever Free
Ministries for good reason.
00:37:18.03\00:37:20.54
It's based on
that John 8:31 to 36,
00:37:20.57\00:37:23.00
"If the sun sets you
free, you're free indeed."
00:37:23.04\00:37:24.81
How many of you want to be
freed of the mark of the beast?
00:37:24.84\00:37:28.18
Now listen, my Bible
tells me that in the last days,
00:37:28.21\00:37:33.05
last days, it's gonna
be two groups of people,
00:37:33.08\00:37:36.92
those who are
saved, those who are lost.
00:37:36.95\00:37:38.65
Those who worship the beast
00:37:38.69\00:37:40.02
and those who
worship the creator.
00:37:40.06\00:37:41.96
And those who worship the beast,
00:37:41.99\00:37:43.32
there's two groups there.
00:37:43.36\00:37:44.89
Those who are
deceived and go along
00:37:44.93\00:37:46.83
with the mark of the beast,
00:37:46.86\00:37:48.20
just like Eve was
deceived or they're like Adam,
00:37:48.23\00:37:51.37
"Oh, I got to be
able to buy or sell.
00:37:51.40\00:37:52.93
I know it's wrong, but
I'm gonna do it anyway."
00:37:52.97\00:37:55.40
How many can see
there's a difference there?
00:37:55.44\00:37:57.07
Some receive the
mark on the forehead,
00:37:57.11\00:37:59.97
deceived and some
receive it on the hand and say,
00:38:00.01\00:38:02.18
"Well, you weren't
deceived, but you knew better.
00:38:02.21\00:38:03.75
You just gave
into the pressure."
00:38:03.78\00:38:06.05
And so what are the
three-- and by the way,
00:38:06.08\00:38:08.65
the seal of God, you
can't get it in the hand,
00:38:08.68\00:38:12.35
because you don't
follow God out of pressure,
00:38:12.39\00:38:15.82
you follow God out of truth.
00:38:15.86\00:38:18.56
You've made an
intelligent decision,
00:38:18.59\00:38:21.03
"I will follow Jesus Christ."
00:38:21.06\00:38:25.43
You don't get saved by default.
00:38:25.47\00:38:27.70
You don't get saved
like you kind of go along
00:38:27.74\00:38:29.94
with the pressure.
00:38:29.97\00:38:31.31
You've to make an
intelligent decision,
00:38:31.34\00:38:33.21
"I will follow my Jesus."
00:38:33.24\00:38:35.84
So what are the three
discoveries that we must make
00:38:35.88\00:38:38.35
in order to
understand this issue?
00:38:38.38\00:38:40.42
And we'll see how far we can go.
00:38:40.45\00:38:42.18
Three discoveries, the
beast, the seal of God,
00:38:42.22\00:38:45.05
the mark of the beast.
00:38:45.09\00:38:46.42
Now why do we
study the beast first?
00:38:46.45\00:38:48.72
Why don't we just get in,
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.09
right into the
mark of the beast?
00:38:50.13\00:38:51.46
Because if you don't
know who the beast is,
00:38:51.49\00:38:54.80
you're just
relegated to sheer guess work
00:38:54.83\00:38:58.23
about what is the
mark of the beast.
00:38:58.27\00:39:00.14
You must first categorically
be able to pin down
00:39:00.17\00:39:04.97
with pinpointed
precision and accuracy,
00:39:05.01\00:39:08.01
"Who is the beast?"
00:39:08.04\00:39:10.38
Then you must ask
before you identify
00:39:10.41\00:39:14.62
the mark of the beast,
00:39:14.65\00:39:15.98
you must look what is
the antithesis of that.
00:39:16.02\00:39:18.22
What's the extreme opposite
of the mark of the beast?
00:39:18.25\00:39:20.79
The seal of God.
00:39:20.82\00:39:22.16
The devil has a counterfeit
for every truth of God.
00:39:22.19\00:39:28.03
True worship,
worship the creator,
00:39:28.06\00:39:30.00
keep his commandments.
00:39:30.03\00:39:31.73
Counterfeit
worship, worship the beast,
00:39:31.77\00:39:34.24
go along with
changed commandments.
00:39:34.27\00:39:35.94
Is that clear thus far?
00:39:35.97\00:39:37.31
Are you with me
thus far tonight?
00:39:37.34\00:39:39.64
Now listen carefully,
three discoveries, the beast,
00:39:39.67\00:39:42.44
the seal of God and
the mark of the beast.
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.55
So who is the
beast? Who is the beast?
00:39:44.58\00:39:47.62
There's so much
conjecturing, so much applying
00:39:47.65\00:39:49.52
guess work about that.
00:39:49.55\00:39:50.89
Lets look at 10 clues.
00:39:50.92\00:39:52.99
A power arising from pagan Rome,
00:39:53.02\00:39:55.62
"The dragon, Pagan Rome..."
00:39:55.66\00:39:56.99
Now these are all primarily
taken from Revelation 13.
00:39:57.03\00:40:01.60
"The dragon, Pagan Rome,
gave him his power, his seat,
00:40:01.63\00:40:05.70
capital seat,
and great authority."
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.44
Now the Protestant
Reformers categorically asserted
00:40:07.47\00:40:15.38
and boldly proclaimed
that the papal Roman system
00:40:15.41\00:40:21.88
was the antichrist.
00:40:21.92\00:40:23.79
I don't expect you to
subscribe to that unless you see
00:40:23.82\00:40:27.96
the overwhelming,
clinching evidence.
00:40:27.99\00:40:31.16
Clue number one
and this is taken,
00:40:31.19\00:40:33.43
you can just read it and
you can see those 10 clues
00:40:33.46\00:40:38.27
and then you can ask,
00:40:38.30\00:40:39.63
"Well, what's the only power
00:40:39.67\00:40:41.37
that meets all of the
prophetic specifications?"
00:40:41.40\00:40:45.87
All right, "The dragon,
Pagan Rome, gave him his power,
00:40:45.91\00:40:51.25
and his seat that
is his capital seat
00:40:51.28\00:40:53.55
and great authority."
00:40:53.58\00:40:55.32
Revelation 13:2.
00:40:55.35\00:40:57.59
So therefore, who did
the dragon, Pagan Rome,
00:40:57.62\00:41:02.82
give its capital seat to?
00:41:02.86\00:41:04.93
It says, "Well,
Mark, what do you mean?
00:41:04.96\00:41:06.90
Dragon? Pagan Rome?
00:41:06.93\00:41:08.26
I thought the
dragon was the devil."
00:41:08.30\00:41:09.73
It is, but because the Pagan
Roman Empire was so identified
00:41:09.76\00:41:14.87
with destructive tactics
00:41:14.90\00:41:16.84
and maneuvers of
the devil himself,
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.54
the same term is used
synonymously in this context.
00:41:19.57\00:41:24.78
Clue number two,
00:41:24.81\00:41:26.38
A religious power
that is worshipped.
00:41:26.41\00:41:28.48
"And they worshipped the dragon
which gave power unto the beast
00:41:28.52\00:41:31.45
and they worshipped the beast."
00:41:31.49\00:41:33.92
Notice, the key
issue is worship.
00:41:33.96\00:41:37.33
Hear again, dragon
can refer to the devil
00:41:37.36\00:41:40.40
and or it can
receive-- refer to Pagan Rome.
00:41:40.43\00:41:44.17
After all, who was it
00:41:44.20\00:41:46.53
that issued a
decree to kill all babies,
00:41:46.57\00:41:50.04
a little babies
that were very infant
00:41:50.07\00:41:54.38
and during the time of Jesus
to try to annihilate Jesus?
00:41:54.41\00:41:57.58
It was Roman Herod,
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.31
who authorized the
crucifixion of Christ
00:41:59.35\00:42:01.78
who washed his hands and said,
00:42:01.82\00:42:03.15
"You know, do
what you're gonna do.
00:42:03.18\00:42:04.52
It's not my fault."
00:42:04.55\00:42:05.92
It was the
spineless wishy-washy Pilate.
00:42:05.95\00:42:09.46
Notice there
was a corrupt church
00:42:09.49\00:42:11.56
putting pressure on
a corrupt government.
00:42:11.59\00:42:14.03
And let me tell you something,
it'll be a corrupt church
00:42:14.06\00:42:16.56
putting pressure on
a corrupt government
00:42:16.60\00:42:18.23
to enforce the
mark of the beast.
00:42:18.27\00:42:20.27
Now I just let the
bird out of the cage.
00:42:20.30\00:42:21.84
Well, let's continue.
00:42:21.87\00:42:23.20
I want you to notice here
that it's a religious power
00:42:23.24\00:42:27.61
that is worshipped.
00:42:27.64\00:42:28.98
Roman soldiers
put Jesus to death,
00:42:29.01\00:42:31.31
Roman soldiers guarded his tomb,
00:42:31.35\00:42:32.85
Roman Coliseum
witnessed the demise
00:42:32.88\00:42:35.48
of many wonderful Christians.
00:42:35.52\00:42:37.55
Now listen, "They worshipped
the dragon which gave power
00:42:37.59\00:42:40.82
unto the beast, they
worshipped the beast."
00:42:40.86\00:42:43.46
So what religious power
00:42:43.49\00:42:44.83
are we talking about in 300 A.D.
00:42:44.86\00:42:47.00
You want some
history, here it is,
00:42:47.03\00:42:48.60
Constantine relocated,
00:42:48.63\00:42:51.07
Roman Emperor Constantine
00:42:51.10\00:42:53.20
relocated in a
political maneuver,
00:42:53.23\00:42:55.80
relocated his capital
seat from Rome to Byzantium
00:42:55.84\00:43:00.08
and renamed Byzantium,
Constantinople, Constantinople.
00:43:00.11\00:43:05.51
All right, there you
go, history channel buffs.
00:43:05.55\00:43:07.98
All right, so the
beast is not a person.
00:43:08.02\00:43:12.69
It is a
religious political power
00:43:12.72\00:43:15.86
that would have a
man in a succession
00:43:15.89\00:43:18.16
of religious kings
that would speak for it.
00:43:18.19\00:43:21.66
So Revelation 13:8 says,
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.26
"All who dwell on the
earth will worship him."
00:43:23.30\00:43:25.90
This power is a
universal system of worship.
00:43:25.93\00:43:29.30
Is the antichrist, man
of sin inside or outside
00:43:29.34\00:43:32.31
the Christian church?
00:43:32.34\00:43:33.68
Paul said, 2 Thessalonians
Chapter 2, 3 and 4,
00:43:33.71\00:43:36.95
Acts Chapter 20, 29 and 30.
00:43:36.98\00:43:40.32
Paul said, "It
would be in the church,
00:43:40.35\00:43:44.22
in the Christian community.'
00:43:44.25\00:43:47.66
Clue number three,
a blasphemous power.
00:43:47.69\00:43:49.66
"Upon his heads
the name of blasphemy."
00:43:49.69\00:43:52.33
Revelation 13:1.
00:43:52.36\00:43:55.50
By the way, what
constitutes biblical blasphemy?
00:43:55.53\00:43:58.40
Jesus was falsely
accused as committing blasphemy
00:43:58.43\00:44:01.74
when he claimed
in Luke Chapter 5,
00:44:01.77\00:44:04.27
I believe it's verse 21
there, "To forgive sin."
00:44:04.31\00:44:08.54
But Jesus can forgive our sin.
00:44:08.58\00:44:10.38
Amen.
00:44:10.41\00:44:11.75
But a man that claims
that prerogative that belongs
00:44:11.78\00:44:15.18
exclusively to God
and his son Jesus Christ
00:44:15.22\00:44:19.45
that would be blatant blasphemy.
00:44:19.49\00:44:22.32
Does the Papal Roman
system claim that its priest
00:44:22.36\00:44:25.99
can forgive your
sins and do they claim
00:44:26.03\00:44:29.66
for example that
Mary can hear your prayers
00:44:29.70\00:44:32.50
and help you in your salvation?
00:44:32.53\00:44:34.70
Do they claim that
Mary is a mediatrix?
00:44:34.74\00:44:36.91
Now I know that this may
be shocking in the extreme
00:44:36.94\00:44:39.44
and please if you are
Roman Catholic here tonight,
00:44:39.47\00:44:42.91
I'm here to tell
you, I personally believe
00:44:42.94\00:44:45.05
there are many Roman
Catholics that love Jesus Christ
00:44:45.08\00:44:49.32
and believe in Jesus Christ
and I believe will be saved.
00:44:49.35\00:44:53.52
But I believe there
are many Roman Catholics
00:44:53.56\00:44:55.69
and I believe there
are many Protestants
00:44:55.72\00:44:57.79
who will not make it to heaven.
00:44:57.83\00:45:00.03
God is the judge.
00:45:00.06\00:45:01.40
But I must judge from
scripture what is being taught.
00:45:01.43\00:45:05.20
Can you say amen?
You understand that?
00:45:05.23\00:45:07.30
So let me just tell you
that if you're looking down
00:45:07.34\00:45:10.61
on Roman Catholics,
00:45:10.64\00:45:11.97
you must also ask
yourself the question.
00:45:12.01\00:45:15.61
"Is everything all
right in Protestantism?"
00:45:15.64\00:45:18.81
The answer is what? No.
00:45:18.85\00:45:21.42
So let me just tell
you this, would you agree
00:45:21.45\00:45:24.09
Roman Catholics and Protestants,
00:45:24.12\00:45:26.22
if they're truly
honest they must say,
00:45:26.25\00:45:28.12
"You know what,
we're brothers and sisters.
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.43
We must get the
truth and be delivered
00:45:30.46\00:45:32.99
from whatever false teachings
00:45:33.03\00:45:34.96
there are in
the Catholic church,
00:45:35.00\00:45:36.73
in the Protestant churches."
00:45:36.77\00:45:38.23
And I believe we must
be willing to make changes.
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.47
Can you say amen?
00:45:40.50\00:45:42.17
"So upon his heads
the name of blasphemy."
00:45:42.20\00:45:44.31
Revelation 13:1.
00:45:44.34\00:45:46.24
Clue number four,
a persecuting power.
00:45:46.27\00:45:48.38
"And it was given unto him
to make war with the saints,
00:45:48.41\00:45:50.51
and to overcome them."
00:45:50.55\00:45:51.88
Revelation 13:7.
00:45:51.91\00:45:54.15
Historians say that 50 to
100 million precious souls
00:45:54.18\00:46:00.12
lost their lives
during the Dark Ages.
00:46:00.16\00:46:04.73
They spent hundreds
of years, centuries...
00:46:04.76\00:46:08.90
stained by blood.
00:46:11.83\00:46:14.70
Why?
00:46:14.74\00:46:16.77
Because of the demise,
00:46:16.81\00:46:18.87
because of the orchestration
of the papal system.
00:46:18.91\00:46:23.28
They said, "If you don't go
00:46:23.31\00:46:24.88
along with these
church dogmas and creeds,
00:46:24.91\00:46:27.75
you are heretic and
you're only good enough to die
00:46:27.78\00:46:32.42
and to be burned at the stake."
00:46:32.45\00:46:34.62
That's what happened.
00:46:34.66\00:46:36.26
That was the holocaust
that most have forgotten about.
00:46:36.29\00:46:40.53
We remember the holocaust
of the Jews and rightly
00:46:40.56\00:46:43.20
so 6 million
precious Jews lost their life.
00:46:43.23\00:46:46.84
My beloved, one of the history's
00:46:46.87\00:46:49.60
best kept secret is what
happened during the Dark Ages,
00:46:49.64\00:46:53.98
50 to 100 million people
and children lost their lives
00:46:54.01\00:47:01.35
because of the
Roman papal system.
00:47:01.38\00:47:05.99
No wonder, no wonder,
Bible prophecy deals so much
00:47:06.02\00:47:11.49
with exposing who
the antichrist beast is.
00:47:11.53\00:47:15.66
So it's a world-wide power.
00:47:15.70\00:47:17.37
"All the world
wondered after the beast."
00:47:17.40\00:47:20.97
Number six, a dominating
civil and religious power.
00:47:21.00\00:47:24.21
"Power was given him,
the beast over all kindred's,
00:47:24.24\00:47:26.98
tongues and nations."
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.34
Revelation 13:5,
clue number seven,
00:47:28.38\00:47:30.61
a power which receives
12 reigns over the hour
00:47:30.65\00:47:34.58
of reign of terror 1260 years
00:47:34.62\00:47:38.69
before its power
is temporarily broken.
00:47:38.72\00:47:42.82
So, "He was given a
mouth, speaking great things
00:47:42.86\00:47:46.53
and blasphemies,
00:47:46.56\00:47:48.16
and it was given unto him
00:47:48.20\00:47:49.53
to continue
forty and two months."
00:47:49.56\00:47:52.00
So here we have a time
prophecy in Bible prophecy.
00:47:52.03\00:47:56.44
Now this is 42 months,
30 days in a biblical month.
00:47:56.47\00:48:00.98
Forty-two times 30,
00:48:01.01\00:48:02.51
in case you don't
have your calculator,
00:48:02.54\00:48:04.05
I've got the
answer upon on the board,
00:48:04.08\00:48:05.41
no problem, 1260 days.
00:48:05.45\00:48:09.35
However in Bible prophecy,
one day equals a literal year.
00:48:09.38\00:48:16.83
I have appointed
thee each day for a year.
00:48:16.86\00:48:20.93
It can be that way
00:48:20.96\00:48:22.40
in the context of
symbolic Bible prophecy.
00:48:22.43\00:48:24.93
It depends on the
context. Ezekiel 4:6.
00:48:24.97\00:48:28.17
So therefore, we're
talking here about 1,260 years.
00:48:28.20\00:48:32.84
So we're not talking about
one man being the antichrist,
00:48:32.87\00:48:35.81
we're talking about
a succession of popes
00:48:35.84\00:48:38.85
that would be speaking
for this antichrist system.
00:48:38.88\00:48:43.65
Now very clearly, the
Bible makes it very clear
00:48:43.69\00:48:47.29
that this would, this
entity, this institution,
00:48:47.32\00:48:51.09
this religious apostate system
00:48:51.13\00:48:53.09
would receive
unprecedented power.
00:48:53.13\00:48:56.67
It got
unprecedented power in 538 AD
00:48:56.70\00:49:02.00
when Justinian made a decree
to make the bishop of Rome,
00:49:02.04\00:49:07.14
the pope of the Roman pope,
00:49:07.18\00:49:09.44
to make him the
head of all churches,
00:49:09.48\00:49:13.05
the definer of
doctrine for everybody
00:49:13.08\00:49:16.62
and the corrector of heretics.
00:49:16.65\00:49:20.22
That ushered him this
wave of religious persecution
00:49:20.26\00:49:25.43
and absolute
violence in the extreme.
00:49:25.46\00:49:28.23
And so there was a Roman decree
538 AD, the papacy got power.
00:49:28.26\00:49:35.30
But then 1260 years
later, what would happen?
00:49:35.34\00:49:39.74
It would lose power.
00:49:39.77\00:49:42.24
Got power then power
was broken temporarily.
00:49:42.28\00:49:46.38
The pope was captured in
1798 when Napoleon was sick
00:49:46.41\00:49:53.02
and tired of the exploits
00:49:53.05\00:49:54.72
and the dark deeds of the papacy
00:49:54.76\00:49:56.59
and he sent his General Berthier
00:49:56.62\00:49:58.53
down to the Vatican,
00:49:58.56\00:50:00.53
captured Pope Pious VI,
00:50:00.56\00:50:03.10
pulled them away
from the Catholic altar--
00:50:03.13\00:50:08.00
the altar of mask
00:50:08.04\00:50:09.50
and pulled off
his pontifical ring
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.61
and pound him and
took him into captivity
00:50:12.64\00:50:15.61
where he died in Valence, France
00:50:15.64\00:50:18.01
about a year and a half later.
00:50:18.05\00:50:19.51
Everybody said, "The
last pope has reign."
00:50:19.55\00:50:21.72
They didn't read
the rest of the story.
00:50:21.75\00:50:24.39
When the Bible
prophecy is stipulated,
00:50:24.42\00:50:27.46
it would receive a deadly wound,
00:50:27.49\00:50:29.82
but the deadly
wound would be healed.
00:50:29.86\00:50:34.83
Did Jesus
receive a deadly wound,
00:50:34.86\00:50:37.17
that is to say death,
and did He ever come back?
00:50:37.20\00:50:41.34
Did He have a
special reign of love
00:50:41.37\00:50:45.47
for three and a
half literal years
00:50:45.51\00:50:48.08
and this antichrist
would have a deadly reign
00:50:48.11\00:50:52.21
doing the opposite of the Lamb
00:50:52.25\00:50:55.15
for three and a
half prophetic years.
00:50:55.18\00:50:57.59
All the parallels
are absolutely amazing.
00:50:57.62\00:51:00.46
Clue number eight, a power
which receives a deadly wound.
00:51:00.49\00:51:03.12
"I saw one of his heads
as it were wounded to death."
00:51:03.16\00:51:06.06
It happened in 1798,
that's what happened.
00:51:06.09\00:51:09.63
"He that leadeth into captivity
shall go into captivity.
00:51:09.66\00:51:12.87
He that kills with the sword
must be killed with the sword."
00:51:12.90\00:51:15.14
Revelation 13:10.
00:51:15.17\00:51:16.71
The deadly wound
was inflicted in 1798,
00:51:16.74\00:51:19.84
exactly 1260 years from 538 A.D.
00:51:19.87\00:51:23.45
I believe that Bible is inspired
00:51:23.48\00:51:26.58
and one of the reasons
I believe it is inspired
00:51:26.61\00:51:29.55
is because of what
you're hearing tonight.
00:51:29.58\00:51:31.95
Bible prophecy proves
divine accuracy of scripture.
00:51:31.99\00:51:38.59
Clue number nine, a power
whose deadly wound is healed.
00:51:40.73\00:51:44.53
So it would have a
setback and a comeback,
00:51:44.57\00:51:48.00
kind of a death
and resurrection.
00:51:48.04\00:51:50.61
Do you see how the
devil is counterfeiting Jesus,
00:51:50.64\00:51:54.74
His life, death, burial
resurrection, ascension?
00:51:54.78\00:51:59.25
Didn't he say,
"I want to be like--
00:51:59.28\00:52:00.78
I want to be the Most High."
00:52:00.82\00:52:03.79
"Deadly wound was healed
00:52:03.82\00:52:05.15
and all the world
wondered after the beast."
00:52:05.19\00:52:07.22
So what events
confirms the dramatic resurgence
00:52:07.26\00:52:09.56
and healing of the papacy?
00:52:09.59\00:52:11.69
In 1870, the papal state,
00:52:11.73\00:52:15.80
the papal state was
taken away from the Vatican.
00:52:15.83\00:52:20.40
But then in 1929, it got it back
00:52:20.44\00:52:24.81
and it made front cover news,
00:52:24.84\00:52:27.18
for example, in this
San Francisco chronicle.
00:52:27.21\00:52:30.61
A matter of fact,
00:52:30.65\00:52:31.98
headline read,
"Mussolini and Gaspari,
00:52:32.01\00:52:35.15
" Gaspari, representative
of the Vatican, "Mussolini,
00:52:35.18\00:52:39.29
" you've all heard of Mussolini,
00:52:39.32\00:52:40.89
"Mussolini and
Gaspari sign, " yeah, yeah,
00:52:40.92\00:52:44.26
"historic Roman pact,
heal wound of many years."
00:52:44.29\00:52:51.93
Do you know that some time
you could just hold your Bible,
00:52:51.97\00:52:54.84
I said some time, I
should say all the time,
00:52:54.87\00:52:56.60
you can hold the
Bible in one hand
00:52:56.64\00:52:58.61
and the newspaper
or the internet news
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.98
or CNN or Fox
news with your remote
00:53:01.01\00:53:03.61
and you can say, "I
read it and there it is.
00:53:03.65\00:53:06.45
I read it and there it is.
00:53:06.48\00:53:07.85
I'm reading and there it is."
00:53:07.88\00:53:09.62
How many agree,
00:53:09.65\00:53:10.99
this is the
news behind the news,
00:53:11.02\00:53:12.92
because the bias news,
00:53:12.95\00:53:14.29
the liberal news will not always
00:53:14.32\00:53:15.92
tell you all of the news?
00:53:15.96\00:53:17.29
Are you with me tonight?
00:53:17.33\00:53:18.66
So the papal states which
were stripped from the papacy
00:53:18.69\00:53:21.56
were restored to them in 1929.
00:53:21.60\00:53:23.90
The deadly wound
was being healed.
00:53:23.93\00:53:26.17
The Vatican was
having a resurgence.
00:53:26.20\00:53:29.30
So talk about a resurgence,
let's fast forward to our day.
00:53:29.34\00:53:35.04
Former President George W. Bush,
00:53:35.08\00:53:37.21
who I respect to some degree,
00:53:37.25\00:53:40.32
I better because
I'm in Texas as well.
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I live in the Dallas area and so
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but let me tell you something,
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I was just absolutely amazed,
00:53:45.42\00:53:50.79
amazed that George W. Bush
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would offer an unprecedented,
00:53:53.90\00:53:58.33
flamboyant
welcome to the spokesman
00:53:58.37\00:54:03.51
of the apostate
religious system,
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the antichrist.
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I'm talking red-carpet,
you can see in this picture,
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red-carpet and all.
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The
deadly-wound is being healed.
00:54:12.35\00:54:15.68
Former pope was
called man of the year.
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Now let me tell you this,
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I will not judge
this particular person
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in term seem like a very
loving individual and so forth,
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but I must judge the office
that he held and I must judge
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what he talked,
00:54:32.13\00:54:33.47
because I want to
go to the scriptures.
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The pope in the holy land.
What brought them together?
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Honor, thy Father.
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Now there's another major point,
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the beast has a number.
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A power with a man at the
top whose official title or name
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has a numerical value of
666 the name of the beast
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or the number of his name."
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Revelation 13:17.
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So a man would
speak for the beast power
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and so what is the
official name or title
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given to each successive
pontiff in Latin and of course,
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we're dealing
with a Roman power.
00:55:06.33\00:55:08.34
So this name would
have a numerical value
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in Roman numerals of
666 and so here you have it.
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Here you have it.
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Its Vicarius Filli Dei which
is Vicar of the son of God.
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That's the highest
ranking official title or name
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given to the
pontiff and you add it up
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and I don't have time to
go through every single value
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of every single
respective letter,
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just for an example though,
a V is five, an I is one,
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a C is a 100 and
Vicarius tallies up to 112.
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Filli, the I
there or I should say
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the L there is 50 anyway the
D is whooping 500, come on now.
00:55:44.97\00:55:48.98
this is stirring up your
memory of Roman numerals.
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Anyway it adds
up to what everyone?
00:55:51.68\00:55:53.82
666.
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So beloved I'm here to tell
you that there are ten clues
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on the antichrist
beast of Revelation 13
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that we've looked at.
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It's a Roman power.
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By the way, all
roads lead to papal Rome.
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A Roman power.
A religious power.
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A blasphemous power.
00:56:12.17\00:56:13.67
A religious power
dominating civil power.
00:56:13.70\00:56:16.14
A world-wide power
and a persecuting power.
00:56:16.17\00:56:21.31
A power having
supremacy for 1260 years,
00:56:21.34\00:56:24.51
spanning the Dark Ages.
00:56:24.55\00:56:25.88
The power that receives
the deadly wounds, 1798.
00:56:25.91\00:56:28.05
A power whose deadly
wound is healed, watch the news.
00:56:28.08\00:56:30.65
And a power with a
mysterious number 666.
00:56:30.69\00:56:33.29
Is there any doubt
that the Roman papal system
00:56:33.32\00:56:37.06
is the antichrist beast.
00:56:37.09\00:56:39.33
If that is clear, say clear.
00:56:39.36\00:56:43.10
So therefore, does
the Roman papal system
00:56:43.13\00:56:46.40
fulfill all the
10 characteristics
00:56:46.43\00:56:48.87
of the beast power?
00:56:48.90\00:56:50.24
It does.
00:56:50.27\00:56:51.61
It's the most popular
Christian system in the world.
00:56:51.64\00:56:54.18
It is antichrist.
00:56:54.21\00:56:55.54
The whole world
will follow the beast
00:56:55.58\00:56:57.55
in some kind of worship.
00:56:57.58\00:56:59.95
You're either
gonna worship creator
00:56:59.98\00:57:01.78
and keep his commandments
or worship the beast
00:57:01.82\00:57:04.29
and go along with
the changed commandments.
00:57:04.32\00:57:06.02
Take your Bible and turn with me
00:57:06.05\00:57:08.59
to Revelation Chapter 22.
00:57:08.62\00:57:11.13
We have to close.
Revelation chapter 22.
00:57:11.16\00:57:15.20
Revelation 22, we
will continue this message
00:57:15.23\00:57:19.53
in our next
message tomorrow night
00:57:19.57\00:57:21.97
in terms of this part-2.
00:57:22.00\00:57:23.77
So lets look at Revelation
22, looking at verse 14.
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Lets read it together.
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"Blessed are those
who do his commandments
00:57:30.25\00:57:33.21
that they may have the
right to their tree of life
00:57:33.25\00:57:35.65
and may enter through
the gates into the city."
00:57:35.68\00:57:38.62
You want to enter those
gates then let them come
00:57:38.65\00:57:41.26
through the gates of your heart.
00:57:41.29\00:57:44.09
Al though sudden and
alarming changes are sweeping
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across the globe
you and your family
00:57:46.93\00:57:49.30
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