Participants: Mark Fox
Series Code: AMP
Program Code: AMP000019A
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00:04 We are racing towards the global crises at the close.
00:09 God is going to set up His kingdom on earth. 00:13 Preparation for the tribulation 00:16 and the translation is to develop a character 00:19 like Jesus Christ to reach every hamlet, 00:22 every village, every man, every child 00:25 every person in India, every person in South America 00:28 must hear these Three Angles' Messages. 00:34 These are stories that illustrate 00:36 the kind of fabric of character and perseverance 00:39 that we need to go through the tribulation 00:42 just as certainly as they did. 00:44 The Bible makes it very clear 00:45 we are living in an unusual hour. 00:48 The last grains of sand 00:49 are trickling through the hourglass of time 00:52 and the door probation is about the swing shut. 00:55 Tonight's message in this edition 01:03 of Amazing Prophecies is entitled 01:06 "The Mark of the Beast, part 2.'" 01:09 You know, the Bible says in Isaiah 43:19, 01:14 the Bible says, God says there in verses 18 and 19, 01:17 He says, "Forget the former things, 01:19 behold I will do a new thing." 01:22 That David said in Psalms 40:1-3, 01:25 he says, "The Lord picked me out of that, 01:28 pulled me out of that mire, muddy, slippery pit 01:32 and He pulled me out 01:33 and set me on a rock and established my goings. 01:36 He's put a new song in my heart." 01:39 I am wondering, I don't care how old you are, 01:41 how young you are, 01:43 how many are ready for a new thing, amen. 01:45 Are you ready for a new song and a new thing? 01:47 How many are willing to make changes in your life 01:50 in order to sing that new song, in order to-- 01:53 listen to me carefully, in order for the Lord to do 01:56 what He promised to do, 01:58 and do a new thing in your heart? 02:00 I'm here to tell you, it's time for a new thing. 02:03 We're going to have a review that is going to be fast paced 02:09 and then we're going to launch into some new territory. 02:12 But you know, I am a firm believer 02:15 in repetition being the key to retention. 02:18 I am not interested in you saying at the close, 02:22 "Oh, that was good." 02:23 And then tomorrow you forgot all about it. 02:26 This teacher, this preacher believes that 02:30 if it's worth saying, it's worth saying 02:32 two, three, four, five, times. 02:35 How many are you parents? 02:36 You repeat yourself all the time, 02:38 I know that, I know that, I know that. 02:41 So will the United States enforce the mark of the beast? 02:43 She will be the first. 02:45 So what warning does God give about the mark of the beast? 02:49 Revelation 14, looking there at the center as it were, 02:55 in heart of the Book of Revelation. 02:56 Revelation 14, this is God's special book 03:01 for earth's final hour. 03:03 And looking here at Revelation 14:6, 03:06 "Then I saw another angel flying the midst of heaven, 03:09 having the everlasting gospel 03:10 to preach to those that dwell on the earth, 03:12 to every nation, tribe, tongue, 03:14 and people saying with a loud voice..." 03:17 What kind of voice? 03:18 "It's a clarion call from heaven's throne room." 03:21 These are the last messages of mercy 03:24 to a sin-stricken planet. 03:27 The Bible says here, "Saying with a loud voice," 03:30 a compelling voice, and a voice that is seeking 03:33 to get the attention of a pre-occupied generation. 03:38 And the Bible says, "Saying with a loud voice, 03:40 fear God, and give glory to Him 03:42 for the hour of His judgment is come, worship Him..." 03:46 Who? 03:48 "Who made the heaven, and earth, the sea, 03:50 and the springs of waters."' 03:51 So there's a call to earth's final generation 03:54 come back to worshipping the Creator 03:58 according to His word, according to the Holy Spirit, 04:01 according to the Ten Commandments. 04:03 And so the Bible says here, verse 9, 04:06 "Then a third angel followed them, 04:07 saying with a loud voice." 04:09 Now see if you can detect a contrast. 04:12 "If anyone worships the beast..." 04:14 Do you see the contrast? Yes or no? 04:17 "And his image, and receives his mark 04:20 on his forehead, or on his hand..." 04:22 What's going to happen? 04:23 What are going to be the consequences? 04:26 "He himself shall also drink the wine of the wrath of God, 04:30 which is poured out full strength 04:32 into the cup of his indignation." 04:33 These are the seven last plagues 04:35 according to Revelation 15:1-2 and Chapter 16. 04:40 So, the Bible says here, you get the mark of the beast. 04:43 What is that going to incur? 04:45 What is that going to precipitate? 04:47 The wrath of God. 04:48 How is that going to be unleashed or poured out? 04:49 In seven installments. 04:51 The seven bowls, the seven scourges, 04:53 the seven last-- what? 04:56 Seven last plagues. 04:57 So I want you to notice, 04:58 "They are going to be poured out full strength 05:01 into the cup of his indignation 05:03 and he should be tormented with fire and brimstone 05:06 in the presence of all the angels 05:08 and in the presence of the lamb." 05:09 So they're going to get the seven last plagues 05:13 and then they're going to be cast into the lake of fire. 05:16 And so the Bible makes it very clear-- 05:17 How many you agree? This is serious stuff. 05:20 And so the Bible says here, 05:21 "And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever 05:24 and they have no rest day nor night, 05:26 who worship the beast and his image, 05:29 and whosoever receive the mark of his name." 05:31 And in contrast, 05:32 who is preaching these messages? 05:35 Who are sounding these trumpets 05:40 of warning in the last days of earth's history? 05:43 Verse 12, "Here..." 05:46 You see, John the Revelator 05:48 banished on the isle of Patmos 05:50 for preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ. 05:53 He is given favored by God, 05:55 these panorama sweeping visions, 05:58 these symbolic visions and he's noticing, 06:01 there's one angel doing a fly over, 06:03 yelling out with a loud voice, "Worship the Creator." 06:06 Then another angel, "Babylon is falling." 06:09 Third angel, he's seeing that angel, 06:11 "If you worship the beast, 06:13 you're going to get the mark of the beast 06:15 and you're going to incur the wrath of God." 06:17 And then he sees here is of patience of the saints. 06:23 Here are those who keep the commandments of God 06:27 and the faith of Jesus. 06:28 In other words, there are those who are responding 06:31 to the Three Angels' Messages and they are the same ones 06:34 who are proclaiming them. 06:36 Can you say amen? 06:37 They proclaim it, they received it. 06:39 I'm gonna agree, before you proclaim it, 06:41 you must receive it? 06:42 But when you receive it you say, you know what, 06:44 I'm going to begin to preach and teach and live and share 06:48 with all the might and power that God enables me 06:52 with to share these urgent messages. 06:55 No trivial pursuit here. 06:57 And so the Bible says here, verse 12, 06:59 here is the patience of the saints, 07:01 the endurance, the perseverance. 07:03 "Here is the patience of the saints, 07:04 here are those who keep the commandments of God." 07:06 How many are there, last time you checked? 07:08 How many fingers, last time you checked? 07:10 You know, I was sharing this with an individual 07:13 somewhere on the planet, I don't know. 07:14 I probably crisscross North America 07:16 and he said to me-- 07:18 Oh, I said to him, I said, you know, 07:19 "How many commandments are there?" 07:20 I'm trying to encourage him to keep all ten. 07:22 And I said, "How many commandmentsare there." 07:24 Ten." 07:25 And I said, "Well, think about it this way, 07:28 let me illustrate it. 07:29 How many fingers do you have?" 07:30 And he pulled them out, he says, "Nine." 07:34 I said, "What? What happened there?" 07:35 "Yeah, it got cut off." 07:37 I said, "Man, you just ruined my illustration." 07:40 I'm looking for ten fingers. 07:41 How many got ten fingers in here? 07:44 My grandfather, that's a whole another story, 07:46 I'll share it some other time. 07:47 He had less than nine. 07:48 Anyway, I want you to notice here, 07:50 here is the patience of the saints, 07:52 here are those who keep the commandments of God 07:54 and the faith of Jesus. 07:55 In other words, it will require 07:56 and it will necessitate perseverance and endurance, 08:01 and it will require a 'never give up' 08:03 type of faith in Jesus if you're going to make it. 08:07 And so the Bible makes it very clear, 08:09 our faith is going to be tested, 08:12 our love for Jesus Christ will be tested. 08:15 The Bible makes it very clear 08:16 there is a showdown test coming. 08:18 Look at Revel-- 08:19 Bible makes it very clear, 08:21 those who do not receive the mark of the beast, 08:25 keep the commandments of God, 08:26 have the faith of Jesus and endure. 08:29 It's going to require endurance 08:31 when everybody is going along with it. 08:33 But then there's a remnant who say, this is not right, 08:36 we're not going along with it. 08:37 And they will receive scathing rebukes, 08:40 they will be maligned, they will be taunted, 08:42 harassed, joked about, 08:45 but they are God's people who shall prevail. 08:47 The Bible makes it very clear in Revelation 15:1-2, 08:51 it says, God will have His people 08:53 that have victory over the beast, 08:55 over his image, over his number and his name. 08:57 They get thorough victory through the blood of Jesus 09:00 and the word of God. 09:02 And so the Bible makes it very clear, 09:03 you can be an over-comer. 09:05 And so look at here, Revelation 3:10. 09:09 Revelation 3:10, 09:11 "Because you have kept My command to persevere, 09:14 I also will keep you from the hour of trial." 09:16 In other words, you're going to go through the tribulation 09:18 but I'll keep you from it overcoming you, 09:22 that's what He's saying here. 09:23 Compare this with John 17. 09:25 I want you to notice here, 09:27 "Because you have kept My command to persevere, 09:29 I also would keep you from the hour of trial 09:31 or the tribulation which shall come upon the whole world, 09:33 to test those who dwell on the earth." 09:35 The Bible makes it very clear 09:37 we're going to need perseverance and endurance, 09:40 if we're going to be victorious. 09:41 Would you agree? 09:43 Now is the time of preparation for the tribulation. 09:47 That's why we hold these seminars. 09:50 That's why I get out of bed, wherever I am, 09:52 whether it's in my R.V. or a hotel. 09:54 Sometimes I go home. Love that. 09:59 But what keeps me going? 10:03 I believe these are life and death issues. 10:06 I believe these messages 10:09 are going to go around the world. 10:11 If I can be involved in it, I'd say, Lord, I am unworthy, 10:14 but this is downright exciting. 10:18 People get excited over ball games, 10:20 I get excited over sharing the Book of Revelation, 10:24 hearing it, nothing like it. 10:25 Can you say amen? 10:27 I want you to notice here, Revelation 12:17, 10:35 "And he dragon was enraged with the woman, 10:37 and went to make war, or give her tribulation, 10:40 with the rest of her offspring." 10:43 "Enraged with the woman, the church, 10:44 and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring 10:47 who keep the commandments of God 10:48 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 10:50 So the devil, the dragon is enraged with the woman 10:54 and he attacks the last part of the church 10:57 known as a remnant, a smaller group, 11:01 the ones that remain over, remnant. 11:04 Those that remain faithful. 11:06 My Bible tells me that if you want to be among the saint 11:10 who keep the commandments of God 11:12 and preach the Three Angels' Messages, 11:14 don't expect to be in the majority, 11:16 you will be among the remnant. 11:20 You must dare to be a Daniel 11:21 or Shadrach Meshach and Abednego. 11:23 The stories of Daniel illustrate 11:25 the prophecies of Daniel. 11:27 And the writers of the Book of Daniel and Revelation, 11:30 their character illustrates the kind of character, 11:33 impeccable character that we need to endure the crisis. 11:37 "And Jesus, who has begun a good work in you, 11:40 He can finish it." 11:42 Philippians 1:6. 11:45 So the Bible makes it very clear, 11:46 the dragon will launch his final assault on the woman. 11:50 You know what? That is going on now. 11:52 Then the following verses describe two beasts 11:57 that attacked the woman. 11:59 The first beast is the Roman papal system. 12:03 That's what the Protestant reformers believed, 12:05 I am just echoing 12:07 what they proclaim categorically, unequivocally 12:12 and vehemently challenge the teachings dogmas 12:15 and creeds of an apostate religious system 12:18 in the form of the Roman papal power. 12:21 God ask these people in all churches 12:23 but I'm here to tell you the word of God 12:26 unabashedly exposes false teaching. 12:30 And it's not to put down people who are being influenced by it 12:34 because the truth is for those who want to be liberated. 12:38 The truth shall set you free if you believe it, 12:43 you receive it, and you follow it. 12:45 And so that's John 8:32 and so I want you to notice, 12:48 there is a war. 12:49 So if you want to be among those 12:51 who keep the commandments of God, 12:53 don't expect everything to be smooth sailing. 12:57 Nobody's gliding into heaven. 12:59 Nobody's going to have a smooth sail 13:02 on the other side of the lake. 13:06 I want you to notice here, Revelation 16:15. 13:12 You say, Mark, are we really-- 13:14 Are you really sure the Bible teaches 13:16 we're going through the tribulation? 13:18 In the context of the sixth plague, 13:19 I shared this with you last night, 13:21 words are in red, verse 15, jumps from the page, 13:25 "Behold I am coming as a thief." 13:27 He says this in the context of the sixth plague. 13:29 He is not coming as a thief until after the plagues, 13:33 after the tribulation. 13:35 You see, the church must first be purified. 13:39 Read Ephesians 5, the Bible says that the bride, 13:42 or I should say, "The woman is to be cleansed." 13:46 Revelations 19:7, 9 says, "The woman, the wife, 13:50 the bride of Christ makes herself ready 13:53 by putting on the robe of Christ's righteousness, 13:55 putting on this character, seeking to be like Him." 13:58 Now that's a process, it's called sanctification. 14:01 But let me tell you without holiness 14:03 no man shall see the Lord, Hebrews 12:14. 14:06 That's why we must invite Jesus 14:09 to take full control of our life, 14:11 every facet, every dimension. 14:14 It takes everything to serve the Lord. 14:17 And so the Bible says here, before Jesus comes 14:20 there's going to be these seven last plagues 14:22 and He says, hold on, hold on, hold on to your-- 14:26 Notice what it says, "Blessed is he who watches, 14:28 and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked 14:30 and they see his shame." 14:31 So the Bible says, look at Revelation 13:16, 14:36 "And he causes all, both small and great, 14:38 rich and poor, free and slave, 14:39 to receive a mark on their right hand 14:41 or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy 14:43 or sell except one who has the mark 14:45 or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." 14:47 Will the mark of the beast be enforced? 14:48 Yes or no? It will be enforced. 14:52 Is it going to go global? Yes or no? 14:54 It will go global. 14:56 So listen, listen carefully, who overcomes the beast, 15:00 the mark of the beast? 15:01 Those who keep the commandments of God. 15:04 Revelation 15, 1-2, 15:05 "Then I saw another sign in heaven, 15:08 great and marvelous, seven angels having 15:10 the seven last plagues, 15:11 for in them the wrath of God is complete." 15:13 What is poured out from those 15:14 who receive the mark of the beast? 15:15 God's wrath, the seven last plagues. 15:19 Truth or consequences? 15:21 Go along with the mark of the beast, 15:22 you get two things, wrath of God, 15:25 seven last plagues, hell-fire, according to the word of God. 15:29 What happens if you say, 'no', I will not go along 15:33 with the mark of the beast? 15:34 You get the seal of God. 15:40 You don't go to hell. 15:42 But you kind of experience the hell 15:44 before you go to heaven. 15:46 It's called the tribulation. So you can have your pick. 15:50 As for me in my house, I want to go up not down. 15:54 But I'm not going up without being purified. 15:59 Preparation for the tribulation 16:03 which is purification for our translation 16:06 which is glorification, you can do this. 16:10 So just how popular will the mark of the beast be? 16:13 says this, 16:16 "All who dwell on the earth will worship him, 16:18 whose names have not been written 16:19 in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain 16:21 from the foundation of the world." 16:23 The whole world. 16:25 All who dwell on the earth will worship Him 16:28 except those who are in the Lamb's Book of Life. 16:31 If your name is ultimately removed from that book, 16:34 you will worship the beast. 16:36 So why would people go along with the mark of beast 16:38 even after hearing the strong warnings? 16:40 They've been deceived 16:42 or they just give in to the pressure. 16:44 And so what happens? They are deceived. 16:48 "The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet 16:50 who worked signs in his presence, 16:52 by which he..." what? 16:54 "Deceived those who received the mark of the beast 16:56 and those who worshiped his image. 16:59 These two were cast alive and anybody who follow them 17:02 into the lake of fire burning with brimstone." 17:06 And so the Bible makes it very clear, 17:08 deceive, get the mark of the beast, go to hell-fire. 17:12 I know this is not politically correct 17:14 and I know that there are many preachers 17:17 and teachers that will give you diluted messages, 17:20 smooth messages and their churches are jammed. 17:25 But I'm not in competition. 17:28 I have to sleep at night 17:30 and I don't want your blood on my garments. 17:34 I want to know, Ezekiel 3, 17:37 that I've been a faithful watchman on the walls of Zion, 17:40 sounding an alarm, get on fire for Jesus 17:43 because every lukewarm person 17:45 will be spit out of the mouth of Jesus Christ, 17:49 Revelation 3:14-21. 17:51 It's judgment in the house of God. 17:54 Would you agree? 17:55 You gotta be on fire for Jesus to go through that tribulation, 18:00 otherwise you going to say like you know what, 18:02 I can't deal with this, 18:03 I got too much on my plate already. 18:05 But when you and I are fired up, 18:07 you can say, do whatever you want, 18:09 as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord 18:11 and stay we're serving the Lord." 18:13 Joshua 24:15. 18:15 Now listen carefully, who is cast into hell-fire? 18:18 Anyone not found written in the Book of Life 18:20 was cast into the lake of fire. 18:22 Now, how does the Bible describes 18:24 those who worship the Creator 18:25 and avoid the mark of the beast? 18:26 "Here is of patience, the endurance of the saints, 18:30 here are they that keep the commandments of God, 18:32 and the faith of Jesus." 18:34 Saint Mark, you're scaring me. 18:37 Oh, maybe it's time for a little comfort then. 18:40 Let's look at Romans. 18:42 By the way, when the plagues fall, 18:46 we're going through the tribulation 18:47 but read Psalms 91:10, 18:49 it says plagues will fall all around you 18:52 but not come nigh thy dwelling. 18:54 In other words, if you go to Jesus 18:57 and your trust in Jesus, 18:58 you're going to go through the purification 19:00 but you have plagued insurance. 19:06 Anybody interested in Missouri? 19:10 And my Bible tells me, it pays to follow Jesus Christ. 19:15 Here is the patience of endurance of the saints. 19:17 Here they that keep the commandments of God 19:20 and the faith of Jesus Christ. 19:22 You want some comfort? 19:23 I'll give you some comfort from God's word. 19:26 The Romans 8:35, 19:30 "Who shall separate us from the love of God?" 19:35 I stand here tonight before you, 19:39 because I believe in the love of God. 19:40 If I did not I would not stay in here, 19:43 because I would not have a gospel message. 19:45 Gospel means good news. 19:47 You say, Mark, it sounds like mark of the beast, 19:49 going through tribulation, 19:51 that does not sound like good news. 19:52 What's the alternative? 19:57 Listen to me. 19:58 It is good news to know what God wants to do with you, 20:02 even if it requires a tribulation to do it. 20:05 At least you know where you're going. 20:09 My Bible tells me, 20:11 nothing is going to separate you from the love of God, 20:13 the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 20:16 "Who shall separate us from the love of God? 20:18 Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, 20:21 or nakedness, or peril, or sword?" 20:23 In other words, will the tribulation 20:25 separate us from the love of God? 20:27 No, it will be more manifest during that time more than 20:30 ever before that God loves His people so much 20:35 that He allows them to be purified by clinging to Him. 20:41 God will have a people, remember? 20:44 The devil said, Job, He doesn't really love you. 20:48 Matter of fact, if you take away, 20:52 if you take away His blessings, his prosperity 20:55 and you really let me mess with him, He will curse you. 20:59 God said, all right, I'm going to let you test him, 21:03 but only so far. 21:05 And you know the story. 21:09 And even his wife said, just curse God and give it up. 21:15 They needed marriage counseling. 21:16 Guess which side needed it? 21:21 Usually it works the other way. 21:23 But anyway, God will have modern Jobs 21:29 who say like him, though He slain me, 21:32 yet will I trust Him. 21:34 Isn't that what Jesus did on the cross? 21:36 So we got to move along. 21:38 What are three major discoveries 21:39 that we must make in order to understand this issue? 21:42 We need to know who's the beast? 21:44 What is the seal of God? What is the mark of the beast? 21:46 Who is the beast? 21:48 Ten clues, very quickly here we go, snapshot review. 21:51 All of them originating, surfacing from Revelation 13, 21:57 a power arising from Pagan Rome, 21:59 the dragon Pagan Rome, 22:00 gave him his power and a seat, a capital seat 22:03 and great authority, Revelation 13:2. 22:04 The term dragon is used synonymously 22:07 for the dragon in the primary sense, 22:09 and in the secondary sense Pagan Rome whom the devil, 22:12 the dragon used to persecute Jesus 22:16 and His followers. 22:18 Who did the dragon, 22:19 Pagan Rome give its capital seat to? 22:21 "A religious power that is worship. 22:22 They worship the dragon which gave power 22:24 unto the beast, worshipped the beast." 22:26 Revelation 13:4. 22:27 What religious power? 22:29 In 300 A.D., Constantine relocated his capital seat 22:32 from Rome to Byzantium. 22:34 The beast is not a person. 22:35 It is a religious political system. 22:38 Who filled the political vacuum that was left in Rome 22:42 when Constantine left? 22:44 The pope, the papa, the Roman papal system 22:48 inherited all that prestige, all of that power. 22:52 All right? 22:53 So all who dwell on the earth will end up worshiping 22:56 the system in some type of way. 22:58 This power is a universal system of worship. 23:00 Is the antichrist, man of sin inside 23:03 or outside the Christian Church? 23:04 2 Thessalonians 2. 23:06 I know I am going fast, 23:07 I'll slow down when I get a chance. 23:08 Anyway, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 makes it very clear, 23:12 "Before we're gathered together to the Lord 23:14 the man of sin will be revealed 23:17 and do his deadly work, his dark deeds." 23:20 The Bible makes it clear, 23:21 the man of sin is within the temple of God. 23:25 The temple of God is an expression 23:28 that represents the body of Christ. 23:30 We are as believers, we are the body of Christ. 23:35 My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, 23:38 was a corporate body. 23:40 This is the Christian church and the man of sin 23:43 comes into the Christian church. 23:46 And so you've got to be careful. 23:48 A blasphemous power, the Bible says, 23:50 "Upon his head the name of blasphemy." 23:53 "Seek where you will, through heaven on earth 23:54 and you will find but one creative 23:56 being who can forgive the sinner, 23:58 that extraordinary being is the priest, 24:00 the Catholic priest." 24:02 I believe there will be many Catholics in heaven 24:04 because I believe there are many Catholics 24:06 that believe in Jesus Christ as their savior, 24:09 but they just haven't learned all the rest of the truth. 24:14 At times of ignorance God's winks at, Act 17:30, 24:18 but God wants them to know the truth 24:19 because I'm here to tell you many Roman Catholics 24:21 will not make it to heave` 24:22 and many Protestants will not make it to heaven. 24:25 How many agree, we've got to seek the Lord? 24:27 And so that's taken from the Catholic Priest 78 and 79. 24:31 "We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty," 24:33 Pope Leo XIII. 24:35 Would you agree? That's blasphemy. 24:37 So clue number four, "It was given unto him 24:40 to make war with the saints 24:42 and to overcome them, a persecuting power." 24:43 Fifty to one hundred million people lost their lives 24:45 during the Dark Ages. 24:47 Clue number five, "A worldwide power, 24:49 all the world wondered after the beast." 24:50 Catholic means universal. 24:52 Number six, "Dominating civil and religious power. 24:55 Power was given him, the beast, 24:57 over all kindred's, and tongues and nations." 24:59 Revelation 13:7. 25:01 "So also it's a power which reigns 1260 years 25:05 before its power is temporarily broken 25:07 and he was given a mouth, 25:09 speaking great things and blasphemies, 25:11 and it was given unto him 25:13 to continue forty and two months." 25:14 We have a time frame here. We have prophetic time here. 25:18 You see, God uses an exact science called Math. 25:23 Can't argue with math, how many of you agree? 25:25 Whether you like it or not, two plus two is always four. 25:29 And when God gives math to confirm something, 25:32 you can't argue. 25:34 It's irrefutable. Revelation 13:5. 25:37 And so we need to let them know, 25:39 let the skeptics know that the Bible is not a collection 25:43 of fairytales and myths, rather it is proven 25:46 with the veracity, trustworthiness, 25:49 the dependability, the inspiration 25:52 of scripture is verified and confirmed 25:55 over and over and over again 25:57 because of prophecies that have been 26:00 or are being fulfilled and will be fulfilled. 26:03 And so clue number seven, 42 months, 26:05 30 days in a biblical months, 1260 days. 26:08 "I have appointed thee each day for a year." 26:10 In the context of symbolic Bible Prophecy, 26:12 one day equals a year, Ezekiel 4:6. 26:15 So the Roman decree went forth 26:17 to give the papacy a reign of terror, 26:22 unprecedented power. 26:24 It received unprecedented power 26:25 at the decree of Roman Justinian 26:28 to make the papa, the bishop of Rome, 26:30 the head of all churches, definer of doctrine, 26:32 corrector of heretics, went into effect in 538 A.D, 26:36 1260 years later, it would have a setback 26:39 but then it would have a comeback. 26:40 The pope was captured in 1798. 26:43 "A power receives a deadly wound. 26:45 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death," 26:48 Revelation 13:3. 26:49 "And he that leadeth into captivity 26:51 shall go into captivity, 26:52 he that kills with the sword must be killed with a sword." 26:55 What goes around, comes around. 26:58 Eventually I knew you'd come around. 27:00 All right, Revelation 13:10. 27:01 So the deadly wound was inflicted in 1798, 27:05 exactly 1260 years from 538 A D. 27:09 Coincidence? No, confirmation. 27:12 Clue number nine, a power whose deadly wound is healed. 27:15 "His deadly wound was healed, and all the world wondered 27:18 and followed after the beast." 27:20 What a healing? Revelation 13:3. 27:22 So what events confirm the dramatic resurgence 27:25 and healing of the papacy? 27:27 In 1929, the Papal States 27:29 that were stripped in 1870 was restored. 27:32 "The Papal States which were stripped 27:34 from the papacy were restored to them in 1929." 27:37 Mussolini and Gaspari sign historic Roman Pact. 27:40 Heal wounds of many years. Front page article. 27:44 And now just keep in tune with what is going on. 27:51 Prophecy is being fulfilled right underneath your noses 27:55 and most don't even know it 27:57 because they haven't studied their Bible correctly 28:00 and they don't know what to look for. 28:02 How many agree, let these be your eye-glasses? 28:07 The "deadly wound" is being healed. 28:09 Deadly wound is being healed. Deadly wound is being healed. 28:14 The deadly wound is being healed. 28:16 Another major point, the beast has a number. 28:18 A power with a man at the top whose official name, title, 28:21 has a numerical value of 666. 28:23 "The name of the beast, or the number of his name." 28:25 Revelation 13:17. 28:27 A man would speak for the beast power. 28:30 What is the highest ranking title 28:32 that is given to every 28:33 successive pope or papa of Rome? 28:36 The Latin title is Vicarius Filii Dei, 28:41 which means in English, vicar of the Son of God, 28:44 representative of the Son of God. 28:45 What kind of numerical system would you use to-- 28:49 the Bible says calculate the number of the name? 28:52 What kind of numerical system should you use 28:54 for a Roman power in the first place? 28:57 Roman numerals. And so there you have it. 29:00 It all adds up to 666. 29:03 And so ten clues, a Roman power, 29:06 a religious power, a blasphemous power, 29:08 a religious power dominating civil power, 29:10 a worldwide power. 29:12 You want more? Here's more. 29:13 Persecuting power, 29:15 a power having supremacy for 1260 years, 29:17 a power that reins-- receives the deadly wound. 29:20 A power whose deadly wound is healed. 29:22 A power with a mysterious number 666. 29:24 All roads lead to papal Rome. Irrefutable. 29:29 But one of the Protestant reformers had it right. 29:33 The root word in Protestant means protest. 29:36 Nowadays? Are you kidding? 29:42 We have a pop gospel. 29:46 Sudden changes are about to catch the world by surprise. 29:50 Amazing Bible prophecies are fast fulfilling. 29:54 Do ancient prophecies predict the sudden economic collapse? 29:57 Will the Middle East crisis erupt into World War III? 30:01 Are we living on the eve of Armageddon? 30:03 How will the final moves of the antichrist affect you? 30:07 What is the future of the United States of America? 30:10 How will natural disasters usher in the mark of the beast? 30:14 Now you can watch the entire 30:16 Amazing Prophecy series of 32 hopeful messages on DVD. 30:22 Don't guess about the future, know the future. 30:25 The complete set of DVDs 30:27 is available for a gift of $60 or more. 30:30 Call us at 1-855-336-Free or you can send a check 30:35 or money order to Forever Free Ministries, 30:38 2001 Munro Park, Corinth, Texas, 76208. 30:43 You can also visit us online at foreverfreeministries.org. 30:49 Does the Roman papal system fulfill 30:51 all the ten characteristics of the beast power? 30:52 It does. 30:54 The most popular Christian system 30:55 in the world is antichrist. 30:57 The whole world will follow the beast 30:58 in some kind of false worship. 31:00 In contrast, you worship the Creator 31:02 and keep all of His Ten Commandments. 31:04 Who will be sealed? 31:05 Those who refuse to follow the beast 31:07 and rather keep the commandments of God. 31:12 Now, let me expand on this. What is the seal of God? 31:15 Where is the seal of God? That's a clue. 31:18 Take your Bible and turn with me to Revelation 7. 31:21 Are we learning something? We're learning fast, aren't we? 31:25 Revelation 7:1, 31:29 "After these things I saw four angels 31:31 standing on the four corners of the earth, 31:32 holding the four winds of the earth, 31:34 that the wind should not blow on the tree, 31:36 on the sea, or on any tree. 31:38 On the earth, on the sea, or on the tree. 31:41 Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, 31:43 having the seal of the living God. 31:45 And he cried with a loud voice 31:47 to the four angels to whom it was granted 31:48 to harm the earth and the sea, 31:50 saying, 'Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees 31:53 till we have sealed the servants of our God...'" 31:58 Notice here, verse 3, "Till we have sealed 32:01 the servants of our God on their foreheads." 32:06 Now, quickly turn to Revelation 14:1. 32:13 Revelation 14:1, "Then I looked, 32:16 and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, 32:18 and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand." 32:21 Mark, is that literal or figurative? 32:23 That's another night. Having on His... 32:26 Notice, "Having his Father's name 32:28 written on their foreheads." 32:30 Can you see the connection 32:31 between the seal of God and God's name? 32:34 How many can see a connection there? 32:37 Seal on the forehead, God's name on the forehead. 32:40 Look at Revelation 22. 32:42 Revelation 22:4, "They shall see his face 32:47 and his name shall be on their forehead." 32:51 Either you get the mark of the beast 32:53 on the forehead or on the hand or you get the seal of God. 32:56 Can't get it on the hand, 32:58 you can only get it on the forehead 33:00 and it equates with the name of God. 33:05 The name of God is what? 33:07 John 17:26, Jesus said 33:10 I have sought to reveal your name 33:15 and I will continue to reveal your name. 33:19 What is his name, his character to have the name? 33:22 Remember Jacob was changed to the name Israel, why? 33:27 Because he had a character change 33:30 and those who receive a character change 33:32 become true Israel. 33:34 He is the Jew which is one inwardly 33:36 not outwardly of the flesh, Romans 2:28-29. 33:40 If you are Christ then, yeah, "Abraham's seed, 33:42 and heirs according to the promise." 33:43 Galatians 3:29. 33:47 Anyway, the Bible makes it very clear 33:49 that we are modern Israel 33:52 and we must get the seal of God and the name of God. 33:55 And so the Bible makes it very clear, 33:57 where is the seal of God placed? 33:59 Point, where is it? Where's is it go? 34:01 Where is it go? On the forehead. 34:03 On the forehead. Listen carefully. 34:05 What else does God promise to place in the forehead 34:08 or on the heart? 34:10 "I will put my laws in their hearts 34:13 and write them on..." 34:15 I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Slow down, Mark. 34:17 "I will put my laws in their minds 34:21 and write them on their hearts." 34:24 Do you see how in and on 34:26 are used interchangeably, synonymously here. 34:29 Can you see that? 34:30 So the seal of God actually goes in the forehead. 34:34 What is in the forehead? Your mind. 34:38 What part of the brain? Frontal lobes. 34:41 What's going on there? 34:42 That's where you make decision, 34:45 that's where you make your choices. 34:47 God sent His son Jesus to die for us 34:51 that He might say, come let us reason, 34:55 let us reason together, though your sins are scarlet? 34:58 Let me reason with you. Let me have you think. 35:02 My friend, Dr. Neil Nedley just wrote a book, 35:04 I got to get it but it's a little expensive, 35:06 but it's worth it, called "The Lost Art of Thinking." 35:11 Go online and get it. Tell me what you think. 35:14 I will get it too. 35:17 God gave us a thinking book, 35:23 but we have attention deficit disorder big time. 35:29 People have a hard time concentrating and listening 35:34 and that's the devil's work. 35:37 You and I need to know what it's like to sit down 35:40 and read for a few hours. 35:43 If you can do it every day, more the better. 35:46 My Bible tells me the seal goes in 35:49 where you really discriminate and make decisions, 35:53 you've got to really think and make it, 35:54 ''Come let us reason together, though your sins are scarlet, 35:57 they should be white as snow, red like crimson, 35:59 they should be as wool," Isaiah 1:18. 36:01 So I will put my laws, 36:03 the law of God, the Ten Commandments. 36:04 Remember, Jesus is standing by those Ten Commandments, 36:08 that's where He is. 36:09 How can somebody say, "They've been done away with, 36:10 we're not under them, we're under grace"? 36:12 Amen. Where is the mercy seat? 36:15 Right there in heaven, at the Ark of the Covenant. 36:17 Well, what's under the mercy? The Ten Commandments. 36:19 Oh, grace, mercy does not throw out the Ten Commandments. 36:23 We're under the mercy. Thank God for that. 36:26 But that doesn't throw away the law. 36:28 Know that mercy and grace enables him to write 36:30 that law in my heart. 36:33 How many agree, it will take a miracle to save you? 36:36 And that's what grace is all about. 36:38 How many agree, you wouldn't even be here tonight 36:40 if it wasn't for a whole lot of miracles God 36:42 was doing to work for you? 36:45 You wouldn't even have an interest in these things 36:47 if it wasn't for miracles 36:48 that God's been working in your life. 36:50 I say hallelujah. 36:51 Come on, do you recognize good stuff when you hear it? 36:54 So Hebrews 8:10 says, 36:56 "I will put my laws in their minds 36:58 and write them in their heart." 37:00 On, in. 37:02 You know when I tell my wife, 37:03 'Honey I love you with all my heart.' 37:05 Does the heart think... literally? 37:10 No, it's use figurative. 37:11 But you really should not go around saying, 37:14 'Honey I love you with all my brain.' 37:17 Doesn't sound right. 37:19 I will put my laws in their hearts, their minds. 37:23 Come on, in their minds and write them on their hearts. 37:26 Where does the seal go? 37:27 Point. We can do this. 37:31 Where does the law of God go in the New Covenant? 37:41 All right. 37:43 Where is the law of God placed? Got it covered. 37:48 What's the New Covenant promise? 37:50 I'll write it in their heart, all ten of the commandments. 37:54 "Here is the patience of the saints, 37:55 here are they that keep the commandments of God 37:57 and the faith of Jesus." 37:58 They are the ones who get the seal of God. 38:00 Is there a connection between the seal and the law of God? 38:04 Listen to this, "Bind up the testimony, 38:06 seal the law among my disciples." 38:10 Hallelujah. 38:15 If you decide you don't want to keep 38:17 all of them by the grace of God. 38:20 "Without me, you can do nothing." 38:21 John 15:5. 38:23 "But I can do all things 38:24 through Christ who strengthens me." 38:25 Philippians 4:13. 38:27 It's all of grace, it's all of His power. 38:28 It's all of His righteousness that we get by faith. 38:31 This is not righteousness by works. 38:33 It's not me trying to do good, 38:34 trying to keep the commands to earn salvation. 38:36 No, that's righteousness by work. 38:38 "Salvation is a gift. 38:40 But faith without works, that's useless and dead." 38:42 James 2:26. How many of you agree? 38:43 "If you love me keep my commandments." 38:45 John 14:15? 38:47 And so bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciple. 38:51 "Those who allow the Holy Spirit 38:53 to write the whole law in their hearts 38:55 including the commandment that contains the seal 38:57 will be sealed on their foreheads. 38:59 You see, listen carefully. 39:01 "The law of God and the seal of God go together." 39:03 Can you say amen? 39:05 "Therefore if you want the seal 39:07 you must keep the Law in which the seal is placed." 39:11 Uh, you didn't hear that. 39:12 Here we go. 39:14 Therefore, if you want the seal-- 39:16 Are you interested? 39:18 You must keep the law 39:20 through the grace of Christ by trusting in Him 39:24 and if we fall short, we ask for forgiveness 39:26 and His righteousness still continues to cover us. 39:29 Because how many agree, right up until Jesus comes, 39:32 we are still under construction. 39:33 It's called sanctification. Work of a lifetime. 39:37 Therefore, if you want the seal, 39:39 you must keep the law in which the seal is place. 39:43 "In ancient times a King sealed a law, 39:45 decree with his royal signet ring." 39:47 Didn't he? King would have a ring with-- 39:51 His royal ring with a raised design 39:52 an image on the top of it. 39:54 And what would he do with that? 39:55 He would use it to impress his image 39:58 or some something, his name or whatever was on that ring 40:01 to impress it upon pliable clay or melted wax. 40:06 Something that would receive-- Oh, come on. 40:09 Listen to the Holy Spirit, 40:11 that would receive the image of the king 40:14 or the name of the king. 40:16 Somebody's going to get this tonight. 40:18 Another words, you're not going to get the seal of God 40:21 unless your heart is like melted wax. 40:23 You got to go to the cross to get your heart melted 40:25 or you will never get the seal of God. 40:29 You've got to be pliable clay. 40:30 He is the potter wheel of the clay. 40:32 You got to be pliable saying, 40:34 Lord, "Not I but Christ lives in me 40:37 and the life which I now live in the flesh 40:38 I live with the faith of the Son of God, 40:40 love me, gave himself for me." 40:42 Galatians 2:20. 40:43 "I if I've been lifted up from the earth, 40:45 I will draw all men to me." 40:47 John 12:32. Can I put it in another way? 40:49 What Jesus essentially is saying 40:51 is I'll melt hearts at the foot of the cross. 40:54 That's how you get your heart receptive 40:57 to the law of God and to receive His image. 41:02 Listen, the Bible says Romans 8:29, 41:05 that He wants to conform us to the image of His son. 41:11 You see, you either get the image of the beast 41:13 or you were in the image of His son. 41:15 How many agree, we are to be a spitting image of Jesus, 41:19 just like my son Caleb is a spitting image of me? 41:24 Oh, I saw a lot of people say, 41:25 he looks a little like your mom there too. 41:27 Come on now, please, when you leave here tonight, 41:29 he looks like you too. 41:31 My daughter, spitting image of me as well. 41:33 Let me tell you something. 41:35 We are to be spitting images of God, 41:38 reflecting the character of Christ. 41:41 Amen. Set your standard high. 41:46 "This ring usually had a raised designer or image on it 41:50 that would be impressed upon pliable clay or melted wax." 41:54 In the days of Esther, 41:55 "The king took his signet ring from his hand 41:58 and in the name of King Ahasuerus, 42:00 it was written, 42:01 and sealed with the king's signet ring." 42:04 Esther 3:10-12. 42:07 So the King's decrees or laws were signed or sealed 42:10 with his signature or royal law. 42:12 "The Ten Commandments are called, 42:14 get this, the royal law." 42:17 Hallelujah, James 2:8. 42:20 The King of Kings has a "Royal Law" 42:24 and that royal seal or signature 42:27 is that of approval. 42:28 It's the good housekeeping seal of approval. 42:34 How many agree, there's housecleaning 42:36 going on in the house of God? 42:37 You got to get the seal 42:39 which is God's good housekeeping 42:42 seal of approval. 42:45 See, the seal means that God approves. 42:48 "God will approve of you when you accept Jesus Christ, 42:51 that very moment you put on Christ, 42:53 you put on the robe of His righteous, 42:55 you are accepted in the beloved." 42:56 Ephesians 1:6. 42:59 But unless you're willing to walk with Jesus 43:01 as you have therefore receive Christ 43:03 Jesus so walk in him. 43:04 Colossians 2:6, "If you stand up with Jesus 43:07 but don't walk with Jesus, you go fallen right back then." 43:13 So what are three key elements associated with a seal? 43:16 President Barack Obama 43:18 of the United States of America. 43:20 Presidential seal must contain three things. 43:24 Seal contains three elements, name, title, territory. 43:27 President Barack Obama: President, title. 43:31 Name, Barak Obama. 43:32 Territory, of the United States of America. 43:37 So God seal of authority is related to Him 43:40 being Creator and is found in His law. 43:44 King's seal, king's law. 43:46 And so listen to me. 43:47 Is there a commandment which establishes 43:50 God's authority as our president? 43:53 What is it called? 43:55 Not president, he's called creator. 43:56 How many agree that is as high up 43:58 as you can go? 44:00 Take your Bible and turn with me 44:01 to the Ten Commandments. 44:03 Not the ten suggestions, the Ten Commandments. 44:06 And first of all, look here at verse number 8. 44:10 And look at the last part of 20:6, 44:14 "But showing mercy to thousands 44:16 to those who love me and keep my commandments." 44:19 Didn't Jesus say the same thing? 44:21 Look at verse 8, 44:22 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 44:24 Six days you shall labor and do all your work 44:26 but the seventh day 44:28 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God." 44:29 Notice there, the Lord your God, His name. 44:32 "In it you shall do no work. 44:35 You nor your son, nor your daughter 44:37 nor your male servant nor your female servant 44:39 nor your cattle nor a stranger within your gates. 44:42 For in six days the Lord made..." 44:45 That's His title, He's our Creator. 44:49 "The heavens and the earth, 44:50 the sea, and all that is in them." 44:52 That's His territory. 44:54 "And rest of the seventh day therefore the Lord blessed 44:56 the Sabbath day and hallowed it." 44:58 This is the royal law. 45:00 So if this is the royal law, 45:01 you ought to expect the royal sealed to be in it. 45:05 You see, the seal authenticates the law, 45:08 otherwise doesn't have any authority with it. 45:11 God says, this is my law. 45:13 Out of the Ten Commandments it's the only one 45:15 that contains the three essential elements: 45:17 name, title, territory. 45:19 It's the only one that identifies 45:21 who gave the Ten Commandments. 45:22 And so we continue. 45:24 This Sabbath commandment is alluded 45:26 to in the First Angel's Message of Revelation 14. 45:29 Take a look at this, 45:30 "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 45:32 the sea and all that is in them, 45:33 and rested the seventh day." 45:35 Now look at Revelation 14:7, 45:37 "Worship Him who made heaven and earth, 45:39 the sea and the springs of water 45:40 and they keep the commandments of God." 45:43 It seems to be a hint 45:45 of what happened in the Garden of Eden, 45:50 in the beginning of time. 45:51 "The Sabbath is the only commandment 45:53 that reveals the Law Giver." 45:54 "The Sabbath is the seal of the Living God. 45:56 What is God's special sign of power and authority?" 45:59 "Moreover also I gave them my Sabbath, to be a sign." 46:03 Sign and seal are used interchangeably at times, 46:05 Romans 4:11 says so. 46:08 "Moreover also I gave them my Sabbath, 46:10 to be a sign or seal between me and them, 46:13 that they might know that I am the Lord 46:16 that has the miraculous power to change you, to save you, 46:21 to sanctify them, to make them holy." 46:23 Would you agree if Jesus is saying, 46:25 if God is saying the Sabbath is my sign 46:28 that I can change your life, 46:29 then that is a sign of His power, 46:32 the sign that He can create us. 46:34 And David said, 46:35 created me a clean heart, oh, God. 46:37 Would you agree, that's creative power? 46:40 Psalms 50:10, "So the Lord tells us, 46:43 I made you but now I can remake you." 46:47 And so the Sabbath is a sign of not only creation 46:50 but of redemption. 46:52 Can you say amen? The power of Jesus Christ. 46:54 That's why you can't throw out the Sabbath, why? 46:56 It's right there in the heart of the gospel. 46:59 Ezekiel 20:12, 20. 47:03 "And receive the sign of circumcision, 47:05 a seal of righteousness of the faith." 47:07 Romans 4:11. 47:09 But we are circumcised in the heart. 47:11 Can you say amen? 47:12 So sign and seal are used interchangeably. 47:15 So the sign of Christ power to change us, 47:17 that's the Sabbath. 47:19 So what is another synonymous term 47:21 used for the seal of God? 47:22 "They shall see His face, 47:24 and His name shall be on their foreheads." 47:26 Revelation 22:4. 47:28 "Those who are victorious at last stand on mount Zion, 47:30 having His father's name written on their foreheads." 47:33 Revelation 14:1. 47:35 So there's four terms used relatedly: 47:40 Law of God, name of God, 47:44 seal of God, sign of God. 47:48 Powerful. 47:50 The name of God is found in His law. 47:53 The law all God is a transcript 47:55 of His loving character or name. 47:57 His law is holy, God is holy. His law is just, God is just. 48:02 His law is love, God is love. What is the mark of the beast? 48:10 Tomorrow night-- No, here we go. 48:13 What is the mark of the beast? 48:15 It must be a counterfeit of the seal of God, 48:18 it must be a counterfeit of the law of God, 48:21 it must be a counterfeit of the Sabbath. 48:25 Did you hear that? All right. 48:27 I'm going to do this, 48:28 I can do it, I'm the speaker, all right? 48:30 What is the mark of the beast? 48:31 It must be a counterfeit of the seal of God. 48:33 It must be a counterfeit of the law of God. 48:35 It must be a counterfeit of the Sabbath. 48:39 Remember we're talking about a symbolic beast, image, 48:41 name, number, seal, mark, all symbolic. 48:46 Now listen, what is the mark of the beast? 48:48 It's a sign of the Roman Church's authority. 48:50 "Popular religious power plus a popular marker 48:53 or sign of its religious power. 48:55 What does the Roman Catholic Church 48:57 claim is a sign of its authority? 48:59 Sunday is our mark of authority. 49:03 The church is above the Bible, 49:05 and this transference of Sabbath observance 49:08 is proof of that fact." 49:09 Catholic Record, 1923. 49:12 "Of course the Catholic Church claims 49:13 that the change from Saturday to Sunday was her act. 49:16 It could not have been otherwise as none in those days 49:18 would have dreamed of doing anything in matters 49:21 spiritual and ecclesiastical and religious without her. 49:24 And the act is a..." What, everyone? 49:27 "Mark of her ecclesiastical 49:29 power and authority in religious matters." 49:31 H.F. Thomas, Chancellor for the Cardinal, 49:34 November 11, 1895, I believe it is there. 49:37 Sunday is the admitted mark 49:41 of authority of the Papal power. 49:45 You say, Mark, I didn't know this. 49:47 Most people don't. 49:49 Did the Bible actually predict 49:51 that the Roman papal power would change the Sabbath? 49:54 Are you ready for this blockbuster? 49:57 Look to the Book of Daniel. 49:59 Did you learn anything thus far? 50:02 You need to say yes a little bit louder. 50:07 God is good, isn't He? Feasting on the word of God. 50:11 Daniel 7:25, speaking about the bizarre talking horn 50:18 that we have categorically identified 50:21 as the Roman Papal system. 50:24 "He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, 50:27 shall persecute the saints of the Most High, 50:29 and shall intend to change times and law." 50:33 What is the law of the Most High called? 50:34 The Ten Commandments. 50:36 Which is the only one that refers to time? 50:39 Scan the Ten Commandments, 50:41 there's only one that refers to time. 50:43 The Bible predicted that the Roman papal power 50:46 would change the very law of God. 50:49 What did they do in their catechism? 50:50 They dropped the second commandment 50:52 that says, don't make images and bow down to them. 50:55 They split the Tenth Commandment 50:56 about thou shalt not covet 50:57 and conveniently, compromisingly 50:59 made it into two commandments. 51:01 But change number three, many are not aware of this. 51:04 The Roman Papal system changed the Sabbath 51:07 from the solemnity of it, the day that they would honor, 51:11 from Saturday to Sunday to make Sunday 51:13 the primary day of worship. 51:15 Can I go to church on Sunday? 51:16 Absolutely. We have a seminar. 51:21 What should be my primary day of worship? 51:24 And the question is, 51:26 what does the Ten Commandments say? 51:29 And if I look at the Ten Commandments 51:31 and I hang them up on the wall 51:33 and my children look at the Ten Commandments 51:35 and they read the seventh day Sabbath. 51:37 And I say no, no, no, 51:39 it's not the seventh day anymore. 51:41 And they're scratching their head thinking why, 51:43 why do those Ten Commandments need to be-- 51:46 You mean, all the other nine-- 51:49 Bible says don't add to it, 51:52 and don't take away from it, Deuteronomy 4:2. 51:55 So the Bible-- 51:57 listen, the Bible forecasts that the Roman Papal system 52:00 would change the commandment that has to do with times. 52:06 They changed the seventh day Sabbath. 52:07 So what is the mark of the beast? 52:09 No one has the mark of the beast 52:10 because there has not been a universal Sunday law, 52:15 that's tomorrow night. 52:17 So what is the mark of the beast? 52:18 Daniel 7's Little Horn compare to Revelation 13's Beast. 52:22 Lion, lion, bear, bear. Leopard, leopard. 52:25 Terrible iron teeth creature, dragon. 52:27 Ten horns, ten horns. 52:28 Speaks great thing, speak blasphemies. 52:31 Reigns 1260 years, reigns 42 months. 52:33 Same time period. 52:34 Change times and laws equals mark of the beast. 52:38 You'll have a handout about this. 52:41 Change times and laws equals mark of the beast 52:45 when it's enforced. 52:47 You mean to tell me that it will soon be 52:51 against the law to keep all of the law of God? 52:57 He's coming. 53:00 Everyone will have to make a decision between 53:02 which law will they keep. 53:04 If you go with God's law, 53:06 you get the seal that is in his law. 53:08 If you don't go along with His unchanged law, 53:11 ultimately you will receive the mark of the law 53:14 that you want to long with. 53:16 So there's a counterfeit law 53:18 and it's the mark of the beast ultimately. 53:20 when it is enforced in the near future. 53:23 So no one receives the mark of the beast 53:25 until it is enforced. 53:27 The most popular day of worship came from the Church of Rome. 53:33 Why do not more preachers teach this? 53:36 "They have hidden their eyes for my Sabbaths." 53:39 They've done it before, 53:40 they're doing it today, Ezekiel 22:26. 53:43 So most want to do what is popular. 53:46 Your choice is clear: 53:47 Sabbath, keeping the commandments of God. 53:49 Sunday: counterfeiter or contrast. 53:54 Let me read a quote to you, my time is up. 53:57 "Perhaps the boldest thing, 53:58 the most revolutionary change the Church ever did, 54:01 happened in the first century. 54:03 The holy day, the Sabbath, 54:04 was changed from Saturday to Sunday. 54:06 'The day of the Lord' they're saying, 54:07 dies Dominica, Dominca was chosen, 54:10 not for any directions noted in the Scriptures, 54:12 but from the church's sense of its own power. 54:15 The day of resurrection, the day of Pentecost, 54:17 fifty days later, came on the first day of the week. 54:19 So this would be the new Sabbath, they're saying. 54:22 People who think that the Scriptures 54:24 should be the sole authority, should logically become..." 54:28 I'm just reading, "Seventh day Adventists, 54:31 and keep Saturday holy." 54:33 Sentinel Pastor's page, Saint Catherine Catholic Church 54:37 there in Michigan, May 21, 1995. 54:43 I was holding a seminar like this 54:44 in Asheville, North Carolina. 54:47 Beautiful mountains there. 54:50 And one of their church members comes 54:51 racing into the pastor's study. 54:54 He's out of breath, he said, Mark, Pastor Fox, 54:58 I got to just tell you what I saw, I went by-- 55:02 Well, church and there it is on the screen 55:05 and he said, I notice that it had a sign 55:07 in front of it about the Sabbath. 55:09 And he told me about it, and I said, 55:11 could you do me a favor, 55:12 go snap some pictures and bring them to me. 55:14 And I've been traveling with them ever since. 55:17 Here's a picture of the church the name 55:19 has been blocked to protect the guilty. 55:23 And so there is the sign out in the front, 55:27 it says, well, let's get a close up, 55:30 Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. 55:33 What day do you think that not only them 55:36 but many others are referring to, 55:38 when they think of the day 55:40 that should be kept as a Sabbath? 55:41 What day do you think most of thinking of? 55:43 They are thinking about Sunday. 55:44 They're thinking about the first day of the week. 55:46 Sometimes people say, it really doesn't matter. 55:48 You mean to tell me if God wrote something 55:50 in the Ten Commandments it doesn't matter? 55:53 That's like me telling my children 55:55 it really doesn't matter if you obey me. 55:59 Now listen, remember the Sabbath day 56:02 to keep it holy. 56:04 It's either the seventh day or the first day. 56:06 I'll give you-- 56:08 I'll tell you what I'll do, I'll give you-- 56:10 I don't have it on me, I never do. 56:11 Anyway, I'll give you $5,000 56:17 if you can come up with a text that says 56:21 that the first day of the week is now the Lord's Day. 56:25 It's now the chosen day that God, 56:28 and he doesn't want to keep the seventh day God's number. 56:31 He now wants us to keep the first day of the week. 56:34 And you can show me a scripture that says that. 56:36 If you can materialize that scripture I will give you-- 56:40 My wife will make out a check for $5,000. 56:44 And if you cannot come up 56:45 with a scripture then tomorrow night 56:47 I want you to bring me $5,000 for my ministry. 56:53 Just a thought. 56:57 I got to close. 56:59 Will the Roman Papal Power favor a National Sunday Law? 57:04 My next slide is a quote that will just blow you away, 57:08 that I've given you enough time. 57:11 Jesus says, 57:14 "If you love Me, keep My commandments." 57:21 Do you love Him? I believe you do. 57:25 I know many of you have questions 57:27 and that's healthy and that's good 57:30 but keep coming. 57:32 Stay tune because the Lord is on to something. 57:37 Although sudden and alarming changes 57:39 are sweeping across the globe, 57:41 you and your family can be prepared 57:43 to face the future with confidence. 57:45 The complete set of Amazing Prophecies on DVD 57:49 are available for a gift of $60 or more. 57:52 Call us at 1-855-336-free or send your check 57:58 or money order to Forever Free Ministries, 58:01 2001, Munroe Park, Corinth, Texas, 76208. 58:07 If you would like to have Mark Fox hold 58:09 an Amazing Prophecy seminar or a marriage seminar weekend 58:13 in your church, contact us today. 58:15 markfox@ foreverfreeministries.org. |
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