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
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the kind of fabric of
character and perseverance
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly vas 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
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through the hourglass of time
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and the door probation
is about the swing shot.
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As we continue
with Amazing Prophecies,
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a seminar in this
edition, in this presentation,
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it's entitled, "When American
enforces the" what, everyone?
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"The mark of the beast!"
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Come with me to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia is one
of the largest cities
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in the United States of America
and has such rich history.
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How many have been
to Independence Hall,
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where the US constitution
was signed and so forth?
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And so there
also in Philadelphia
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have the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Well, I don't follow sports
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but I wanted to bring
this to your attention.
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With a long history,
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America's favorite past
time sport was baseball.
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There used to be a
law against playing
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organized baseball on Sunday.
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Now for the rest of the story.
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There was a fight for
Sunday baseball in Philadelphia
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and guess who won?
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Baseball.
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And so major league
baseball was played legally
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in the city on Sunday
beginning in April 1934.
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Baseball men hailed the
end of repressive Blue Laws
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and expected some financial
relief for organized baseball
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from the worse
effects of the depression.
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So they were using it
in more ways than one.
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Well, what's interesting
is that there have been
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Sunday Blue
Laws from the infancy
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at the formative stages
of this country of ours.
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Sunday closing
laws, or Blue Laws,
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have a long checkered history.
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In the United States, Blue Laws
date back to colonial times.
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A matter of fact, in the
colony of Virginia in 1610,
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we read as follows.
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These were the laws
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with a little
bit of teeth in them.
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Every man and woman
shall repair in the morning
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to the divine
service and sermons preached
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upon the Sabbath day,
they're referring to Sunday,
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and in the afternoon to
divine service and catechising,
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notice here, and catechising,
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upon pain for the first
fault to lose their provision
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and the allowance of
the whole week following,
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for the second, to
lose the said allowance
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and also be whipt.
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I'm just reading.
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And for the third, in fraction
or offense, to suffer death.
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Well, there you have it.
A colony of Virginia 1610.
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Well, the United
States Supreme Court
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has ruled that
Sunday laws are not
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unconstitutional
or discriminatory.
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This opens the way for
all of the present confused,
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contradictory local
state laws to be replaced
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by a national Sunday
law or a national law
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that will
standardize the enforcement
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of Sunday all over America.
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Well, guess what?
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Time magazine
story was entitled,
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"Will the recession doom
the last Sunday Blue Laws?"
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In Arkansas, we read this.
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Arkansas eliminates Blue Law
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that banned
Sunday alcohol sales.
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Arkansas became the 36th state
to repeal its Blue Law banning
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Sunday liquor sales at
package (liquor) stores,
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according to the
Distilled Spirits Council,
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which called
the state's decision
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a sign of things to come
across the south as legislators
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continue looking for
ways to raise revenue
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without raising
taxes in this sour economy.
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March 4, 2009.
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So what's the point?
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It seems that we're
very, very lax about Blue Laws,
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even though many
states still have
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on their books these
repressive Blue Laws,
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but they pretty much
have become antiquated,
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they're just
collecting dust and that's all.
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You know, I'm
from Texas and Texas,
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you know, as I like to say
we do everything big in Texas,
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that doesn't mean
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we do everything smart in Texas.
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But anyway,
Texas Sunday Blue Laws,
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beverages of 20 percent
alcohol content or higher
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are prohibited from sale
on Sunday with the exception
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of
establishments that sell food.
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I mean, we got it
down to a science in Texas.
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Liquor stores closed
statewide on Sundays.
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Beer and wine may be purchased
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at any open store
until 1 a.m. Sunday.
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You can only buy beer
and wine afternoon Sunday.
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The rest of the week it may
be purchased as early as 8 a.m.
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I mean, we got
this down to details.
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And so could there be
though a national Sunday Law
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in the near future?
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Right now, if you
look at all this jargon
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and you look at how
things have just become so lax
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in regard to Sunday
Blue Laws, you would say,
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"Not anytime soon."
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Well, wait a
minute. I have a book here.
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It's entitled,
"Future Cast," by researcher,
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renowned
researcher, George Bana.
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Go head, go online, do a
Google, go on his website.
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He is one of
the most preeminent,
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one of the most renowned
and respected researchers
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of today and he's just come out
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with this monumental
landmark book entitled,
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"Future Cast,
with today's trends,"
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I'm sorry, "What today's trends
mean for tomorrow's world."
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Extensive new
research on how our behaviors,
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attitudes and beliefs
are shaping our future
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and what we can do about it.
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And then back cover,
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new information on the trends
that are shaping our world.
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Everybody say, "Trends."
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Watch this, "And
are about" notice,
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"new information on the trends
that are shaping our world
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and are about to
change our life."
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Everybody say, "Change."
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"Our world is changing
at a pace beyond anything
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ever seen in history."
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Let me repeat that.
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"Our world is changing
at a pace beyond anything
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ever seen in history.
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But where will all
these cultural shifts lead?
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What's in store
for our government,
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economy, families and churches?
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We need accurate information
that will give us a real sense
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of what's happening now
and what's about to happen
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in key areas of our
lives including family life,
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technology, media
and entertainment,
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attitudes and values,
religious beliefs and behavior."
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I believe with all my
heart that he's right on
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that there are some
cultural shifts taking place.
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I believe, if there's one thing
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we learn from recent trends,
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number one, expect big changes.
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Number two, expect
many of those big changes
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to happen
overnight, unexpectedly.
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Put it all together,
this tells you the news
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before the news tells you.
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This is the Word of God
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and our God does not
guess about the future.
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God knows the future.
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And so we go to
the book of Revelation.
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Go to the book of Revelation.
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Revelation Chapter
3. Revelation Chapter 3.
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Revelation Chapter 3,
looking there at verse 10.
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What does the Bible forecast?
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Looking there
at Revelation 3:10,
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words are in
red, Jesus speaking,
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"Because you've kept
My command to persevere,
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I also would keep you
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from the hour of
trial or tribulation,
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which will come
upon the whole world,
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to test those who
dwell on the earth."
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Now take your Bible and
turn with me to Exodus 20:20.
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How many want to
have 20/20 vision?
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How many remember
when you used to have it?
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All right, Exodus 20:20.
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Context, Ten Commandments.
Context, Ten Commandments.
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Verse 20,
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after the Ten Commandments
are given, verse 20.
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"And Moses said to the people,
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'Do not fear, for
God has come to,'" what?
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"'Test you and that
his fear may be before you
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so that you may not sin.'"
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So the Bible makes it very clear
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that, that the Ten Commandments
were given to test us
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and to reveal if
there's any sin in our life.
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The word of God and the
law of God is like a mirror
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that reveals any
sin in your life.
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The Bible says that
the word of God is alive
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and it pierces through
every fiber of our being
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and exposes even the
motives of our heart.
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Hebrews 4:12.
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The Bible calls the law
of God the mirror, a mirror.
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James 1:23-25.
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You look in a
mirror and you can see
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if there is an oil
smudge in your forehead.
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Somebody can tell you,
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"You have a ugly
mark in your forehead."
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You might get offended
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until you go on the mirror
and discover they were right.
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Now I want you
to notice something.
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God tests us for our good.
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And tests came before
sin came into this world.
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Adam and Eve were tested
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whether they would
eat the piece of fruit,
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we don't know what
kind of variety it was,
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but all I know is
they were tested to see,
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would they go against
contrary to God's express will?
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Would they
violate their conscience?
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Would they make
the wrong fatal choice
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and would they
eat from the fruit
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that was forbidden?
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It was test of love.
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Then God later on
gave the Ten Commandments.
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Down through history,
from Genesis to Revelation,
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the Bible records how God,
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out of love, tests
what's in our heart.
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Number one, it's for our good.
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Number two, we don't
even know our own heart...
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unless God reveals it to
us, because sin blinds us.
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So we can't see
what's wrong with us.
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Sin blinds and binds.
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So therefore we need to be
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tested to see
are we in the faith.
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The Bible says, Bible says,
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"Examine yourself to
see if you're in the faith."
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2 Corinthians 13:5.
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David said in Psalms 139:23, 24,
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he said there,
"Search me, O God.
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See if there's any
wicked way, evil way in me."
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So I want you to
notice here, Exodus 20:6,
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"But showing mercy to
thousands to those who love Me
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and keep My commandments."
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Do you see that?
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Love Me and
keep My commandments.
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That's the test.
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Verse 20 talks about
God's come down to test you
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and the Lord Himself wrote down
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that these commandments
will reveal if you love Me.
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Now go to John Chapter 14.
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John Chapter 14 and
looking there at verse 15.
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"If you love Me, keep
most of My Commandments."
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Whoops, I messed up.
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
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Now that would
include the Ten Commandments,
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but would you agree
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that would
include all of the Bible?
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Would you agree it's
all the commands of God?
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But it's primarily, I believe,
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speaking about
the Ten Commandments.
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But notice here, "And
I will pray the Father,
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and He will give
you another helper,
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a comforter that he may
abide with you forever."
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What is Jesus saying?
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments
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and I'll give you help to love
Me and keep My commandments."
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"Without Me you can do nothing."
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John 15:5.
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In other words, you cannot even
love God in your own strength.
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Why?
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Because our heart is at enmity,
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hostile towards God
in the natural state.
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The flesh could not please God.
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That's why the Holy
Spirit must rule to put down
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the flesh continually every day.
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So I want you to
notice, don't miss this,
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if you love Jesus, you
will keep His commandments.
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But you can't
keep His commandments
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in your own strength.
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Nobody can, nobody can.
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"We've all fall
short of the glory of God."
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Romans 3:23.
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But the Bible
makes it very clear,
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we must seek to obey them,
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number one, not
to earn salvation,
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but because we have salvation
by grace, through faith.
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And number two, we keep
them because we love Him
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and He empowers
us with love in our--
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we love Him
because He first loved us.
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1 John 4:19.
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"So His love compels
us," 2 Corinthians 5:14.
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And so the Bible--
Listen, don't miss this.
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Don't miss this.
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I'm going somewhere
with this, with God's help.
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We're called to
keep His commandments
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because we love Him,
but we cannot love Him
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and keep His commandments
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without the
Helper, the Holy Spirit.
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You've got to connect
verse 15 and 16 together.
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Draw a circle
around verse 15 and 16,
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at least in your mind.
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Wrap your arms around
this, listen carefully.
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments
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and I'll help you to do it."
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Now would you agree to that?
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Do you recognize a
good deal when you hear one?
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This is a gift.
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It's part of
salvation, justification,
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sanctification,
glorification, all is a gift.
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Now go with me to
Revelation Chapter 12.
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Revelation Chapter 12.
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If you love Me,
keep My commandments
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and that will be tested.
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Always has, always
will. Love to God is tested.
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How many of you are married?
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I'm gonna ask you this,
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have you ever had a test
of love in your marriage?
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How many of you had many tests?
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Say my spouse keeps...
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All right, anyway, all right,
notice here, Revelation 12:17,
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"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
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and he went to make war
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with the rest of her offspring."
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Would you agree?
That produces tests.
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When you're under attack,
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that tests the
fabric of your faith
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and your endurance
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and that never
give up mentality.
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"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
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and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring,
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the remnant," got
messages coming up on that,
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"who keep the
commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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So the Bible
makes it very clear,
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God will have a people
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that are seeking to
love God at any cost.
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To obey God at any price.
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To obey their
conscience and the dictates
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of their
conscience and the unction
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and the
conviction of the Holy Spirit
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no matter what is
politically correct,
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no matter what the world says,
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no matter what the
amount of persecution.
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Jesus said, "Count the cost."
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So my Bible tells me,
there will be a showdown test,
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because the devil
does not want us to obey.
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He doesn't care what we profess
as long as we don't posses.
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He doesn't care
about the external.
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He cares about the internal.
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That's why a true
Christian is one in the heart,
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in the manifest with the fruit.
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So could there be
a National Sunday Law
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that will test our
faith and love to Jesus
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and His commandments?
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I'm gonna say it
again, God will test us.
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We read it in Revelation
3:10, "The test is coming."
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Exodus 20:20, "God's
come down to test you."
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"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
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All right, now listen.
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Listen how things
can change overnight.
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In 1888 Senator
Blair of New Hampshire
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issued a bill in
the United States Senate
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for a National Sunday Law.
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You can Google it and
see what's there in history.
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It did not pass that
time because they believed
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it was a violation
of the Bill of Rights,
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the constitution
that it would be--
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it would break the
laws of the land of keeping
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church and state separated
and so it did not pass.
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However, fast
forward, Time magazine,
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Thunder on the Right,
The Growth of Fundamentalism.
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This was a little bit ago.
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All Americans would do
well to petition the President
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and the congress
to make a federal law,
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and amendment to the
constitution if need be,
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to establish the Sabbath,
referring to Sunday they are,
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as a National Day of Rest.
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Now what would cause
the average American to say,
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"We have to have this?"
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I don't believe, I don't believe
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that the average
American right now would say,
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"I want this."
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No, too, too inconvenient.
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Many people have
to work on Sunday
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or they don't work on Sunday
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but they do want
to go to the mall
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and they do want to go about
their business and so forth
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and go grocery shopping
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and go to the flea
market and so forth.
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So they really don't
want this inconvenience.
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What would cause
a paradigm shift?
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Changes can happen overnight.
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Changes are
predicted to happen overnight.
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Like birth pangs
upon a pregnant woman,
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contractions that come suddenly.
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Oh, they were
told they would come.
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But boom! They come.
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It happened with
greater frequency and intensity.
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You can expect final events
to take place in this fashion.
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And so what would
cause Americans to say,
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"We need this," and they
become very urgent about it?
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Natural and manmade disasters.
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Because when
there's a rash, a string,
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a cluster of natural disasters
that cripple the economy,
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let me tell you something,
people will get attention
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and then they're gonna start
interviewing religious leaders,
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as they usually do,
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"What do you think we should do?
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What do you think we should do?"
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"Well, my church of
40,000 members believes
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that we need to have
a National Sunday Law
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because we need
to get back to church
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and we need to, we need to
have everybody honor this day,
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because we're
breaking the Sabbath."
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Question.
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Is Sabbath Sunday?
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Or is the Sabbath, as
the commandments stipulated,
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on the seventh day of the week?
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So we have two issues here.
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Number one, which
day is the Sabbath?
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Secondly,
should a day of worship
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be enforced upon all Americans?
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Those are two important issues.
But we must make a distinction.
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So you can see how overnight,
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you can think of
all sorts of scenarios
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how this could
unfold with rapidity
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and we will explore that.
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This is just part
one and we'll have
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another part two
on a subsequent night.
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But I want you
to notice with me,
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in 1998, I was holding a
crusade in Toronto, Canada
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and I remember being there
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and getting this
absolutely shocking,
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stunning encyclical
letter that was publicized
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in the press by the former Pope,
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John Paul II entitled,
00:22:58.34\00:23:02.98
"Dies Domini, the Lord's day."
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Christians will
naturally strive to ensure
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that civil
legislation, laws of the land,
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respects their duty
to keep Sunday holy.
00:23:16.02\00:23:20.30
So the Pope has
gone on record, globally,
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as urging governments to keep
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and respect
Sunday as a day of rest.
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Could it be that this
will become legislation
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in the land of
the free and the brave
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and the torch of
freedom will fall?
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Are all
pointing, our world events,
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I believe they're all pointing
00:23:48.66\00:23:50.23
toward a final crisis
of prophetic proportions.
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Are we racing toward
the mark of the beast
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and is that related
to, what some would like,
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this National Sunday Law?
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Sound the alarm in Zion.
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Do not worship the
beast, the Roman Papal System
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or you will receive the
mark of the Roman Papal System.
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Revelation 14, verses
9 and 10, the Bible says,
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"Then a third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
00:24:20.72\00:24:23.79
'If anyone worships the beast,'"
00:24:23.83\00:24:25.69
the beast is, as the
Protestant reformers believe,
00:24:25.73\00:24:28.90
the Roman Papal System.
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"'If anyone worships
the beast and his image
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and receives his mark on
his forehead or on his hand,
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he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God
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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 shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels
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and in the
presence of the lamb.'"
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Look at verse 12, in contrast.
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Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are those that
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus.
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Every single
person on planet earth
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is going to be polarized
into one of those groups.
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Only two camps,
two sides, two groups.
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Those who keep the
commandments of God
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unchanged and those who go
along with manmade revisions,
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modifications,
changes in God's law
00:25:19.21\00:25:22.32
which ends up giving
mankind a counterfeit law
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that clashes
with the law of God.
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Could it be that the beast
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has tampered with
the heaven's constitution
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and has ended up
affecting the US?
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Will it end up
affecting the US constitution?
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And so I want you to
notice here as we continue.
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"Beware of the
mark of the beast."
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Revelation 13:16, 17.
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"He causes all
but small and great,
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rich and poor, free and
slave, to receive a mark
00:25:55.08\00:25:57.65
on the right hand
or on their foreheads
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and that no one
may buy or sell,"
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economic boycott,
"except one who has the mark
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or the name of the beast
or the number of his name."
00:26:04.26\00:26:07.10
You can be
digitally disabled overnight.
00:26:07.13\00:26:11.07
Would you agree, information
about you is out there?
00:26:11.10\00:26:15.74
How many have ever
gotten on the internet?
00:26:15.77\00:26:17.61
No, not even
getting on the internet.
00:26:17.64\00:26:20.48
How many have
filled out any form?
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Let me tell you something.
00:26:24.85\00:26:26.92
How do you think these different
00:26:26.95\00:26:29.42
corporations and businesses
00:26:29.45\00:26:31.65
know how to send
you different things?
00:26:31.69\00:26:34.79
"Oh, how do they
know I like that?"
00:26:34.82\00:26:38.09
Your buying pattern.
00:26:38.13\00:26:41.30
Your personal, financial
information, it's out there.
00:26:41.33\00:26:46.87
It's out there.
00:26:46.90\00:26:48.24
And I'm not
saying we should all,
00:26:48.27\00:26:49.60
you know, become hermits
and go in a cave somewhere.
00:26:49.64\00:26:52.24
I'm not saying that.
00:26:52.27\00:26:54.04
I'm not saying
we should go around,
00:26:54.08\00:26:55.64
you know, paranoid all the time.
00:26:55.68\00:26:57.41
No, I'm not saying that.
00:26:57.45\00:26:59.25
But I'm just
giving you a heads-up
00:26:59.28\00:27:00.98
that it is very, very easy
to control buying and selling
00:27:01.02\00:27:05.59
by the government today
00:27:05.62\00:27:07.82
and it's very,
very easy to monitor
00:27:07.86\00:27:10.89
who's going along
with a particular law,
00:27:10.93\00:27:13.43
even if it's a religious law,
00:27:13.46\00:27:15.06
a National Sunday
Law and who is not.
00:27:15.10\00:27:18.90
Now keep in
mind, the Bible says,
00:27:18.93\00:27:20.70
"The mark of the
beast will be enforced."
00:27:20.74\00:27:23.57
The mark is a mark of
its authority and power
00:27:23.61\00:27:28.21
in religious matters.
00:27:28.24\00:27:29.78
Now follow along very carefully.
00:27:29.81\00:27:33.52
The final events will
catch the world by surprise.
00:27:33.55\00:27:38.72
The mark of the beast,
00:27:38.75\00:27:40.56
a mark of the authority
of the Roman Papal System
00:27:40.59\00:27:43.73
will be made to look acceptable,
00:27:43.76\00:27:46.33
appealing and even
downright Christian.
00:27:46.36\00:27:50.00
It will be
popular. It will be popular.
00:27:50.03\00:27:53.80
A National Sunday
Law will become popular.
00:27:53.84\00:27:59.51
Right now, no,
no, no, no thanks.
00:27:59.54\00:28:01.24
No, thanks. But it will come.
00:28:01.28\00:28:04.95
Showdown test is coming.
00:28:04.98\00:28:07.62
Everyone will either
displease man or displease God.
00:28:07.65\00:28:12.49
You've heard it said,
00:28:12.52\00:28:13.86
"You can't please
everybody all of the time."
00:28:13.89\00:28:16.73
And so listen, if
you worship the beast,
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.69
you get the mark of the beast.
00:28:19.73\00:28:21.06
You get seven last
plagues and quite frankly,
00:28:21.10\00:28:23.50
you go to hell fire.
00:28:23.53\00:28:25.43
That's not my opinion.
00:28:25.47\00:28:27.07
If it's in the Bible we want it.
00:28:27.10\00:28:29.87
If it's not in the
Bible, we don't want it.
00:28:29.90\00:28:32.37
So if you
receive the seal of God,
00:28:32.41\00:28:34.38
the antithesis of
the mark of the beast,
00:28:34.41\00:28:37.05
if you receive the seal of God
00:28:37.08\00:28:39.08
and refuse the
mark of the beast,
00:28:39.11\00:28:41.88
then they'll say,
"You cannot buy or sell,"
00:28:41.92\00:28:43.65
and will threaten you
with the death decree.
00:28:43.69\00:28:46.25
So either you
have God mad at you
00:28:46.29\00:28:48.89
or man mad at you and
the government mad at you
00:28:48.92\00:28:52.13
and your neighbors mad
at you, your job mad at you,
00:28:52.16\00:28:56.97
the whole world mad at you.
00:28:57.00\00:29:00.60
So you got to make a
decision who's your master.
00:29:00.64\00:29:03.74
The Bible says, "Jesus said,
00:29:03.77\00:29:05.27
'You cannot serve two masters.'"
00:29:05.31\00:29:08.88
Mathew Chapter 6.
00:29:08.91\00:29:10.91
I believe it's-- okay,
00:29:10.95\00:29:13.55
I can't think of the verse.
00:29:13.58\00:29:15.05
Revelation 3:10, "The
global test is coming.
00:29:15.08\00:29:21.66
The global test is coming."
00:29:21.69\00:29:24.33
Should we guess what
is the mark of the beast
00:29:24.36\00:29:28.10
when it's a
life and death issue?
00:29:28.13\00:29:29.86
This is not-- This
is not blind guess work
00:29:29.90\00:29:32.50
we're interested in
or idle speculation.
00:29:32.53\00:29:34.64
We got to know
categorically what it is.
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.17
So who are the two primary
00:29:37.21\00:29:39.11
movers and
shakers in end events?
00:29:39.14\00:29:43.48
I'll tell you who they are.
00:29:43.51\00:29:45.28
They are the two
beasts in Revelation 13,
00:29:45.31\00:29:51.75
United States of America,
but first Roman Papal power.
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Both these powers are global.
Both these powers dominate.
00:29:57.99\00:30:03.57
Both these
powers have a history.
00:30:03.60\00:30:08.97
And follow along carefully.
00:30:09.00\00:30:11.87
What does a beast
symbolize in Bible prophecy?
00:30:11.91\00:30:16.64
In Daniel
Chapter 7, we discovered
00:30:16.68\00:30:19.78
that the Bible says
that a beast in the context
00:30:19.81\00:30:24.72
of symbolic Bible
prophecy equals a kingdom,
00:30:24.75\00:30:29.69
political and/or
religious in nature and scope.
00:30:29.72\00:30:34.76
In Daniel Chapter 7 in
this prophetic landscape,
00:30:34.80\00:30:39.50
four distinct
strange beasts emerge
00:30:39.53\00:30:43.97
from the tumultuous waters
00:30:44.01\00:30:45.71
representing a succession
of four world empires.
00:30:45.74\00:30:48.58
All right?
00:30:48.61\00:30:49.94
So four beasts
representing four world empires.
00:30:49.98\00:30:53.45
And that is
according to Daniel 7:23,
00:30:53.48\00:30:56.69
a beast equals a kingdom.
00:30:56.72\00:30:59.39
"Thus he said, 'The
fourth beast shall be
00:30:59.42\00:31:01.59
a fourth kingdom on earth.'"
00:31:01.62\00:31:03.22
Daniel 7:23.
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.13
Kingdoms/nations
represented by beasts.
00:31:05.16\00:31:08.73
Now the first
beast of Revelation 13,
00:31:08.76\00:31:12.77
the protestant
reformers, I believe,
00:31:12.80\00:31:15.40
were correct in their
analysis and their assumption
00:31:15.44\00:31:19.07
and conclusion as they evaluated
00:31:19.11\00:31:21.64
the characteristics
of Revelation 13's beast.
00:31:21.68\00:31:26.35
It would be a Roman
power or kingdom or nation.
00:31:26.38\00:31:32.19
The Vatican or the Papal
System has its capital in Rome.
00:31:32.22\00:31:37.53
It would be a system of worship,
00:31:37.56\00:31:39.59
so is the Roman Papal System.
00:31:39.63\00:31:42.13
It would be a blaspheming power.
00:31:42.16\00:31:45.10
This system claims that you need
00:31:45.13\00:31:47.10
to confess your
sins to a priest.
00:31:47.14\00:31:49.30
It would be a persecuting power.
00:31:49.34\00:31:51.71
Fifty million
people lost their lives
00:31:51.74\00:31:54.58
because of the Papal power.
00:31:54.61\00:31:57.35
It would reign
during the dark ages,
00:31:57.38\00:31:59.98
1260 years the Papal
System had a reign of terror.
00:32:00.02\00:32:05.55
It would receive a deadly wound,
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.62
when the Papal power,
00:32:07.66\00:32:09.56
when the Pope
went into captivity
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.49
at the order of Napoleon
when they captured the Pope.
00:32:11.53\00:32:15.13
That deadly
wound would be healed.
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.67
Watch your evening news
and see if the Papal power
00:32:17.70\00:32:21.50
has had a resurgence or not.
00:32:21.54\00:32:23.30
All right?
00:32:23.34\00:32:24.67
So all roads lead to Papal Rome.
00:32:24.71\00:32:28.11
Well, who are the two
beasts in Revelation 13?
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.95
The first beast, the Papacy.
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.55
The second beast, the
United States of America.
00:32:32.58\00:32:35.85
Well, I don't
expect you to believe that
00:32:35.88\00:32:38.25
unless we verify
it from scripture.
00:32:38.29\00:32:41.56
Everybody say, "Scripture."
00:32:41.59\00:32:44.66
What is the mark of the beast?
00:32:44.69\00:32:46.46
We know who the beast is,
it's the Roman Papal System.
00:32:46.49\00:32:50.90
So it shouldn't be
too difficult to ascertain
00:32:50.93\00:32:55.14
what is the mark of beast.
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.97
"Sunday is our
mark of authority.
00:32:58.01\00:33:03.08
The church is above the Bible,
00:33:03.11\00:33:06.05
and this transference
of Sabbath observance
00:33:06.08\00:33:08.75
is proof of that fact,"
00:33:08.78\00:33:10.19
Catholic record,
September 1, 1923.
00:33:10.22\00:33:13.19
What are they asserting?
00:33:13.22\00:33:15.06
They're saying, "Sunday,
00:33:15.09\00:33:17.19
the fact that we
changed this the day of worship,
00:33:17.23\00:33:20.43
the primary day of
worship and the solemnity
00:33:20.46\00:33:23.10
from Saturday to Sunday,
00:33:23.13\00:33:24.63
the fact that we changed
it and it's not in the Bible,
00:33:24.67\00:33:28.97
this is the proof that
it's a sign of our authority
00:33:29.00\00:33:32.01
that God gave us authority
that we can change the law.
00:33:32.04\00:33:36.34
God said we could do it.
00:33:36.38\00:33:38.11
Oh, it's not in the Bible
but we have the authority."
00:33:38.15\00:33:41.48
Of course now,
now what they're doing
00:33:41.52\00:33:44.15
is trying to come up
with all sorts of scriptures.
00:33:44.19\00:33:46.86
But here is their
candid admission, all right?
00:33:46.89\00:33:50.99
"Sunday is our
mark of authority."
00:33:51.03\00:33:54.36
They changed the
Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday.
00:33:54.40\00:33:58.07
So those who keep
the commandments of God
00:33:58.10\00:34:00.80
do not receive
the mark of the beast.
00:34:00.84\00:34:03.54
We read there in Revelation 14
00:34:03.57\00:34:07.34
right after it warns
about the mark of the beast,
00:34:07.38\00:34:10.65
it says in
contrast, "Here are they
00:34:10.68\00:34:12.51
that keep the
commandments of God."
00:34:12.55\00:34:14.95
What is it saying?
00:34:14.98\00:34:16.58
Those who keep the
commandments of God
00:34:16.62\00:34:18.32
and the faith of
Jesus and have endurance,
00:34:18.35\00:34:20.66
they do not go
along with what came down
00:34:20.69\00:34:25.39
through the centuries
from the Roman Papal System,
00:34:25.43\00:34:28.66
namely a counterfeit law of God.
00:34:28.70\00:34:34.24
The Catholic Church has dropped.
00:34:34.27\00:34:36.47
And by the way, I
believe there's gonna be
00:34:36.50\00:34:38.17
many Catholics in heaven,
many protestants in heaven
00:34:38.21\00:34:41.81
if they believe Jesus
Christ alone can save them.
00:34:41.84\00:34:47.22
Now listen
carefully, listen carefully.
00:34:47.25\00:34:51.65
My Bible tells me that
the pivotal central issues
00:34:51.69\00:34:55.72
in the last day revolve
around whose commandments
00:34:55.76\00:34:58.33
are you gonna keep, God's
or the changed commandments
00:34:58.36\00:35:01.70
that came passing
down through the centuries
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.60
from the Roman Papal power?
00:35:04.63\00:35:06.13
And the issue, are you
gonna worship the creator
00:35:06.17\00:35:08.37
or worship the beast?
00:35:08.40\00:35:09.80
So those who keep
the commandments of God
00:35:09.84\00:35:11.54
do not receive
the mark of the beast.
00:35:11.57\00:35:13.61
So shouldn't you
examine your life
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.84
and religious behavior
and your religious worship
00:35:15.88\00:35:18.55
to make sure you're in alignment
00:35:18.58\00:35:20.42
with the law of
God, the word of God?
00:35:20.45\00:35:23.85
And so listen, the seal of God
is in His Ten Commandment law.
00:35:23.89\00:35:29.02
A seal has three
essential elements:
00:35:29.06\00:35:31.29
name, title and territory.
00:35:31.33\00:35:33.76
Well, which of
the Ten Commandments
00:35:33.80\00:35:35.60
contains all three
essential elements?
00:35:35.63\00:35:38.10
The fourth commandment.
00:35:38.13\00:35:39.73
Name, "The Lord your God."
00:35:39.77\00:35:42.24
Title, "Him that made, Creator."
00:35:42.27\00:35:44.34
Territory, "Heaven and earth
00:35:44.37\00:35:46.07
and the sea and
all that is in them."
00:35:46.11\00:35:47.58
Exodus 20:8-11.
00:35:47.61\00:35:49.91
The Sabbath is the
seal of the living God.
00:35:49.94\00:35:53.55
"The Sabbath is a
sign between Me and you."
00:35:53.58\00:35:57.65
Ezekiel 20:12, 20.
00:35:57.69\00:36:01.42
If you receive the Seal of God,
00:36:01.46\00:36:03.93
you will not receive
the mark of the beast.
00:36:03.96\00:36:08.70
Is that gospel?
00:36:08.73\00:36:11.10
How many are
interested in avoiding
00:36:11.13\00:36:12.63
the mark of the beast?
00:36:12.67\00:36:15.20
No one has the
mark of the beast.
00:36:15.24\00:36:17.87
Mark, are you saying that people
00:36:17.91\00:36:19.34
who keep Sunday have
the mark of the beast?
00:36:19.37\00:36:20.98
No!
00:36:21.01\00:36:24.15
Are you saying that
all these people out here
00:36:24.18\00:36:25.75
that keep Sunday
are gonna be lost?
00:36:25.78\00:36:27.12
No!
00:36:27.15\00:36:31.05
My Bible tells me that soon
00:36:31.09\00:36:35.52
Sunday
observance will be enforced.
00:36:35.56\00:36:40.40
And that came from
the Roman Papal System,
00:36:40.43\00:36:43.30
it's a mark of their authority
and when it's enforced,
00:36:43.33\00:36:46.74
the National
Sunday Law, and people
00:36:46.77\00:36:49.77
who know better go along with it
00:36:49.80\00:36:52.87
or they've been
deceived into doing it.
00:36:52.91\00:36:55.88
That's a different scenario.
That's a different situation.
00:36:55.91\00:37:00.05
You see, at times of
ignorance, God winks at us.
00:37:00.08\00:37:02.82
Acts 17:30.
00:37:02.85\00:37:04.65
"But therefore to
him who knows to do good
00:37:04.69\00:37:07.79
and does not do
it, to him it is sin."
00:37:07.82\00:37:11.19
James 4:17.
00:37:11.23\00:37:14.76
So no one has
the mark of the beast
00:37:14.80\00:37:16.53
until it is enforced.
00:37:16.56\00:37:18.00
Aren't you glad that
God is longsuffering?
00:37:18.03\00:37:21.00
Not willing that
any should perish,
00:37:21.04\00:37:22.80
but that all
should come to repentance.
00:37:22.84\00:37:24.87
2 Peter 3:9. My
God is longsuffering.
00:37:24.91\00:37:31.48
Come on now, you've all tried
his patience a time or two.
00:37:31.51\00:37:35.18
How many are glad
that you're still around,
00:37:35.22\00:37:36.99
still have a shot?
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.85
So no one has
the mark of the beast
00:37:39.89\00:37:41.92
until it is enforced.
00:37:41.96\00:37:43.36
But it's coming because
changes can happen fast.
00:37:43.39\00:37:48.60
Would you agree? Come on now.
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.07
American society,
Americans are very, very fickle.
00:37:51.10\00:37:59.04
One day they like
this person for president,
00:37:59.07\00:38:02.04
the next day it's
the exact opposite.
00:38:02.08\00:38:05.05
One day they want this
00:38:05.08\00:38:07.28
and one day
they don't want this.
00:38:07.32\00:38:09.58
I mean, they can
change overnight.
00:38:09.62\00:38:11.05
Let me tell you
something, right now no,
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.65
we're not interested
in National Sunday Law.
00:38:12.69\00:38:14.66
Overnight, it's gonna happen.
00:38:14.69\00:38:18.49
Now if the antichrist
beast is the Roman Papal power,
00:38:18.53\00:38:22.13
then the mark of the
beast must have something to do
00:38:22.16\00:38:25.57
with the Roman Papal power.
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.90
It's all a power struggle.
00:38:28.94\00:38:31.44
Would you agree that
power struggle started
00:38:31.47\00:38:33.51
and originated in heaven?
00:38:33.54\00:38:35.28
Revelation 12 makes it
clear that that the Lord
00:38:35.31\00:38:39.85
and the devil
fought and the devil lost
00:38:39.88\00:38:43.15
and one-third of
the celestial host
00:38:43.18\00:38:45.39
along with the fallen
angel were kicked out of heaven.
00:38:45.42\00:38:48.19
Revelation 12:7-9.
00:38:48.22\00:38:51.99
So we know he has not changed,
00:38:52.03\00:38:55.70
but neither has God.
00:38:55.73\00:38:59.43
"I, the Lord, I
change not." Malachi 3:6.
00:38:59.47\00:39:02.54
Jesus Christ is saying,
"Yesterday, today and forever,"
00:39:02.57\00:39:05.14
Hebrews 13:8.
00:39:05.17\00:39:06.51
He has not changed
His law, never will.
00:39:06.54\00:39:10.55
And so it has to do with
power. It has to do with power.
00:39:10.58\00:39:15.65
It must be sign of
its power, of its power.
00:39:15.68\00:39:20.29
Now if the seal is a sign
of God's authority and power
00:39:20.32\00:39:24.13
then the mark of the
beast is a sign of the claimed
00:39:24.16\00:39:26.66
authority and power of
the Roman Papal System.
00:39:26.70\00:39:30.43
It's a sign of power.
00:39:30.47\00:39:33.57
God says, "The Sabbath is a sign
00:39:33.60\00:39:35.80
that I have made
you and I can remake you
00:39:35.84\00:39:39.87
and I can make you
whole and sanctify you."
00:39:39.91\00:39:43.14
And the Papacy says,
00:39:43.18\00:39:44.75
"Sunday is the
sign of our authority."
00:39:44.78\00:39:50.02
Now most people, most people--
00:39:50.05\00:39:54.79
All right, look
at me, most people
00:39:54.82\00:39:57.19
who keep Sunday do not keep
it to honor the Papal System.
00:39:57.23\00:40:04.50
They keep it to
honor the risen savior
00:40:04.53\00:40:09.40
and God accepts them
just the way they are.
00:40:09.44\00:40:15.68
But God never said he wanted us
00:40:15.71\00:40:19.21
to keep Sunday in
honor of the resurrection.
00:40:19.25\00:40:22.18
It sounds great.
00:40:22.22\00:40:23.69
Remember the tree
00:40:23.72\00:40:25.05
of the knowledge
of good and evil?
00:40:25.09\00:40:27.09
That's how the devil operates.
00:40:27.12\00:40:28.92
He makes us good with a
little tank of false teaching.
00:40:28.96\00:40:33.96
How many want the whole
truth and nothing but the truth?
00:40:34.00\00:40:38.73
I'm giving you
nothing but the truth.
00:40:38.77\00:40:40.70
There is no scripture
that says that the Sabbath
00:40:40.74\00:40:44.74
or the holiness of
the Sabbath has been
00:40:44.77\00:40:47.84
transferred to any other day.
00:40:47.88\00:40:51.61
There's no scripture
that says that Sunday
00:40:51.65\00:40:53.88
is the Lord's
Day, it's not there.
00:40:53.92\00:40:56.58
I repeat, God takes
people just the way they are,
00:40:56.62\00:41:00.96
but the truth shall set you free
00:41:00.99\00:41:03.93
when you know it and
you show it, John 8:32.
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.73
Now listen carefully, God's
seal versus the Papacy's mark.
00:41:07.76\00:41:15.04
Now listen, the Bible predicted
that the Roman Papal System
00:41:15.07\00:41:19.94
would change the
Ten Commandments,
00:41:19.97\00:41:23.35
specifically the Sabbath.
00:41:23.38\00:41:26.05
He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:41:26.08\00:41:29.05
shall persecute the
saints of the Most High
00:41:29.08\00:41:31.62
and shall intend to-- uh-oh,
00:41:31.65\00:41:33.56
there's that deadly word,
00:41:33.59\00:41:35.12
change, alter,
modify times and law.
00:41:35.16\00:41:41.03
It's talking about
the law of the Most High,
00:41:41.06\00:41:43.16
the Ten Commandments.
00:41:43.20\00:41:44.53
And which one refers to time?
00:41:44.57\00:41:46.57
The Sabbath commandment
00:41:46.60\00:41:48.27
is the only one
that relates to time.
00:41:48.30\00:41:51.67
"Remember the
Sabbath Day to keep it holy
00:41:51.71\00:41:59.05
by not working on that day."
00:41:59.08\00:42:01.48
Exodus 20:8-11.
00:42:01.52\00:42:03.85
Isn't it
interesting that the commandment
00:42:03.89\00:42:07.89
that begins with
the word remember
00:42:07.92\00:42:10.03
is the most
forgotten commandment
00:42:10.06\00:42:14.16
and the most forgotten day.
00:42:14.20\00:42:18.83
But in the last days,
00:42:18.87\00:42:21.24
first angels flying
over planet earth saying,
00:42:21.27\00:42:24.44
"Come back to
worshiping the Creator
00:42:24.47\00:42:27.08
and those who are preaching it."
00:42:27.11\00:42:28.81
Revelation 14:12.
00:42:28.84\00:42:30.85
"They keep the
commandments of God
00:42:30.88\00:42:32.88
and they have
the faith in Jesus."
00:42:32.91\00:42:35.15
Connect.
00:42:35.18\00:42:36.89
Worship the Creator,
keep His commandments,
00:42:36.92\00:42:40.06
faith of Jesus
requires endurance.
00:42:40.09\00:42:42.79
It's all right
there. Revelation 14.
00:42:42.82\00:42:46.13
There is a war against
the fourth commandment of God.
00:42:46.16\00:42:51.40
I do not understand why
anybody would want to argue
00:42:51.43\00:42:57.07
with the idea that God
wants you take the full day
00:42:57.11\00:43:01.98
with Him and He
wants it to be on His day.
00:43:02.01\00:43:05.38
Why isn't that
one of the best things
00:43:05.41\00:43:07.68
that you could do to strengthen
00:43:07.72\00:43:10.09
your relationship with
your savior Jesus Christ?
00:43:10.12\00:43:14.32
This is not works righteousness.
00:43:14.36\00:43:17.46
This is not works righteousness.
00:43:17.49\00:43:19.23
You know, it's interesting,
00:43:19.26\00:43:20.60
the reasoning
sometimes that you hear.
00:43:20.63\00:43:22.70
You can ask a
person, "All right,
00:43:22.73\00:43:25.53
let's go to the Ten Commandments
00:43:25.57\00:43:26.90
and let's have
a little checklist
00:43:26.94\00:43:29.40
and you check which ones
you think we ought to keep."
00:43:29.44\00:43:32.74
Have no other gods
before me. Well, of course.
00:43:32.77\00:43:38.01
Don't make images.
00:43:38.05\00:43:40.22
Don't bow down to
them. Of course, check.
00:43:40.25\00:43:44.39
Don't take His
name in vain, of course.
00:43:44.42\00:43:46.76
Let's drop down to
the fifth commandment.
00:43:46.79\00:43:48.39
Honor your
father, mother, check.
00:43:48.42\00:43:50.59
Don't kill, check.
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.59
Don't commit
adultery and don't steal.
00:43:52.63\00:43:57.97
Don't bear false
witness. Don't covet.
00:43:58.00\00:44:01.87
And they say,
"Check, check, check, check."
00:44:01.90\00:44:05.64
Now I want you
to think about that.
00:44:05.67\00:44:08.24
Then you go to the
fourth commandment.
00:44:08.28\00:44:10.01
"Oh, we're not under the law.
00:44:10.05\00:44:14.25
We don't need to keep the law.
00:44:14.28\00:44:15.78
You're bringing
me into bondage."
00:44:15.82\00:44:19.32
You've just checked
nine and now all of a sudden
00:44:19.35\00:44:23.09
you don't want
anything to do with it.
00:44:23.12\00:44:25.06
There is a war against
the fourth commandment of God.
00:44:30.83\00:44:35.94
Sunday observance is
based on manmade tradition
00:44:35.97\00:44:39.77
and not upon God's truth.
00:44:39.81\00:44:41.84
Mark, are saying we
can't go to church on Sunday?
00:44:41.88\00:44:44.51
Look, the
apostles went to church,
00:44:44.55\00:44:46.78
early on, every single day.
00:44:46.82\00:44:49.78
If you want to go to
church on Sunday, fine.
00:44:49.82\00:44:52.95
But your primary day of worship
should be the seventh day
00:44:52.99\00:44:56.56
of the week and then you have
to ask yourself the question,
00:44:56.59\00:45:02.03
how should I feel about those
who tell me it doesn't matter?
00:45:02.06\00:45:08.57
Sunday observance is
based on manmade tradition
00:45:08.60\00:45:11.51
and not upon God's truth.
00:45:11.54\00:45:13.64
And we're even gonna
keep the Sabbath in heaven,
00:45:13.68\00:45:16.21
Isaiah 66:22, 23.
00:45:16.24\00:45:20.85
"If you keep your foot
00:45:20.88\00:45:22.58
from trampling on
My Sabbath Day... "
00:45:22.62\00:45:24.39
Isaiah 58:13.
00:45:24.42\00:45:26.52
So who changed the
Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?
00:45:26.55\00:45:29.42
God didn't change them.
Jesus didn't change them.
00:45:29.46\00:45:32.29
The apostles didn't change them.
00:45:32.33\00:45:34.10
The Roman Catholic
Church changed them.
00:45:34.13\00:45:36.03
If God did not change
00:45:36.06\00:45:38.03
the Seventh Day
Sabbath to Sunday
00:45:38.07\00:45:40.24
then we should be willing
to change from not keeping it.
00:45:40.27\00:45:43.77
Ah, let me run
that by you again.
00:45:43.81\00:45:46.47
If God did not change
00:45:46.51\00:45:48.51
the Seventh Day
Sabbath to Sunday
00:45:48.54\00:45:50.35
then we should be willing
to change from not keeping it.
00:45:50.38\00:45:55.68
Change is good
if you believe it.
00:45:55.72\00:45:59.45
Make a decision to
change from keeping Sunday
00:45:59.49\00:46:03.06
in order to keep that
which God never changed.
00:46:03.09\00:46:10.77
But I am too old to change.
00:46:10.80\00:46:15.07
Sarah: "I'm too
old to get pregnant,"
00:46:15.10\00:46:18.44
and she laughed.
00:46:18.47\00:46:19.81
And then she
became pregnant at 90.
00:46:19.84\00:46:23.61
Never too old to change.
00:46:23.65\00:46:28.45
Better make final
last minutes changes.
00:46:28.48\00:46:34.06
Get ready for glory.
00:46:34.09\00:46:35.76
Where you're
gonna keep the Sabbath.
00:46:35.79\00:46:38.06
Change to keep the day
that God did not change.
00:46:38.09\00:46:43.06
Come on, let's
say that together.
00:46:43.10\00:46:44.60
Change to keep the day
that God did not change.
00:46:44.63\00:46:49.80
Remember my offer last night?
00:46:49.84\00:46:51.97
Five thousand dollars
if you can find a scripture
00:46:52.01\00:46:55.51
that supports the idea
that the first day of the week
00:46:55.54\00:46:58.38
is now the Lord's day.
00:46:58.41\00:46:59.95
You should not
keep the seventh day,
00:46:59.98\00:47:01.92
that is no longer sacred.
00:47:01.95\00:47:06.22
Make a decision to
honor the true Lord's day
00:47:06.25\00:47:09.52
even if it requires
a change in your life.
00:47:09.56\00:47:12.53
Besides, John the Revelator
said in Revelation 1:10,
00:47:12.56\00:47:16.43
read it together with me.
00:47:16.46\00:47:17.80
"I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's Day."
00:47:17.83\00:47:23.17
And people will say,
"Well, that's Sunday."
00:47:23.20\00:47:25.67
Well, you could say that.
00:47:25.71\00:47:28.48
Reminds me of Abraham Lincoln
00:47:28.51\00:47:31.05
who was cross-examining
a woman in Illinois
00:47:31.08\00:47:36.75
when he was practicing law
00:47:36.79\00:47:38.12
in the courtroom there
and he said, "Ma'am, tell me.
00:47:38.15\00:47:41.12
Let's suppose you have a cow
00:47:41.16\00:47:43.39
and you call the
cow's tail a leg.
00:47:43.43\00:47:46.63
How many legs would it have?"
00:47:46.66\00:47:49.40
She said, "Well, if
you're calling the tail a leg,
00:47:49.43\00:47:53.94
well, then it
would have five legs."
00:47:53.97\00:47:55.94
"Wrong!"
snapped Abraham Lincoln.
00:47:55.97\00:47:58.21
"Just because you
call that tail a leg,
00:47:58.24\00:48:01.18
it doesn't make it a leg."
00:48:01.21\00:48:04.51
Wise Abe.
00:48:04.55\00:48:06.55
And just because millions
call Sunday the Lord's Day
00:48:06.58\00:48:10.49
does not make it the Lord's Day
00:48:10.52\00:48:13.25
unless you can prove
it from the scriptures.
00:48:13.29\00:48:16.49
The Bible says in
1 Thessalonians 5:21,
00:48:16.52\00:48:20.00
"Prove all things."
00:48:20.03\00:48:26.37
The Son of man is
Lord also, of this Sabbath.
00:48:26.40\00:48:33.31
New Testament.
00:48:33.34\00:48:34.98
Jesus said He is
Lord of the Sabbath.
00:48:35.01\00:48:37.15
If He is Lord of the Sabbath,
00:48:37.18\00:48:38.75
who does the Sabbath belong to?
00:48:38.78\00:48:40.82
The Lord. The
Sabbath is the Lord's Day.
00:48:40.85\00:48:43.85
What is God's number?
00:48:43.89\00:48:46.52
Throughout the Bible,
00:48:46.55\00:48:48.26
His special
number is number seven.
00:48:48.29\00:48:51.69
Mark 2:28.
00:48:51.73\00:48:53.60
That's the number that God
uses in a very significant way.
00:48:53.63\00:48:56.63
Now Sunday
observance is a counterfeit
00:48:56.67\00:48:59.17
of the seventh day Sabbath.
00:48:59.20\00:49:02.60
Sunday is the admitted mark
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.87
of authority of the Papal power.
00:49:04.91\00:49:07.08
Would the Papacy be
00:49:07.11\00:49:08.58
in favor of a
National Sunday Law in America?
00:49:08.61\00:49:11.08
Yes or no? Yes.
00:49:11.11\00:49:14.32
So listen to me.
00:49:14.35\00:49:16.95
Here it is, Dies
Domini, Pope John Paul II.
00:49:16.99\00:49:21.46
"In this matter, my
predecessor Pope Leo XIII,
00:49:21.49\00:49:24.56
in his Encyclical
Rerum spoke of Sunday rest
00:49:24.59\00:49:27.43
as the worker's right
00:49:27.46\00:49:28.80
which the state must guarantee."
00:49:28.83\00:49:31.33
State guaranteeing Sunday rest,
00:49:31.37\00:49:33.40
that sounds like laws
00:49:33.44\00:49:38.07
regard to Sunday, Sunday Laws.
00:49:38.11\00:49:41.98
Are you ready for stronger proof
00:49:42.01\00:49:43.78
that the counterfeit Sabbath
00:49:43.81\00:49:45.15
or Sunday sacredness
is the mark of the beast?
00:49:45.18\00:49:48.48
Look at these parallels.
00:49:48.52\00:49:50.25
Daniel 7 and Revelation 13.
00:49:50.29\00:49:52.95
You got a lion,
lion. Bear, bear.
00:49:52.99\00:49:54.69
Leopard, leopard.
00:49:54.72\00:49:56.06
Creature with 10
horns, creature with 10 horns.
00:49:56.09\00:49:58.03
Speaks great words
against God. Speaks blasphemies.
00:49:58.06\00:50:01.86
1260 years. 1260 years.
00:50:01.90\00:50:04.70
Changes the law of
God including the Sabbath.
00:50:04.73\00:50:06.94
Mark of the beast.
00:50:06.97\00:50:09.87
I gave you a handout about that.
00:50:09.90\00:50:12.17
What is the future
00:50:12.21\00:50:13.54
of the United States of America?
00:50:13.58\00:50:15.84
What is America's future
that has mothered democracies,
00:50:15.88\00:50:19.71
modeled freedom, fostered
international communications
00:50:19.75\00:50:23.49
and is the sole
remaining superpower
00:50:23.52\00:50:25.99
and the most
influential nation today?
00:50:26.02\00:50:28.86
The whole world looks
00:50:28.89\00:50:30.53
to the United
States of America today.
00:50:30.56\00:50:33.16
How will the United States,
00:50:33.19\00:50:34.90
the most
powerful nation on earth,
00:50:34.93\00:50:36.33
influence the entire world?
00:50:36.36\00:50:38.30
Will the United States
enforce the mark of the beast?
00:50:38.33\00:50:41.24
Will the United States
enforce a National Sunday Law?
00:50:41.27\00:50:44.41
The United States of America
will be the first nation,
00:50:44.44\00:50:49.24
the engine to
the train of nations
00:50:49.28\00:50:52.01
to enforce the
mark of the beast,
00:50:52.05\00:50:54.28
a National Sunday Law.
00:50:54.32\00:50:56.65
So don't be
surprised when it happens
00:50:56.69\00:50:58.65
because the
United States of America
00:50:58.69\00:51:01.49
is in Bible prophecy.
00:51:01.52\00:51:03.96
Here it is.
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.33
"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
00:51:05.36\00:51:08.76
and he had two horns like a lamb
00:51:08.80\00:51:10.40
and spoke like a dragon."
00:51:10.43\00:51:11.77
Revelation 13:11.
00:51:11.80\00:51:14.04
Where does it,
this beast, arise?
00:51:14.07\00:51:17.31
Now Revelation 13:1-10,
00:51:17.34\00:51:20.44
that's the first
beast, the Papal power.
00:51:20.48\00:51:23.68
No guess work about that.
00:51:23.71\00:51:25.51
Second beast makes
its debut in verse 11.
00:51:25.55\00:51:29.18
So where does it
arise? Where does it arise?
00:51:29.22\00:51:35.42
It arises from the
earth. It arises from the earth.
00:51:35.46\00:51:39.73
What does the
symbol of symbol of water
00:51:39.76\00:51:41.40
represent in Bible Prophecy?
00:51:41.43\00:51:43.47
"The waters which
you saw are peoples,
00:51:43.50\00:51:45.70
multitudes,
nations, and tongues."
00:51:45.73\00:51:47.64
Revelation 17:15.
00:51:47.67\00:51:49.70
So this new beast, in
contrast to all the other beasts
00:51:49.74\00:51:53.44
that came up out of
the water in Daniel 7
00:51:53.48\00:51:55.61
and even the first beast
came up out of the water,
00:51:55.64\00:51:57.51
Revelation 13 that
is in a populated area.
00:51:57.55\00:52:00.95
You've heard the expression,
sea of faces or sea of people.
00:52:00.98\00:52:05.09
This new beast
comes up out of the earth
00:52:05.12\00:52:08.39
or an unpopulated area.
00:52:08.42\00:52:12.06
When does this beast arise?
When does this power arise?
00:52:12.09\00:52:15.96
This is fascinating, listen.
00:52:16.00\00:52:19.13
Verse 10 is the verse
that precedes the introduction
00:52:19.17\00:52:23.34
of the United States of America,
00:52:23.37\00:52:24.71
the second beast.
00:52:24.74\00:52:26.07
So we have a time frame.
00:52:26.11\00:52:27.54
"He who leads into captivity
shall go into captivity."
00:52:27.58\00:52:31.01
Well, think about it with me.
00:52:31.05\00:52:34.38
When did the Pope
go into captivity?
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.85
In the year,
everybody yell it out, 1798.
00:52:36.89\00:52:41.19
The church lost its power
00:52:41.22\00:52:42.82
to the French
government in 1798.
00:52:42.86\00:52:45.39
Now the Bible
makes it very clear
00:52:45.43\00:52:47.90
that the Roman Papal System
00:52:47.93\00:52:49.46
would have a reign of
terror for 1260 years.
00:52:49.50\00:52:53.07
makes it clear, 1260 years.
00:52:53.10\00:52:56.50
Forty-two months times 30 days
00:52:56.54\00:53:00.28
in a biblical
month equals 1260 days
00:53:00.31\00:53:05.21
and in Bible prophecy,
00:53:05.25\00:53:07.05
one prophetic day
equals what, class?
00:53:07.08\00:53:10.79
One year, Ezekiel
4:6, Numbers 14:34 says so.
00:53:10.82\00:53:15.66
The Pope got
unprecedented power in 538 AD
00:53:15.69\00:53:20.96
when he was given
authority by a Roman decree
00:53:21.00\00:53:23.80
to be the corrector of heretics,
00:53:23.83\00:53:25.93
ushering in the dark ages.
00:53:25.97\00:53:27.74
Lost its power in
1798, temporarily,
00:53:27.77\00:53:31.27
because it
would have a comeback.
00:53:31.31\00:53:33.17
Revelation 13:5,
00:53:33.21\00:53:34.68
"The deadly wound
would be ltimately healed."
00:53:34.71\00:53:36.71
So the deadly wound
was inflicted in 1798,
00:53:36.75\00:53:40.02
exactly 1260 years from 538 AD.
00:53:40.05\00:53:44.22
Question.
00:53:44.25\00:53:46.42
Was America rising
to prominence and power
00:53:46.45\00:53:50.59
at the time when the
Papacy was losing its power?
00:53:50.63\00:53:56.06
You want some proof of that?
00:53:56.10\00:53:58.13
Around 1798, right
around that time frame,
00:53:58.17\00:54:01.70
1775, Battle for Independence.
00:54:01.74\00:54:04.44
1776,
Declaration of Independence.
00:54:04.47\00:54:07.68
1787, Constitution.
00:54:07.71\00:54:10.25
1789, 1st
president George Washington.
00:54:10.28\00:54:13.72
1790, Supreme Court.
00:54:13.75\00:54:15.75
1791, Bill of
Rights. I rest my case.
00:54:15.78\00:54:19.35
So how does this power arise?
00:54:19.39\00:54:21.79
It would arise gradually.
Not just in one night.
00:54:21.82\00:54:25.19
Daniel and the
Revelation by Uriah Smith.
00:54:25.23\00:54:27.36
"Emerging amid the
silence of the earth,
00:54:27.40\00:54:29.70
adding daily to its
power and strength."
00:54:29.73\00:54:31.97
It was gradual.
00:54:32.00\00:54:33.34
The birth of our
nation was miraculous.
00:54:33.37\00:54:36.91
I believe that you can see
the divine providence of God
00:54:36.94\00:54:41.08
in the rise of America.
00:54:41.11\00:54:43.14
America: an amazing story.
00:54:43.18\00:54:47.08
How many are thankful
00:54:47.12\00:54:48.48
for the United
States of America?
00:54:48.52\00:54:51.35
"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
00:54:51.39\00:54:54.32
and he had two
horns like a lamb."
00:54:54.36\00:54:56.62
Revelation 13:11. So
it's not a beast of prey.
00:54:56.66\00:55:00.46
Two horns like a lamb.
Does this picture scare you?
00:55:00.50\00:55:03.73
Are you gonna have
nightmares after this picture?
00:55:03.77\00:55:06.84
No.
00:55:06.87\00:55:08.20
How many can
handle a picture of sheep
00:55:08.24\00:55:09.80
before you go to bed?
00:55:09.84\00:55:11.17
I mean, come on now,
we're called to count them.
00:55:11.21\00:55:15.08
So what's not to love?
00:55:15.11\00:55:16.95
So this nation, the second beast
00:55:16.98\00:55:21.92
has horns like a lamb.
00:55:21.95\00:55:25.95
It would seek to be
harmless and freedom loving.
00:55:25.99\00:55:30.23
There are no crowns
00:55:30.26\00:55:31.66
on the horns of
the second beast.
00:55:31.69\00:55:33.66
The first beast has crowns.
00:55:33.70\00:55:36.20
Crowns indicate
kingly authority.
00:55:36.23\00:55:39.60
The lack of
crowns indicates freedom.
00:55:39.63\00:55:43.27
Now horns are a symbol of power.
00:55:43.30\00:55:45.31
You don't believe me?
00:55:45.34\00:55:46.68
Watch Animal Planet and see
00:55:46.71\00:55:48.18
which one wins
the girl's attention.
00:55:48.21\00:55:50.61
It's the one with the big horns.
00:55:50.65\00:55:53.21
They indicate that
this second beast derives
00:55:53.25\00:55:56.22
its power from
political and religious freedom,
00:55:56.25\00:56:01.19
freedom of church and state.
00:56:01.22\00:56:04.23
So this lamb-like beast
would arise around 1798.
00:56:04.26\00:56:07.93
Arise in a
relatively unpopulated area.
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.67
It would be a young nation.
It would be no-crowned head.
00:56:10.70\00:56:13.50
No kingly authority.
00:56:13.54\00:56:15.57
A church without a Pope
and a state without a king.
00:56:15.60\00:56:19.41
What is the only nation
that fits this description?
00:56:19.44\00:56:24.78
The United States of
America is in Bible prophecy.
00:56:24.81\00:56:31.12
How many find that
absolutely amazing?
00:56:31.15\00:56:35.89
Now listen carefully.
00:56:35.92\00:56:39.29
We have seen here,
00:56:39.33\00:56:40.96
these last
number of presentations
00:56:41.00\00:56:42.80
that the first beast represents
the Roman Papal System.
00:56:42.83\00:56:46.97
Protestant
reformers were correct.
00:56:47.00\00:56:49.80
By the way, whatever
happened to Protestantism?
00:56:49.84\00:56:54.04
Now Protestants are saying,
00:56:54.08\00:56:55.58
"No, no, no, no, no the
Papacy is not the antichrist.
00:56:55.61\00:56:59.71
No, no, no, the antichrist
is in the distant future
00:56:59.75\00:57:02.02
and don't worry, we
won't even be here."
00:57:02.05\00:57:07.16
Now listen carefully.
00:57:07.19\00:57:10.76
Not only did we
identify the first beast,
00:57:10.79\00:57:13.56
we have now
identified the second beast.
00:57:13.60\00:57:16.36
We have identified
what is the seal of God,
00:57:16.40\00:57:18.67
we have identified what
is the mark of the beast.
00:57:18.70\00:57:21.14
The now lingering question is,
00:57:21.17\00:57:23.61
how will it all be enforced?
00:57:23.64\00:57:27.51
How does the Bible say
00:57:27.54\00:57:29.74
that there's going to
be a National Sunday Law?
00:57:29.78\00:57:32.78
How many can see the
foundation has been set?
00:57:32.81\00:57:36.62
But we need to wait
for another presentation
00:57:36.65\00:57:39.65
until we can take
time to deal with this
00:57:39.69\00:57:44.66
in a methodical, systematic way.
00:57:44.69\00:57:47.96
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:48.00\00:57:50.40
are sweeping across the globe,
00:57:50.43\00:57:52.43
you and your
family can be prepared
00:57:52.47\00:57:54.24
to face the
future with confidence.
00:57:54.27\00:57:56.94
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