Participants: Mark Fox
Series Code: AMP
Program Code: AMP000022A
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00:04 We are racing towards the global crisis at the close.
00:09 God is going to set up His kingdom on earth. 00:13 Preparation for the tribulation and the translation 00:17 is to develop a character like Jesus Christ 00:21 to reach every hamlet, every village, every man, 00:24 every child, every person in India, 00:27 every person in South America 00:28 must hear these three 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 we are living 00:46 in an unusual hour, the last grains of sand 00:49 are trickling through the hourglass of time 00:52 and the door probation is about the swing shot. 00:59 Take your Bible and turn with me to Revelation, 01:03 Revelation 13:16, 17 01:09 "He causes all, 01:12 both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, 01:16 to receive a mark on their right hand 01:19 or on their foreheads, 01:21 and that no one may buy or sell" economic boycott, 01:26 economic sanctions "except one who has the mark 01:31 or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." 01:35 Is it crystal clear that very soon 01:37 there will come a time that governments 01:41 will enforce worship and the net result 01:45 will be receiving the mark of the beast 01:48 including the wrath of God that is poured out 01:51 in seven instalments in the last days 01:54 upon those who go along with the mark of the beast, 01:57 the seven last plagues will be unleashed 02:01 upon those who go along with the masses, 02:03 go along with the majority, cave into the pressure, 02:07 buckle under the pressure. 02:09 And so the Bible makes it very clear 02:11 we must have the character and the unswerving integrity 02:17 and the solid commitment to God, 02:19 loyalty to God like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego 02:23 who remain standing when everyone bowed 02:28 to the cue of the Babylonian music 02:30 to fall down and worship that tall imposing image 02:34 that was 90 feet tall. 02:37 And that image was an image of a man 02:42 and everyone was to bow down to worship 02:47 that image of a man instead of worshipping God. 02:53 And so the Bible makes it very clear 02:55 that the stories of Daniel 02:58 illustrate the prophecies of Daniel in Revelation. 03:02 The kind of character, the kind of disposition, 03:07 the kind of belief system, the kind of moral conviction 03:12 and clear conscience that was maintained by Daniel 03:15 and by the stalwart faith of Shadrach, Meshach 03:19 and Abednego must be mirrored and modeled and followed 03:24 by earth's final generation of believers. 03:28 Would you agree we must dare to be a Daniel? 03:31 We must be willing to be different 03:34 if it cost us our life so be it. 03:37 Now I want you to notice this calls for heroic faith. 03:40 Notice here in Revelation 14 03:43 there is a warning that is to be 03:45 sounded to earth's remotest bounds 03:48 and to reach every village, every town, every mega city 03:53 and every small little rural town 03:56 must hear the singular call from God. 03:59 Actually it's the three angels' messages. 04:02 Angel number one says, worship the Creator. 04:05 Verse number 6, "Then I saw another angel 04:08 flying in the midst of heaven, 04:09 having the everlasting gospel to preach to those 04:12 who dwell on the earth to every nation,tribe, 04:15 tongue, and people saying with a loud voice," 04:18 it's urgent, its compelling. 04:20 "Fear God and give glory to Him, 04:23 for the hour of His judgment has come, 04:25 and worship Him who made heaven and earth, 04:27 the sea and springs of water." 04:29 What would you call the person 04:31 who made everything including us? 04:33 What would you call Him? Our Creator. 04:35 And so notice here and verse number 9, 04:39 "Then a third angel followed them, 04:41 saying with a loud voice," in contrast 04:44 "If anyone worships the beast and his image, 04:49 and receives his mark on his forehead 04:53 or on his hand, he himself shall also drink 04:55 of the wine of the wrath of God," 04:57 in the form of the seven last plagues 04:59 according to Revelation 15:1. 05:02 "Then I saw another sign in heaven, 05:04 great and marvelous, seven angels 05:05 having the seven last plagues, 05:07 for in them the wrath of God is complete." 05:09 And Revelation 16 goes through those seven last plaques 05:14 and describes them. 05:15 And so back to Revelation 14:12, 05:18 in verse 12 we see here a description of those 05:23 who are going to be preaching these warning messages 05:27 that group of people that are willing 05:29 to be different, the modern Shadrach, 05:31 Meshach and Abednego's 05:33 here are those who keep the Commandments of God. 05:36 So by implication very soon 05:39 those who want to keep the Commandments of God 05:41 will come under severe attack by man 05:45 and man made governments. 05:48 I want you to notice here, here is the patience of the saints. 05:50 Here are those who keep the Commandments of God 05:53 and the faith of Jesus. 05:55 So we are gonna have the faith of Jesus, 05:57 we may go through what Jesus went through. 05:59 Didn't He say, if they hated Me they will hate you. 06:03 If I had to carry my cross, 06:05 Jesus said if you want to follow Me 06:07 deny yourself and take up the cross and follow Me, 06:11 Luke 9:23 and Matthew 16:24. 06:14 So the Bible makes it very clear 06:16 you cannot serve two masters, Matthew 6:24. 06:19 So either we will on the one hand worship the Creator 06:23 and keep the Creator's commandments 06:24 and worship as God wants us to worship 06:27 or we will go along with false worship, 06:30 worshipping man made traditions, 06:33 worshipping man's revisions, worshipping man 06:36 who made revisions and the law of God. 06:38 So either we are gonna keep the law of God 06:41 in its original unchanged form, 06:43 I the Lord, I change not, Malachi 3:6 or we will go along 06:48 with man made alterations in the law of God. 06:53 Now watch this, my Bible tells me 06:57 that if you go along with violating 07:01 the commandments of God and having a spurious 07:04 or counterfeit faith of Jesus-- how many agree 07:06 there is a counterfeit faith of Jesus? 07:09 Oh, I love Jesus but on judgment day 07:12 I never knew you would depart from me, 07:13 you who work inequity. 07:14 Would you agree that was a counterfeit faith? 07:16 Matthew 7:21-23. 07:19 My Bible says in the last days of earth's history 07:22 God will have a people that are not 07:25 by necessity different and its remnant 07:29 they are different and I want you to notice here 07:31 they keep the Commandments of God 07:32 that never has been the majority. 07:36 Never has and never will. 07:38 God's people are known 07:41 for uplifting the Commandments of God 07:43 even though everybody is going along 07:45 with worship to the beast and the beast is the one 07:49 who tampered with the law of God. 07:51 So the Bible makes it very clear, 07:53 God will have a people that preach 07:56 and unpopular message, worship the Creator 08:00 have genuine faith in Jesus 08:02 that leads to keeping the Commandments of God 08:04 even when its against the law to keep the unchanged law, 08:07 it will require endurance. 08:10 How many want to be among that group of people? 08:13 And so Bible makes it very clear 08:14 that God will have a people that do that. 08:18 Now listen carefully, 08:20 could there be 08:22 a national Sunday law in the near future? 08:29 Now if you miss some of our previous presentations 08:33 this may be kind of way out there so to speak 08:37 but I want you to consider this. 08:40 Very soon it will be against the law 08:43 to keep the unchanged law. 08:46 Now you got to think about it, 08:48 the average Christian hands down 08:51 is most Christians are gonna be unanimous in supporting 08:56 nine out of the ten commands hands down 08:59 and you could just do a check list, 09:01 have no other God's before me, check. 09:03 Don't make images and bow down to them. 09:05 Now in the Catholic Catechism, Lutheran Catechism 09:07 they have dropped that one. 09:08 So many Catholics and Lutherans might have an issue with that 09:11 but the predominant number of Christians would say, 09:14 come on, come on let's keep going, check, check. 09:16 Have no other God's before me, check. 09:19 You know, don't make images and bow down to them, check. 09:23 Don't take His name in vain, check. 09:24 Let's get the fourth by my illustration here, 09:27 fifth, honor father and mother, check. 09:29 And just write on down the line. 09:32 But escape on, the fourth commandment, 09:34 the one that begins with the word remember 09:35 most Christians have a challenge 09:39 to either keep it or understand which day it is. 09:43 The Bible says, 09:44 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 09:46 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work 09:48 but the seventh day 09:49 is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God, 09:51 in it thou shalt not do any work, 09:54 thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, 09:58 nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, 10:00 nor thy stranger that is within thy gates, 10:02 for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 10:05 the sea, and all that in them is, 10:06 and rested the seventh day, 10:08 wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, 10:10 and hallowed it," Exodus 20:8-11. 10:13 And so you ask the average Christian okay, 10:15 can you go and check it? 10:17 Well, guess what according to the research here 10:22 and I'm reading a little magazine here, 10:25 I recommend this magazine, it's-- 10:28 I can go here to the front cover, 10:30 it's called "Signs of the Times." 10:32 I urge you to get 10:33 a subscription to this magazine. 10:35 It's called "Signs of the times." 10:38 I hope you can get a subscription, 10:40 go online and get it. 10:42 I highly recommend this powerful, 10:44 one of my favorite magazines to get. 10:46 And it has a quotes here, 10:49 source a web based poll by WorldNetDaily. 10:54 Listen to this, which Day is the Sabbath? 10:57 Twenty four percent say, Sunday. 11:01 Sunday is not the seventh day of the week 11:03 but the Bible says in Ten Commandments, 11:04 I don't know, but 24 percent say Sunday. 11:07 Now keep in mind God loves everyone, 11:09 that doesn't mean that people who keep Sunday 11:11 you are gonna be lost or people, 11:12 you know, God looks down on them. 11:14 No, no, no, if we are following the light 11:16 that God gives to us at times of ignorance He winks at it 11:20 but He doesn't want us to stay there, 11:22 He wants us to know the truth 11:23 and the truth shall set us free, John 8:32. 11:26 Now listen carefully, which day is the Sabbath? 11:29 Twenty four percent say, Sunday. 11:31 Saturday, 17.4 percent say Sabbath is-- 11:36 Saturday is the Sabbath. 11:38 Can't be sure, 8.2 percent. Any day one chooses, 6.5. 11:43 No Christian Sabbath, 5.92 percent. 11:47 It's irrelevant 1.4 percent. 11:49 Would you agree it's a whole religious smorgasbord? 11:53 It's a whole buffet of interpretations 11:55 about something that should be a no brainier, 11:58 it's no rocket science, it's very simple, its plain. 12:01 The bible says in Habakkuk 2:2, it says there make it plain. 12:05 Would you agree when Jesus was here He simplified it all. 12:09 And Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man. 12:14 And it says there in Mark 2:27, 28, 12:16 Mark 2:28 He continues, 12:18 He says The Son of man is also Lord of the Sabbath." 12:24 Well, if he is Lord of the Sabbath 12:26 then the Sabbath is whose day? 12:28 The Lord's day. That's now Sunday. 12:30 Jesus died and rested in the tomb on the day 12:33 before the resurrection and it calls that day 12:35 in which He rested on the tomb 12:37 by divine purpose, by divine will. 12:40 What happened? Rested in the tomb. 12:44 Rested in the tomb. 12:45 So even in His death, in His life, in His teachings, 12:48 in His death and even and the earth made new 12:51 you got the Sabbath uplifted by Jesus Christ, 12:54 and that's Luke 23:54, 55, Chapter 24 verse 1, 12:59 it gives us a sequence of the crucifixion weekend. 13:02 Jesus died on the day before the Sabbath 13:06 known as a preparation day, the Bible calls it that 13:08 and then the Sabbath day rested in the tomb, 13:11 on the seventh day that Saturday, Roman calendar, 13:13 the Gregorian calendar that we have today, 13:15 Saturday seventh day Webster's dictionary. 13:17 Saturday seventh day encyclopedia. 13:19 Saturday seventh day. 13:21 So there is no question Sunday is the day of the resurrection 13:25 but it comes after the Sabbath. 13:27 God never told us, all right, 13:29 now that Jesus has been resurrected 13:31 Jesus never said, I'm changing this commandment. 13:34 I'm changing it. 13:36 Would you agree if Jesus in the first place, 13:38 if the Lord Himself in first place came down 13:41 and gave the Ten Commandments amidst lightening 13:44 and fire on the mountain and an earthquake 13:46 and the voice of God was so loud 13:48 and so authoritative that the people say, 13:51 could you please tell the Lord not to talk anymore? 13:54 Talk through you Moses, but please don't let Him talk. 13:58 Would you agree if one of those commandments 14:00 was gonna be changed it would not be hinted, 14:05 it would be plain and powerful. 14:08 Wow, God has changed one of the Ten Commandments. 14:11 Would you agree that just says, 14:13 no, no pun intended as monumental as you can get. 14:19 And so there is so much confusion 14:22 but God is not the altar of confusion, 14:24 1 Corinthians 14:33, confusion is not from God. 14:28 Man makes perplexing well, God, makes plain. 14:32 Man makes complicated but God makes clear. 14:35 Man ways twisted but God makes straight. 14:37 Are you with me tonight thus far? 14:38 The Sabbath is one of the Ten Commandments, 14:42 ten fingers, ten toes. 14:43 So you ask the average Christian, 14:45 hey, how many commandments you believe in? 14:47 Oh, yeah, I believe in the Ten Commandments. 14:49 You know, we got them hang them up 14:51 in our bedroom of our children. 14:53 So but yeah, I believe in the Ten Commandments. 14:55 All right, let's go to them. Walk over the Ten Commandments. 14:57 All right, let's do it. We will checklist here. 14:59 The one that begins with the word remember 15:02 is the most forgotten commandment 15:04 and this is the most forgotten day. 15:09 And so no wonder there would be a calling in the last days, 15:12 comeback to keeping the Commandments of God, 15:14 comeback to worshipping the Creator 15:17 because the seventh day is a reminder who created you. 15:21 So if there is a clearing call in the Book of Revelation 15:23 to coming back to worshiping the Creator 15:26 as He specified in His commandments, 15:28 would you agree worshipping the Creator 15:30 would include obeying your Creator 15:33 and keep His Ten Commandments. 15:34 After all when you get before the Lord 15:36 and you say oh, Lord, bless me. 15:39 Oh, Lord, I want to follow you. 15:40 Would you agree 15:42 the Ten Commandments are right there? 15:43 There is a reminder love of God. 15:45 Jesus said, if you love Me, keep My commandments. 15:49 The Bible says, "He that turneth away his ear 15:53 from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination." 15:57 You know why? 15:58 Because it's not holding up holy hands. 16:02 The Bible talks about in Timothy, 16:03 it talks about holding up holy hands. 16:06 That means your heart is in the lamb, 16:08 that God will have a people that worship Him in spirit 16:11 and in truth, John Chapter 4. 16:13 And so I want you to notice here, 16:16 the showdown text is coming and the context 16:19 is in regard to obedience to the law of God 16:21 or disobedience to the law of God. 16:23 Oh, I'm under grace. 16:25 Grace will lead you, not the disgrace will of God 16:28 but to say Lord, write it in my heart, 16:30 new covenant, Hebrews 8:10. 16:32 He writes the law in my heart. 16:34 Where is Jesus standing right now? 16:36 Revelation 11:19 says, 16:39 He is standing by the Ark of the Covenant. 16:41 What is in the Ark of the Covenant? 16:42 The Ten Commandments. 16:44 You cannot separate Jesus from His Ten Commandments. 16:46 Can you say amen? While He is standing by. 16:49 And if He is standing by them I say, let's stand for them. 16:53 Can you say amen? 16:55 But notice it's the mercy seat is above the law of God 16:57 so we are under the mercy of God. 16:59 But that mercy doesn't throw out the law. 17:02 Instead the Bible says very clearly, 17:04 if you have faith in Jesus 17:06 faith upholds the law, Romans 3:31. 17:11 So I want you to notice her beloved, 17:13 that a national Sunday law would conflict 17:16 with the law of God and it would conflict 17:19 with the seventh day that is a sign of who made us. 17:23 And did you know in 1888, 17:25 I share this with you our previous night. 17:27 In 1888 Senator Blair of New Hampshire 17:30 issued a bill in the United States Senate 17:32 for a National Sunday Law. 17:33 It did not pass this time. 17:35 And yet fast-forward 1998 Dies Domini, 17:39 the Lord Day for Pope John Paul II 17:42 issued this powerful, blockbuster, hard hitting 17:47 admonition this letter is in cyclical that he issued, 17:52 I mean, come on now this made news. 17:54 "Christians will naturally strive to ensure that 17:58 civil legislation respects their duty 18:01 to keep Sunday holy." 18:03 Could it be that the most influential spokesman, 18:09 the most influential religious spokesman, 18:12 would you grant me that the Pope 18:13 is the most influential religious spokesman? 18:17 Could it be that this will continue 18:20 that the previous Pope and this Pope 18:22 and any other future Pope will continue to tout 18:26 the importance and the benefits of keep Sunday holy? 18:30 Now, come now talk about a ripple effect. 18:32 All right, now let's rewind and play. 18:35 Are there-- have there been in the history 18:38 of the United States Sunday Blue Laws? 18:40 Yeah. 18:41 Are they still on many state books? 18:43 Yeah. 18:45 But have they become kind of antiquated 18:46 and kind of collecting dust and kind of forgotten? 18:48 Yeah. 18:50 Could that change overnight? 18:51 Come on now, if there is one thing 18:53 this generation knows is that go to sleep tonight, 18:56 wake up tomorrow, you may not know, 18:58 you may not recognize your world. 19:02 Sunday closing laws, 19:03 are Blue Laws, have a long history. 19:05 In the United States, 19:06 Blue Laws date back to the Colonial times 19:08 and I shared that with you. 19:09 So are we racing toward the mark of the beast? 19:11 What is the mark of the beast? 19:12 It's a mark of the authority of the Roman papal power. 19:16 What is the mark of their authority? 19:18 They tell us what it is. 19:20 The fact that they change the law of God. 19:23 And the Bible says in 2 19:25 Thessalonians Chapter, 2, 3 and 4, 19:27 that this papal power would act like its God 19:32 and it would be with worship, 19:35 it would be in combination with worship 19:37 would agreeing changing the law of God 19:40 would be acting like you are God 19:43 who alone could change His law. 19:46 And so God does not endorse this, He condemns it. 19:50 And to go along with it would be to follow the beast 19:53 either knowingly or unknowingly. 19:57 Now times of ignorance God is very patient. 20:00 But are we racing toward the mark of the beast. 20:02 The Bible makes it very clear, sound the alarm in Zion. 20:05 Do not worship the beast 20:06 or you will receive the mark of the beast. 20:08 So beware of the mark of the beast, 20:11 Revelation 13:16, 17, makes that clear. 20:15 So it will be popular, 20:16 is Sunday-- is Sunday observant, 20:21 Sunday sacredness, Sunday worship, is it popular? 20:25 You say now, Mark, 20:26 you're starting to make me nervous. 20:27 Starting to step on my toes because I was raised that way 20:30 and I believe God accepts me 20:32 and so-- absolutely, absolutely, 20:37 there will be many people who kept Sunday and then died, 20:42 resurrected and are gonna go to be with the law. 20:46 But you know, what they are gonna find out 20:47 in heaven, Isaiah 66:22, 23, 20:50 that everyone in heaven keeps the Sabbath. 20:54 And if you are gonna keep it in heaven 20:55 you may as well get used to it down here. 20:59 Can you look to your neighbor and just smile? 21:03 So therefore everyone will either displease man 21:08 or displease God. 21:10 My, what you do with this issue? 21:11 If you worship the beast you get the mark of the beast. 21:14 You get the seven last plagues. You go to hell fire. 21:16 Mark, are you saying 21:17 that if I keep Sunday and going to hell fire? 21:19 No, no, no, no, no. 21:20 I'm saying that when a national Sunday law 21:23 is in enforced and you know better 21:26 that's a different issue. 21:29 Say well, Mark, then I wish I never came to these meetings 21:31 and I wouldn't know. 21:34 I want you to think about that. 21:36 You say, how did you know what I was thinking? 21:39 Because here is the thing, 21:41 would you rather know the truth 21:44 and be set free to know what pleases God 21:50 and to know the truth for earth's final hour 21:53 and how to get ready for the soon return of Christ 21:55 and be able to help others to know this truth 21:58 even though it's unpopular? 22:01 Let me tell you something, 22:03 if you have the spirit of Christ your quest is always, 22:06 you're longing, you're insatiable appetite 22:10 is I want truth, I want more, I don't care what it cost me, 22:13 I don't care what change I have to make, 22:15 I will do it just tell me the truth, Lord. 22:19 After all if you love Jesus, you just want Jesus to be 22:24 in control of every dimension, every facet of your life 22:27 and you have decided no church can save me, 22:29 no religion can save me, only a personal relationship 22:33 with Jesus Christ and being in harmony 22:36 with His on going revelation of His will 22:40 as I continue to study His word. 22:42 How many agree, you just keep learning more 22:44 which means that you got to keep following 22:46 whatever He says. 22:47 How many agree if He wants to call 22:49 for a change in your life He is in charge not you? 22:52 So if you receive the Seal of God 22:54 and refuse the Mark of the Beast, 22:55 you cannot buy or sell 22:57 and you get threatened with a death decree. 22:59 So who are the two primary 23:01 movers and shakers of the end events? 23:03 All right, there are two beasts in Revelation 13. 23:07 Protestant reformers categorically declared 23:10 that the Roman papal system is the antichrist beast. 23:16 We echo that tonight. We believe that. 23:20 We believe that there is verification for that. 23:22 We believe there is substantial conformation of that as you, 23:26 as you review the chief characteristics 23:29 of Revelation Chapter 13s first beast what's stands out, 23:34 we are in world relief are some key features, 23:39 some key marks of this first beast, 23:42 this composite beast and by looking at that profile 23:48 you're able to absolutely without any doubt nail down 23:54 with precision who is this antichrist. 23:56 How many agree He can't guess 23:58 about these life and death issues? 23:59 This is not something you sit 24:01 around the coffee table and sip coffee, 24:02 hey, who you think the mark of the beast is 24:04 or what the mark of the beast is? 24:05 Who you think is the antichrist? 24:06 I don't know. Oh, well, didn't really matter. 24:09 Ho-hum. 24:11 You know, this is urgent. This is urgent. 24:14 How many of senses you would come out night by night? 24:16 There is a sense of joy and leaning truth 24:18 but there is a sense of solemnity. 24:21 Would you agree? 24:22 So there are two beasts in Revelation Chapter 13. 24:25 The first the Roman papal power, 24:27 the most influential religious system in the world. 24:33 Next to that, the United States of America 24:38 that was the cradle for Protestantism 24:43 and to support Protestantism 24:46 and the principles of Protestantism. 24:50 Now what does the beast symbolize in Bible prophecy? 24:53 Well, according to Daniel 7, 24:55 a beast equals kingdoms or nations. 24:58 All of the kingdoms of Daniel 7 emerged 25:01 from the tumultuous waters. 25:03 In Bible prophecy water equals people, multitudes, 25:07 nations and tongues, Revelation 17:15. 25:10 Put it all together these nations would be arising 25:13 from the clashes and the sea of people 25:16 and then one nation comes up, 25:18 Babylon, Meta-Persia, Greece and Rome 25:20 and then the divisions of the pagan Roman Empire 25:22 by the ten horns. 25:23 Now follow along carefully with me. 25:26 The first beast of Revelation 13, 25:28 it's a Roman power, the Vatican has its capital in Rome. 25:32 It's a system of worship 25:34 the Roman papal system is religious. 25:37 Blasphemy, and you know that the papal system claims 25:41 you should confess to a priest. 25:43 Persecutes during the Dark Ages, 25:45 50 million people lost their lives 25:46 because during that time there was a rein of terror 25:50 when the mother church, the Roman papal system ruled. 25:53 Then in addition to that 25:55 during the Dark Ages this have-- 25:59 this power had a political rein, 26:02 political supremacy for 1,260 years 26:05 before it would have a major setback 26:08 when the Pope was taken into captivity. 26:10 The Bible predicted that would receive 26:13 and inflict a deadly wound. 26:15 That happened when Napoleon dispatched 26:17 his General Berthier, sent him down to the Vatican, 26:20 capture Pope Pius VI, took him to exile 26:23 where that Pope died 26:24 about a year and half later in Valence, France 26:27 and it was declared the last Pope is rein. 26:31 The Bible went on to predict it, 26:33 Revelation 13:3 that the deadly wound would be healed. 26:36 Now what you have today fast-forward from that time, 26:39 what do you have today? 26:40 Watch your evening news and would you agree 26:43 that the Roman papal power still has power 26:47 and the power is growing not weaning. 26:51 And so listen carefully, all roads lead to papal Rome. 26:55 So who are the two beasts in Revelation 13? 26:58 The first beast is the papacy, 27:00 the second beast is United States of America 27:03 as we will see confirmed in a moment. 27:05 So what is the mark of the beast? 27:07 "Sunday is our mark of authority. 27:09 The church is above the Bible 27:11 and this transference of Sabbath observance 27:13 is proof of that of that fact. 27:15 Catholic Record, September 1, 1923." 27:18 So those who keep the commandments of God 27:20 do not receive the mark of the beast. 27:24 The seal of God is in His Ten Commandment law. 27:28 A seal has three essential elements, 27:30 name, title, territory. 27:33 Which of the Ten Commandments 27:35 contains all three essential elements? 27:37 The fourth commandment. Name, "The Lord your God." 27:40 Title, "Him that made." Creator. 27:42 Territory: Heaven and earth 27:43 and the sea and all that is in them." 27:45 Exodus 20:2-11. 27:46 The Sabbath is the seal of the living God. 27:49 Would you agree God is not gonna put a seal 27:51 on those who knowingly are violating His commandments. 27:56 The Sabbath is a sign between me and you, a sign. 28:01 Just like we have flags up here, 28:03 we have flags up here 28:04 and if I took any one of these flags 28:07 and threw it down and stamped on it 28:08 and say this is just a piece of cloth. 28:11 It's true it's a piece of cloth 28:12 but that piece of cloth is a sign. 28:15 It represents something, right. 28:18 So we have the United States of America flag 28:21 and let me tell you something, 28:23 red, white and blue stands for something. 28:25 Can you say, amen? 28:26 Those stars stand for something. 28:28 You and I would not be sitting here 28:31 with the cherish freedom that we have, 28:33 enjoying this liberty 28:35 that we have unless there was some blood 28:38 that was shed to help to protect our freedom 28:41 and right now they are troops 28:44 overseas seeking to protect our freedom. 28:48 So the Sabbath is the sign, its very special to God. 28:54 It's a sign that He made us and that He redeems us. 28:58 The Sabbath is the sign between me and you 29:01 that you might know hat I'm the one 29:03 who sanctified you or saves you 29:04 or makes you holy, Ezekiel 20:12, 20. 29:08 Now if you receive the seal of God you will not receive 29:12 the mark of the beast. 29:13 No on has the mark of the beast until a national Sunday law 29:17 is enforced and then when people are warned 29:19 and they still go along with it, 29:21 that's a different issue. 29:23 So if the antichrist beast is the Roman papal power 29:25 then the mark of the beast must have something to do 29:28 with the Roman papal power. 29:31 God's seal versus the papacy's mark. 29:35 Now the Sabbath is the only one of the commandments 29:38 that relates to time. 29:40 And in Daniel 7:25 29:45 we have this amazing prophetic utterance here. 29:50 Verse 25, about the Roman papal power, that antichrist. 29:54 Listen to this, dark eve. 29:56 "He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, 29:58 shall persecute the saints of the Most High, 30:00 and shall intend to change times and law. 30:03 Then the saints shall be given into his hand 30:04 for a time and times and half a time." 30:07 Notice the part which talks about changing times and law. 30:12 What is the only Commandment of God 30:15 of the Most High that relates to time? 30:17 The seventh day Sabbath. 30:19 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 30:21 The Bible said what would they do, 30:23 this bizarre talking horn? 30:24 What would they do? They would change it. 30:26 Give me another synonym for change in this case. 30:29 Changing the law of God, what's another synonym? 30:31 Modify, revise, alter, all right. 30:36 So there is a war against the Commandments of God 30:39 specifically the fourth commandment of God. 30:41 The Sunday observance is based on man made tradition 30:45 and not upon God's truth. 30:47 So who changed the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday? 30:51 The Roman Catholic Church. 30:54 God has many of His people in that church. 30:59 God want's everyone to know this 31:01 because whether you are in that church or not 31:04 most Christians are influenced by this. 31:06 Is that correct? Yes or no? 31:09 Sudden changes are about to catch the world by surprise. 31:13 Amazing Bible Prophecies are fast fulfilling. 31:16 Do ancient prophecies predict the sudden economic collapse? 31:20 Will the Middle East crisis erupt into World War III? 31:23 Are we living on the eve of Armageddon? 31:26 How will the final moves of the antichrist affect you? 31:29 What is the future 31:30 of the United States of America? 31:32 How will natural disasters usher in the mark of the beast? 31:36 Now you can watch the entire Amazing Prophecy series 31:40 of 32 hopeful messages on DVD. 31:44 Don't guess about the future, know the future. 31:47 The complete set of DVDs is available 31:50 for a gift of $60 or more. 31:52 Call us at 1-855-336-Free 31:57 or you can send a check or money order 31:59 to Forever Free Ministries, 2001 Munro Park, 32:03 Corinth, Texas, 76208. 32:05 You can also visit us online at foreverfreeministries.org. 32:11 So change to keep the day God did not changed. 32:17 You can go to church on Sunday, 32:20 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 32:22 but what should be your primary day of worship? 32:27 The seventh day of the week, Saturday. 32:29 But I want to go a step further and ask you the question, 32:33 do you think you can really go to a church 32:37 that honors the Sunday when you know it came 32:40 from the Roman Catholic church and just sits there 32:43 as though it doesn't even matter 32:46 or as though you didn't know what to take a stand. 32:50 And I will let you determine that. 32:52 Make a decision to honor the true Lord's Day, 32:55 even if it requires a chance in your life. 33:00 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day," 33:02 Revelation 1:10. 33:04 "The Son of Man is Lord of also of the Sabbath." 33:06 This is New Testament teaching Mark 2:28. 33:08 Sunday observance is a counterfeit 33:11 of the seventh day Sabbath. 33:13 Come on now, what did you expect? 33:15 The antichrist is the most influential 33:18 professed Christian institution and system in the world. 33:21 So what did you expect? 33:23 But that the day of worship is the-- 33:27 is the most influential day of worship is the wrong day. 33:33 Don't be surprised. 33:34 You say, Mark, how did this happen? 33:37 Because down through the Dark Ages there was only one church. 33:41 They dominated and they were churches 33:43 started to come out, protest Protestantism. 33:47 They left the lot of the false teachings 33:50 but they retained Sunday observance. 33:53 In the last days God predicted 33:56 that there would be a remnant would champion 33:58 all of his commandments. 33:59 Can you say, amen? 34:01 And so Sunday is the admitted 34:04 mark of authority of the papal power. 34:07 Would the Papacy be 34:09 in favor of a National Sunday Law in America, 34:11 what do you think? Absolutely, hands down. 34:14 Do you think majority would be in favor of that 34:16 given the right situation, given the right set 34:19 of circumstances of desperation? 34:21 Desperate people do desperate things. 34:23 Hey, listen, right after 9/11 took place 34:27 and today its September 13 where 9/11 took place. 34:31 Ten years ago what happened? Statistically it's a fact. 34:36 People rush to church on Sunday. 34:39 Why? 34:40 Because desperation, oh, no we are under attack 34:42 by extreme Muslims and so forth. 34:47 You know, we are in trouble 34:49 by these radical Muslims and so forth. 34:53 And then when we could see, 34:54 well, okay, I think will be okay, they stop attending. 34:57 Now don't get me wrong, 34:59 many remain attending but the attendance went 35:01 right back down to about where it was. 35:04 What's my point? 35:06 If all of a sudden a whole city was blown up 35:10 by a nuclear weapon, let me tell you something, 35:12 a few people would go rushing back to church 35:14 realizing like this is the different ballgame. 35:18 And what do you think would be a foot then? 35:20 What do you think, you-- as they would be 35:22 interviewing religious leaders and so forth, 35:24 what do you think they would say? 35:25 We got to get back to keep Sunday 35:27 God is being marked and God is being displeased 35:31 and God's wrath is coming upon us because every-- 35:33 all sorts of commerce is going on Sunday 35:35 and you are trampling on His day, 35:38 you got to comeback to the Commandments of God, 35:40 you got to keep Sunday. 35:42 Do you see how the devil makes it good with evil 35:46 just like they did in the garden, 35:49 the tree of he knowledge of good and evil. 35:53 Have you ever heard of trick, or tree? 35:57 You know, there is the tree but it's also a trick. 36:01 So listen carefully, in this matter, 36:04 my predecessor Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical Rerum 36:07 spoke of Sunday rest as a worker's right 36:09 which the State must guarantee." 36:11 Pope John Paul II, Dies Dominl, Lord's Day 1998. 36:15 So listen to this. 36:17 What is the future 36:18 of the United States of America? 36:19 What is America's future? 36:21 We mothered democracies, modeled freedom, 36:23 fostered international communications, 36:25 sole remaining superpower, 36:27 the most influential nation today. 36:31 The whole world looks 36:32 to the United States of America today. 36:34 How will the world-- would you agree, 36:36 the United States of America 36:39 has powerful influence financially? 36:44 Oh, we have aroused but we still have clout 36:47 with money and commerce 36:51 and trade and importing and exporting. 36:54 We also have military might. 36:56 Come on now, we have military might 36:59 influential around the world. 37:01 In addition to that we have religious influence, 37:07 in addition to that we have cultural influence. 37:11 So when the Untied States says we need a national Sunday law, 37:16 I can see many American saying, you know what, 37:19 we need that because we need to put 37:21 these Muslims that in America in their place. 37:26 How many can see that happening overnight, 37:28 especially if there was another, 37:30 even if it was extreme Muslim attack 37:33 I believe America would just say, 37:35 forget it, we are fed up, 37:36 this is a Christian nation we will have Sunday observance. 37:39 How many can see that scenario happening? 37:40 Overnight sudden change. Don't get me wrong. 37:47 If the whole world wants to go worship on Sunday 37:52 they should have the freedom to do it 37:57 but they should not force me to keep. 38:02 That's a whole different issue 38:03 because as for me and my house 38:05 I read the Bible just like a simple little child. 38:10 The way it reads in the commandments 38:12 the Bible says don't add to it, don't take away from it. 38:15 and Revelation 22:18, 19 says 38:19 if you add to it the plagues will be added to you 38:21 in terms of anything there in the Book of Revelation. 38:23 What's in the Book of Revelation? 38:25 The Ten Commandments. 38:27 And so how will the United States 38:28 the most powerful nation on earth 38:30 influence the entire world? 38:32 Come on now, do what we are doing. 38:34 We are having a revival here in America 38:37 and that false revival will spread around the world. 38:39 There will be miracles that seemed to confirm it. 38:42 Will the Untied States enforce the mark of the beast? 38:44 Will the United States enforce a National Sunday Law? 38:48 Oh, you better believe. 38:49 The United States of America 38:50 will be the first nation to enforce 38:52 the mark of the beast, a national Sunday law. 38:54 Is the United States of America in Bible prophecy? 38:56 Oh, yes. Oh, yes. 38:59 Here it is. 39:00 "Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, 39:03 and he had two horns like a lamb 39:05 and spoke like a dragon," Revelation 13:11. 39:08 Where does it arise? It arises from the earth. 39:11 What does the symbol of water represent in Bible prophecy? 39:14 The waters which you saw people's multitudes, 39:17 nations, and tongues," population Revelation 17:15. 39:21 So this new beast comes up out of the earth 39:25 or out of an un-seed or unpopulated area 39:29 or spuriously populated area. 39:31 It's true there were natives here and we did mistreat them 39:34 but by enlarge this was a vast open wilderness. 39:39 This new beast comes up out of the earth 39:41 or an unpopulated area. 39:43 So that's in real estate they say, 39:45 location, location, location. 39:47 So location is like this vast, 39:52 expense of pine trees, 39:55 and oak trees and free for the taken. 39:59 Would you agree God kept this place 40:02 until just the right time to say, come on over, 40:05 you can have some freedom over here. 40:08 So when does this power arise? 40:10 Timeframe, timing is everything they say. 40:13 "He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity." 40:16 That's the verse that proceeds the debut verse of verse 11. 40:21 "He who leads into captivity" speaking about the first beast 40:24 the Vatican, the papacy, the Pope 40:26 who went into captivity, when? 40:28 Revelation 13:10. 40:29 When did he go into captivity? 40:31 When Napoleon sent his General Berthier 40:34 to capture the Pope. 40:36 When did the Pope go into captivity? 40:37 Everybody yell it out, 1798. 40:40 The church lost its power 40:42 to the French government in 1798. 40:44 Now the Bible made it very clear that there would be 40:46 a political supremacy of the Pope, 40:48 of the papacy for 42 months x 30 days 40:53 in a biblical month, 1,260 days. 40:56 One days equals a year in Bible prophecy 40:59 in the context of symbolic Bible prophecy. 41:02 And it got power at an order of Justinian, 41:05 Roman decree in 538 A.D., 41:07 lost the power in 1798 temporarily, Revelation 13:5. 41:14 So the deadly wound was inflicted 41:17 in 1798 exactly, come on, 41:22 now people mock and scoff at the Bible. 41:24 I've got something for every person, 41:27 it is challenge in believing the Bible. 41:29 It's Bible prophecy. 41:31 When it comes to time prophecy that is an exact science. 41:38 Exactly 1,260 years from 538 A.D., it happened. 41:44 Would you agree if you look at the whole history 41:47 of the Roman papal power for a Pope to go into captivity 41:51 that's big prophetic news? 41:55 So was America rising to prominence and power 41:58 at the time when the papacy was losing power? 42:01 So one was going down, one was coming up. 42:04 And could it be that eventually they would both work together 42:08 to enforce a national Sunday law. 42:12 Well, let's think about the time of the rise. 42:15 Around 1798 clustered around there anything happening? 42:19 Yeah, new nation was rising gradually 42:23 but look at some of these key events. 42:25 1775, battle for independence. 42:28 1776, declaration of independence. 42:30 1787, constitution. 42:32 1789, first President George Washington. 42:35 1790, Supreme Court. 1791, Bill of Rights. 42:38 Come on now, is that not amazing. 42:40 How does this power arise? 42:42 It would arise, emerging amid the silence of the earth, 42:44 adding daily to its power strength. 42:47 The birth of our nation was miraculous. 42:51 The divine providence of God orchestrated 42:54 the rise of America. 42:55 It is an amazing story. 42:58 I been to all 48 of the contiguous states 43:01 but I don't know, my wife is five years younger than me 43:04 and she God got Alaska and I didn't. 43:07 So the score is 49 to 48, how you figure? 43:12 And I was traveling a lot more than she was, 43:14 a lot earlier than she was but she's winning. 43:18 And I do want to go to Alaska sometime 43:21 but I don't like the idea flying over waterways. 43:26 The best I can hope for is a tie. 43:27 All right, let's go on. 43:28 So listen, "Then I saw another beast coming up 43:32 out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb." 43:37 The term lamb is used 29 times in the Book of Revelation, 43:40 28 of which are referring to who? 43:44 The lamb of God that taketh away 43:45 the sin of world, John 1:29. 43:47 The Bible interprets itself, Jesus Christ, Revelation 13:11. 43:51 So two horns like a lamb. 43:55 It would seek to be harmless and freedom loving. 43:57 There are no crowns 43:59 on the horns of the second beast. 44:01 The first horns-- I'm sorry. 44:03 The first beast has crowns. 44:06 Crowns indicate kingly authority. 44:09 The lack of crowns indicates freedom, democracy. 44:14 Horns are a symbol of power. 44:15 They indicate that this second beast 44:17 derives its power 44:18 from political religious freedom. 44:21 Freedom of church and State. 44:24 Lamb-like beast. Arising around 1798. 44:28 Arise in relatively unpopulated area. 44:30 It would be a young nation. 44:32 It would have no crowned head, no kingly authority. 44:34 A church without a pope, and a state with out a king. 44:37 What is the only description that fits-- 44:39 I'm sorry, the only nation that fits this description. 44:42 Everybody together, America. America in Bible prophecy. 44:49 On our currency we say, in God we trust. 44:57 But now in school you are not even supposed to-- 45:02 a teacher is not even supposed to use the word God, 45:06 it seems to me. 45:08 Lamb like power equals freedom and a Christian nation. 45:14 Listen to me as we proceed. 45:18 A beast is a power or nation. Sea, people or populated area. 45:23 Earth, arises in a new world, sparsely populated area. 45:27 Arises around 1798. Lamb, freedom loving. 45:31 Lamb, Christian nation. 45:32 Two horns, separation of powers, civil and religious. 45:35 No crows, equals democracy. 45:38 And dominant force in end events. 45:40 You noticed I just keep recapitulating, 45:43 I keep repeating. 45:44 So that you can just, it can just 45:47 be riveted in your mind and your thinking 45:49 so you could say wow, the United States of America 45:54 is spotlighted in the Book of Revelation. 45:56 Would you agree now you have more reason to watch the news? 46:01 That's what you wanted anyway. 46:04 So listen carefully as we move on. 46:08 The next verse to ponder, can I hear a drum roll? 46:13 Watch this, this is absolutely amazing. 46:18 Now for the rest of the prophetic story. 46:22 Revelation 13:12 "He" the United States of America, 46:26 we've already identified that that's who it is. 46:28 "And he" the United States of America 46:30 "exercises" employees or uses "all the authority" 46:34 or power "of the first beast" the Roman papal power 46:38 "in his presence, and causes" or enforces 46:43 "the earth and those who dwell in it to worship" 46:47 a certain way or else to worship "the first beast." 46:54 That is, you ought to be a guest. 46:58 What is this Untied States of America 47:00 enforcing worship that ends up worshipping the papacy? 47:06 "Worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." 47:09 So there is no doubt who that beast is. 47:11 It's the one that got a deadly wound and then its been healed. 47:14 So there is no, there is no conjecturing about this. 47:16 There is no doubt about this. 47:18 America enforcing worship would result in what every one? 47:21 Religious persecution. 47:23 It enforces worship that gives homage to the papacy. 47:28 Is there some form of worship that is popular in America 47:33 that came right from the bosom of the papacy? 47:36 Sunday observance. 47:38 What is the most popular day of worship 47:40 for both the United States and the papacy? 47:42 Sunday observance. 47:44 There is a way that seems right to a man 47:47 but it leads to death, Proverbs 16:25. 47:51 You and I cannot go with, 47:52 well, Sunday is the day of the resurrection. 47:54 Seems okay to me. 47:56 I mean, the Bible says the disciples on occasion 47:59 would meet there even on Sunday. 48:02 You know, you need to read your Bible 48:03 a little bit more clearly and closely. 48:06 You know why? 48:07 The Bible says, they went to church every day 48:08 but the Bible never called any other day 48:11 the Sabbath except the seventh day of the week. 48:14 I rest my case. 48:15 Matter of fact, if you have a concordance look up the word, 48:18 first day, the two words, first day 48:20 and you will never see it called the Lord's day. 48:23 So what is the most popular day of worship 48:25 for both the United States and the papacy? 48:27 Sunday observance. 48:28 "To follow the false Sabbath would be to worship 48:31 the first beast who gave it," Revelation 13:12. 48:35 So listen carefully, to go along with Sunday worship 48:41 is to follow the beast unknowingly or knowingly. 48:46 So think about it, you "in times of ignorance 48:48 God overlooks it," Acts 17:30. 48:52 Now listen carefully, America will legislate 48:55 and enforce a religious law that conflicts 48:57 with the US Constitution and heaven's constitution, 49:01 the Ten Commandments. 49:03 I mean, this is true stranger than fiction. 49:07 You know, fiction books are very popular these days. 49:09 Come on now put them aside and read your Bible. 49:13 Worship to God must be never enforced. 49:18 Must never be enforced by the government. 49:20 Would you agree with that? 49:22 If people want to keep Sunday and quite frankly 49:25 if Muslims want to keep Friday let them be. 49:28 Now, when I say let them be that doesn't mean 49:30 don't try to convert them, 49:32 absolutely to Christianity to following God. 49:36 But when I say leave them be, don't throw them in jail 49:38 because they want to keep Friday. 49:40 Can I hear amen up there, America? 49:42 Are we still believing in religious freedom? 49:44 Amen. 49:46 And if the Jews and many Christians 49:48 want to keep Saturday they ought to do it. 49:50 If many Christians want to keep Sunday 49:53 that's their business 49:54 but when it comes to truth I want to know the truth. 49:59 Like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. 50:02 Yes, religious freedom but not much longer. 50:06 How will the United States of American 50:08 begin to speak and sound like a dragon? 50:11 A nation speaks through it's laws and decrees. 50:14 The official "speaking" of a nation 50:16 is the action of its legislative 50:17 and judicial authorities. 50:19 What dragon like law will be enforced in America? 50:22 The mark of the beast, Revelation 13:16. 50:28 Everyone will worship the beast papacy 50:31 or worship the Creator. 50:33 The United States constitution guarantees liberty and freedom. 50:37 I repeat, what is the mark of the beast? 50:39 We know who the beast is. The first beast is the papacy. 50:41 What is their mark? 50:43 Sunday observance, the counterfeit. 50:45 What's God's mark is? 50:47 So Sunday would be enforced, 50:49 the United States constitution guarantees liberty and freedom. 50:53 "We hold these truths" penned Thomas Jefferson 50:56 "truths to be self-evident, 50:58 that all men are" how about that? 51:00 "Created." 51:02 Could you please get the word out? 51:04 We've been created and even Thomas Jefferson said so. 51:08 "Created equal, 51:10 that they are endowed by their" here it is. 51:13 "Creator with certain inalienable Rights," 51:16 how many agree we have a right to worship 51:18 the day that our Creator said to keep? 51:22 With certain inalienable Rights, 51:24 that among these are Life, 51:25 Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." 51:27 I love these words. 51:29 How many agree these are golden words. 51:31 "Thirteen years after the Declaration of Independence 51:34 was signed, the Constitution was ratified. 51:37 The first" is it ironic or coincidental 51:40 or maybe just down right purposeful. 51:43 Intentional, "the first ten amendments 51:46 to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights." 51:50 Number one, "Congress shall make no law 51:54 respecting an establishment of religion, 51:56 or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." 52:00 Will these freedoms ever be challenged? 52:03 Will they? 52:06 I love how one author put it in the book 52:08 "Great Controversy" page 449, 52:10 "The enforcement of Sunday-keeping 52:12 on the part of Protestant churches 52:14 is an enforcement of the worship of the papacy." 52:18 Chain reaction. 52:20 How many have ever played Dominoes? 52:22 I don't mean the flat kind I mean the vertical kind. 52:25 How many remember playing Dominoes 52:27 when you were a kid? 52:28 You know make a wind around the door, 52:29 you know, go around mom and dad's legs 52:32 and so forth and then you just get one 52:34 and they all go down, right. 52:35 Well, listen to this chain reaction. 52:37 Number one, the papacy changed God's law. 52:40 The United-- and the Bible predicted it. 52:43 History reveals it. The church admits it. 52:46 The Bible condemns it. The papacy changed God's law. 52:49 The United States will make it law. 52:52 And the world will follow their example. 52:54 That's the ripple effect. 52:56 That's right, religious persecution is in the forecast. 53:02 Could it happen in America? 53:07 Have minorities ever been oppressed America? 53:12 Would the minorities of natives ever oppress? 53:16 Would the minorities of African-American's oppress? 53:21 Well, my Bible tells me if a minority 53:26 like a remnant, 53:28 the Bible says only a remnant will end up 53:31 keeping the Commandments of God 53:32 especially when a Sunday law is enforced. 53:35 That's Revelation 12:17. 53:36 Revelation 12:17, Revelation 12:17. 53:40 What's that? 53:43 You know, I went to the Statue of Liberty 53:45 a few years ago and had a little pocket Bible. 53:49 I was there looking Statue of Liberty 53:52 walking up partway to the Statue of Liberty. 53:57 I open up and I was looking at Revelation 12:17, 54:01 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, 54:03 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, 54:07 which keep the commandments of God, 54:09 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 54:11 How many want to be a found among the remnant, 54:13 can you say amen? 54:15 Now if a minority remnant oppose the National Sunday Law, 54:18 how would they be treated in America? 54:21 Why did the pilgrims sacrifice 54:23 so much to come here to America? 54:25 In their quest for freedom. 54:27 They were willing to run a risk of losing everything 54:33 including their life because of freedom. 54:36 They desired worship 54:37 according to the dictates of their conscience. 54:40 And I say I want worship 54:41 according to the dictates of my conscience 54:44 and the Commandments of God and the Word of God. 54:47 Now what is the central end time issue 54:49 in the "War" against the saints? 54:51 Revelation 12:17. 54:52 What's that issue? The Commandments of God. 54:55 The Commandments of God. 54:56 And so what does the dragon stir up against those 54:59 who keep the Commandments of God in the last days? 55:02 War. 55:03 So is there a war against the Ten Commandments 55:05 and those who preach and follow them? 55:07 Yes or no? Oh, yeah. 55:09 What is the next verse? 55:11 Verse 17, 12:17 talks about war against the remnant. 55:16 And then the next verse is telling you 55:18 how does the devil wage that war against the remnant. 55:21 He use the papacy in the past, will use them in the future, 55:25 and he now will use in the future 55:28 the United States of America 55:29 as they form an alliance with the papacy in enforcing. 55:33 What came from the papacy 55:35 and what's popular among the second beast land? 55:38 Sunday observance. 55:40 So who would the enemy use to wage war 55:42 against God's faithful down 55:44 through the centuries and the end of time? 55:45 These two beasts. 55:46 These two beasts spotlighted in Revelation 13. 55:49 The Two Beasts of Revelation 13, 55:51 namely the Papacy 55:53 and Apostate Protestant America. 55:58 Now listen the strategic methods 56:00 which the enemy systematically uses 56:02 in the warfare against God. 56:04 And his Ten Commandments are two fold. 56:06 Persecution and deception. 56:08 If he can't deceive you he will just 56:10 try to persecute you until you given anyway. 56:14 He went to make war and that's why the devil 56:17 even though you know this truth 56:19 he will try to fight you in keeping it. 56:21 He does not want you to keep it because if you know the truth 56:26 that means you know it by obedience and experience. 56:28 Just to know that how many agree? 56:30 Just to know the truth up in your head, 56:31 that doesn't set anybody free. 56:33 There is a lot of people going to the bar right now 56:34 knowing the truth that you should quit, 56:36 quit drinking and give your heart to Jesus. 56:38 They know that truth but how many agree? 56:40 It does not set us free 56:41 because you got to know it by experience. 56:43 That's why says in John 17:3, who is gonna be saved. 56:47 It says "This is life eternal, 56:49 that they might know thee the only true God, 56:54 and Jesus Christ, whom He hast sent," John 17:3. 56:58 Do you know Him tonight, beloved? 56:59 Do you know Him tonight? 57:01 So what is the scope of the word war 57:04 in this most important passage? 57:06 Persecution and false teaching. 57:08 Soon it will be against the law to keep God's law 57:14 the way He wrote it. 57:15 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." 57:19 "Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord." 57:23 I wondered here tonight do you believe 57:27 that Jesus Christ is the best man. 57:30 I want to read something to you 57:32 from Thomas Jefferson as I close. 57:36 "I tremble for my country 57:39 when I reflect that God is just, 57:43 that his justice cannot sleep forever." 57:49 Although sudden and alarming changes 57:51 are sweeping across the globe 57:54 you and your family can be prepared to face 57:56 the future with confidence. 57:58 The complete set of Amazing Prophecies on DVD 58:01 are available for a gift of $60 or more. 58:05 Call us at 1-855-336-Free 58:09 or send your check or money order 58:11 to Forever Free Ministries, 2001 Munro Park, 58:16 Corinth, Texas, 76208. 58:20 If you would like to have Mark Fox hold 58:22 an Amazing Prophecy seminar 58:24 or a marriage seminar weekend in your church 58:26 contact us today, 58:28 markfox@ foreverfreeministries.org. |
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