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Hello Friends, welcome
to another Wednesday night
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Bible Study here
at "A Sharper Focus. "
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We thank you for tuning in.
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We thank you for join us
for this very important topic,
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we are finalizing the
truth about the "Secret Rapture"
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and we're going
into the formulation
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of the "Secret Rapture. "
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A lot of people don't know how
the "Secret Rapture" started...
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where it came from...
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what idea was at
the root of it...
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and so tonight,
invite your family...
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as a matter of fact, you may
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that you may want
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Well, here is your
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and the explanations so
thank you for tuning in.
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Before we have our opening song
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and before we have
our opening prayer,
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let's invite the Lord to be
with us tonight, let's pray.
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"Heavenly Father, thank
you for the opportunity.
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Your word in
this age of darkness
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is still a lamp to our
feet and a light unto our path
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and so, Lord, tonight, we pray
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that you'll
strengthen our hearts...
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nurture us, speak clearly to us
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and may those who
are stumbling in darkness
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find in you
this marvelous light,
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we pray in Jesus' name
and for His sake, amen. "
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Now, just before we
have our opening song,
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let me remind you, if
you like a copy of the lesson
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go to this
website, ASF.3abn. org
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and download Lesson
number 23, Lesson number 23,
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the formulation of
the "Secret Rapture... "
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the formulation of
the "Secret Rapture"
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if you haven't
received the last lesson,
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you can download
number 22 also with the chart
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which is also number
22... the 2,300-Day Chart,
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but tonight, we're just going to
be closing out the former lesson
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going into the next lesson
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so invite your family
and friends to join us
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and if you're
joining us from a church,
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we welcome you... and
thank you so much for tuning in.
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But tonight, we're going
to begin with our theme song,
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which is "Victory in Jesus"
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so, join us if you'd
like to sing the song with us.
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Music...
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I heard an old, old story,
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How the Savior came from glory,
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me;
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I heard about His groaning,
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins,
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And won the victory.
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory.
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea;
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About the angels singing,
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And the old redemption story,
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory.
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Key Change...
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O victory in Jesus,
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My Savior, forever.
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood;
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He loved me ere I knew Him,
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And all my love is due Him,
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory,
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Beneath the cleansing flood.
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Amen. Audience: Amen.
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Well, it's another cold
night here in the Midwest,
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if you're
joining us from New York
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I know that you are
encased in your house
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and maybe in the Upper Northeast
a lot of snow fell there,
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but if you're in
Florida, give us a break
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because we're not
nearly as warm as you are
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and those of us...
wherever you're joining us,
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thank you so much tonight
for spending this time with us.
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Now, the reason why this
topic is so vitally important is
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we are getting ready for
what great and glorious event?
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Can we say it
together, what is it?
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The Second... The
Second Coming of Jesus
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and we have studied
so far in this lesson
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that the Second Coming
is going to be visible,
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it's going to be audible,
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there's going to
be a resurrection,
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it's going to be
earth transforming...
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the Lord is going to come and
He's not going to keep silent,
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the entire world will
know when Jesus comes.
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Revelation says,
Revelation 1 verse 7,
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every eye will see Him...
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behold He comes with clouds
and every eye will see Him.
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The Bible also says,
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as it was in Noah's day,
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so also will it be in the day
of the coming of the Son of man.
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So, how was it in Noah's day?
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Let me ask you the question,
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"Was there anyone in Noah's day
that received a second chance
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if they were not in the ark?"
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Yes or No? Audience: No.
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Absolutely not.
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There are many people
that are teaching that somehow
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the Lord, this time, is going to
give the world a second chance
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through this theory that
has been formulated called,
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"The Secret Rapture"
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it's also
called "The Gap Theory"
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it's called "Futurism"
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it's called "Dispensationalism"
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it has a lot of coat skins
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but underneath it all,
it's the same deceptive lie.
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We don't have time to meander
in the maze of mediocrity,
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it's not true, it's
not supported by the Bible.
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A few years ago,
National Geographic...
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sorry, History
Channel did an exposé...
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about this Second...
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about this
"Secret Rapture" theory
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and they noted, as
they introduced the story,
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they said, "Millions
of Christians believe
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the 'Secret Rapture'
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and it has no
Biblical support. "
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And I would think that if
anybody saw that Program...
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maybe a lot of
them saw that Program
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but what I've learned
today is that a lot of people...
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when they connect
their passions to something,
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whether it's true or
not, they tend to believe it
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and our job here at 3ABN
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is to remove the
darkness from their eyes
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and show them the
truth of God's Word.
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Tonight our topic is entitled,
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"The Truth about the
Secret Rapture... " what is it?
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"The Truth about
the Secret Rapture. "
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Now, we covered all the
questions in the last lesson
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but I want to spend
about a minute or so
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on the chart that's going
to be on the screen right now,
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let's look at
this chart together.
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This is the chart that shows
us a very important prophecy...
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the 70-week or 490-year prophecy
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of Daniel chapter
9 verses 24 to 27.
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Let's walk very quickly,
keep the chart on the screen,
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we began with Point A
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that showed us the
beginning of the decree
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to restore and build Jerusalem.
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Now, move the
chart for a brief moment,
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here is the point,
if the date is correct,
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then all the events
that are to follow that chart
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at the beginning date
will fall in line perfectly.
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So, in 457 B.C.,
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the decree to
rebuild and restore Jerusalem
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was given by King Artaxerxes,
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so, now we go the next point,
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Point B in the year 408
B.C. Jerusalem was completed.
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The last person
given the commission
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was a young man by
the name of Nehemiah
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he went... saw
the walls in disrepair
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and when they went
to finish the project,
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it was done in 52 days.
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But then now, beyond
that point, the Bible says,
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434 years later,
should take us to the Messiah
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and the Messiah
means The Anointed One.
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Jesus was baptized in 27 A.D.
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according to the
prophecy He was right on time,
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can you all say, "Amen"
to that? Audience: Amen.
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He was right on time.
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Jesus was baptized
in the 15th year...
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if you have this chart,
if you downloaded this chart,
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you should have this chart...
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Jesus was baptized...
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let's look at this
picture at the point,
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Jesus was
baptized in the 15th year
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of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
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now, look at Point...
Point C on your paper,
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and I'll just read this,
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Daniel 9:25 points out
that after seven weeks,
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and 62 weeks...
that's a total of 69...
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the Messiah
would begin His work.
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Messiah means,
"The Anointed One"
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Jesus was anointed
by John through baptism
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at the exact
time Daniel foretold.
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The Bible points out in
Luke 3 verse 1, 21 and 22,
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"Now in the fifteenth year
of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
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when all the
people were baptized,
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it came to pass that
Jesus was also baptized. "
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Tiberius Caesar began
reigning in the year 12...
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let's do some Math...
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what is 12 and
15... who can tell me?
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27... let's go
back to the chart again
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so, in the fall of 27
A.D., Jesus was baptized.
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Now, that began the
last seven-year period
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of the prophecy
of Daniel chapter 9.
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but the Bible also says...
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in the middle of the
week, something would happen.
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Jesus would be cut off,
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was Jesus cut off,
yes or no? Audience: Yes.
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But He wasn't cut
off for Himself...
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He was cut off for us...
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and you look at
Isaiah chapter 53,
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you'll find that He was wounded
for our transgressions...
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bruised for our iniquities...
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so, Jesus was
cut off or crucified
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3-1/2 years after
His ministry began,
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but there was now
only 3-1/2 years left.
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What happened in
those 3-1/2 years?
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Go with me to Acts
chapter 13 and verse 46,
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look at Acts
chapter 13 and verse 46
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because the gospel was
supposed to go to the Gentiles
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at the end of
this seven-year period.
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Acts chapter 13...
why am I in Obadiah?
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Acts chapter 13...
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okay, here we
are... here I am...
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my pages are so well worn...
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okay, Acts
chapter 13, verse 46...
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look at what the Bible says,
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and by-the-way,
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Paul and Barnabas are
in the city of Antioch
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and they are preaching...
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and at the end of their message,
the Jews were so excited
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but the next week, almost
the whole town came together
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to hear God's Word
and notice what happened.
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Verse 46, "Then Paul and
Barnabas grew bold and said,
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let's go back to verse 45
because that gives the context,
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"But when the Jews
saw the multitudes,
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they were filled with... " what?
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"envy... and
contradicting and blaspheming
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they opposed the
things spoken by Paul. "
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In other words, they said,
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"We don't like what
you're preaching... "
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forget the sermon
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and notice what the
response was in verse 46,
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"Then Paul and
Barnabas grew bold and said,
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'It was necessary
that the Word of God
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should be spoken
to you... '" when?
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"first; but since
you reject it... "
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that's it...
that's a rejection...
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"and judge yourselves
unworthy of everlasting life,
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behold, we turn to
the... " say it together,
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"Gentiles... "
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they went... the
gospel went to the Gentiles
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and when you read
the following verses,
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the Gentiles were
glad, look at verse 48.
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"Now when the Gentiles
heard this, they were glad
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and glorified
the Word of the Lord.
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And as many as had been
appointed to eternal life
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believed. "
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They were excited...
they were now grafted in...
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the gospel went to the Gentiles
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but here is
something very important,
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according to the chart...
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one more time,
bring the chart up for me,
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according to the chart,
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Jesus was supposed to confirm
His covenant for one week,
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but how could He do it if He
only had a 3-1/2 year ministry?
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That's the
question we ask ourselves,
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now, go with us to
the book of Hebrews...
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what book did I say?
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Go with me to
the book of Hebrews
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and we're going to
look at Hebrews chapter one.
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Hebrews chapter one,
because Jesus began it
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I don't want to give you
the answer before we go there,
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all right...
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Hebrews chapter one...
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okay, here I am...
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okay... here it is...
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my Bible is so
thin... okay, here we go...
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turning the
pages of the Bible...
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here we are, Hebrews chapter one
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and let's look at verse...
verse 1 and then... verse 2.
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Pause...
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Okay... actually
Hebrews chapter 2
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verse 1 to verse 3...
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all right...
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the first warning
given in the Bible,
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and it says,
Hebrews chapter 2 verse 1,
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"Therefore, we must
give a more earnest heed
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to the things we have
heard, lest we do... " what?
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"drift away.
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For if the Word of
God spoken through angels
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proved steadfast,
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and every
transgression and disobedience
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received a just
reward... " here's the key...
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"how shall we escape if we
neglect so great a salvation.. "
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this is powerful...
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"which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord,
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and was... "
what's the next word?
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"confirmed to us by
those who heard Him. "
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Now, go to Daniel 9,
let's see something...
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the Bible says... the gospel
began to be proclaimed by Jesus
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and was confirmed
by those who heard Him
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which were His disciples.
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Now, go to Daniel
9, very carefully.
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Seems like my table is
a little short tonight,
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let me bring it up
a little bit here...
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yeah, there it is...
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I either grew taller
or my table shrunk...
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let's go to Daniel 9...
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okay, here it is...
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so we'll clearly
see Daniel 9 verse 27,
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Daniel 9 verse 27...
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and the Bible
says, "Then he shall... "
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what's the next word?
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"Confirm a covenant
with many for one week... "
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how many days in a week?
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Seven days...
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so for the
entire seven-year period
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which is the last
portion of the 70 weeks,
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only one week left,
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Jesus was
baptized at the beginning,
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died 3-1/2 years
later in the middle,
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and at the end of the last
3-1/2 years... between that time
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the gospel was
confirmed by the disciples.
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So, the Bible says,
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"He shall confirm His covenant
with many for one week. "
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Notice how the Bible in Hebrews
chapter 2 verse 3 confirms that,
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it was confirmed by
those who heard him.
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So, let me ask you the question,
"Was the covenant confirmed?"
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Yes or no?
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Yes, it was...
so, here's the point,
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last time with the chart...
I appreciate this very much,
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last time with the chart,
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the very end... Point E...
the gospel to the Gentiles.
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Now, here's the point,
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from 27 A.D. - Point
C to 34 A.D. - Point E
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there's a seven-year period.
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Now, here is my
point, very grand...
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this is the
100,000 dollar point,
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either the
seven years appoint...
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either the seven years apply
to the ministry of Jesus...
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his crucifixion...
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and the gospel
going to the Gentiles...
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or it applies to
the "Secret Rapture. "
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Pause...
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Now that
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is a mind-blowing statement.
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Now, here's my
point, was Jesus baptized?
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Can we say a hearty
"Amen"? Audience: Amen.
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Was he crucified? Audience: Yes.
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Humbly... yes He was...
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but He did it
because he loved us.
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Did the gospel
go to the Gentiles?
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Audience: Yes.
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Are we Gentiles? Audience: Yes.
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We used to be... we are grafted
now as heirs of salvation
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seeds of Abraham...
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but when we heard the
gospel, we were Gentiles...
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and we have accepted Christ
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and we are by
faith seeds of Abraham...
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so, here's my point,
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because that
seven-year period was completed,
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there is no seven-year period
to apply to the tribulation
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or to the "Secret Rapture. "
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So, this idea that there is
going to be a snatching away
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of people all over the world,
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and then, a seven-year
period is going to begin
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at which Jesus would come again
at the end of that time, visibly
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my Brothers and
Sisters, it is a lie...
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no sugar coating... it is
not supported by the Bible
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and tonight, you're going to see
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solid, historical
timetable evidence
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as to how it got started
and how it came down to us today
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are you ready?
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Let's go to Question
number 1, on the next topic...
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we're now switching over...
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the new topic tonight is:
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The formulation of
the Secret Rapture.
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The formulation... we no
longer need our charts...
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the formulation of
the Secret Rapture.
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What a lot of people don't know
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is a lot of the darkness that
exists in Christianity today...
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I was tempted...
I'm writing a book...
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it's almost done...
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and I'm convinced to
write another one after that,
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I'm going to call it,
"The Darkness of Christianity"
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that releases
my title right now,
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the deceptions
in Christianity...
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because a lot of
people... although Christ...
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there's... there's no
darkness in Christ at all
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but Christians today
have accepted darkness
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in place of light
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and they have
settled into this darkness
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and they are expecting things
to occur that will never occur.
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One of those is
the "Secret Rapture. "
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Now, let's go to
Question number 1...
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we'll try to move fast tonight,
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Question number
one on the new lesson,
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Question number
one on the new lesson.
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"What does the
Bible teach about Rome,
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the fourth Kingdom
of Daniel chapter 7?
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What does the
Bible teach about Rome...
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the fourth kingdom
of Daniel chapter seven.
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Go with me to Daniel
chapter 7 and verse 23.
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Daniel chapter 7 and verse 23.
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The reason why I
included the word "Rome" there
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is because we already
studied... there was Babylon...
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then the next
kingdom was Medo-Persia...
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then the next one was Greece
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and the last one that's
still existing today is Rome.
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there's no more
kingdom after this
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except the kingdom of God, amen.
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Audience: Amen.
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And, I'll tell you
the rest in a moment.
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Daniel 7 verse 23,
what does the Bible say
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or teach about Rome... the
4th kingdom of Daniel chapter 7?
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Here it is,
Daniel chapter 7 verse 23
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and the Bible
says, "Thus he said:
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'The fourth beast shall be
a fourth kingdom on the earth,
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which shall be different
from all other kingdoms,
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and shall devour... "
how much of the earth?
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"the whole earth,
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trample it and
break it in pieces. '"
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Now, I tell you,
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when you see a machine
that can trample things,
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and break it in pieces
and then also, devour...
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that's a serious machine...
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Rome... according
to Bible prophecy...
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the powers that
are behind Rome...
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are a serious machine...
it's into devouring the earth
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that is
consuming the entire earth,
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and there's no place on earth
that you can go today... nowhere
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where the voice
of Rome is not heard.
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There's no place on earth today
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where the voice of the Popes
are not respected and heard
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whether you're Catholic or not.
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Can I be straight?
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There is no place on
earth... no political government
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that in one manner or the other
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does not acknowledge
the supremacy of the Pope
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including the United States,
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but the Bible says that it's
going to trample down the earth,
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it's going to break in pieces.
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Now, let's go to
Question number 2
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and find out one of the
ways it's going to happen,
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so, put the answer down,
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"What does the Bible teach
about the 4th kingdom of Rome?
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It will... it will
affect the entire earth,
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just summarize it... it
will impact the whole world.
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That's the answer.
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and the language used...
"devour" and "break in pieces"
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and "trample"
that's serious language.
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Let's look at
Question number 2, here it is,
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What was one method used by
Rome to devour the whole earth?
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to devour the whole earth...
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now, let's go in our
Bibles to Daniel chapter 8.
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Daniel chapter 8...
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we're going to look
together at verse 12.
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Daniel chapter 8 and verse 12
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and this is introduced
under the Little Horn...
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under the Little Horn...
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if you follow Daniel
very carefully, Daniel 7...
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he introduced this beast
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that had seven
heads and ten horns
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and then three of those horns
were plucked out by the roots
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and a little horn came up
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which... if you follow prophecy,
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that little horn represented
the rise of Papal Rome
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and that little
horn was powerful,
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anything that
stood in the way of Rome,
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was trampled...
broken down and devoured...
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as a matter of fact, the term
throughout American history,
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throughout European history
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or world history is...
all roads led to... where?
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all roads led to Rome...
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I read the story of
King Henry the 8th...
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when he defied
the authority of Rome,
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he... he
began... he was made to...
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to conduct a pilgrimage to Rome
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and he was made to stand
out on the snow for 24 hours
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before the Pope came to
see him and acknowledge him.
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Powerful...
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all the kings that... that
withstood the power of Rome
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were stamped down
like an old cigarette butt.
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Pause...
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but look at
what else Rome did...
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Daniel 8 and verse 12,
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here's what the Bible says,
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"Because of transgression,
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an army was given
over to the horn... "
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boy! that army was great...
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Rome's army...
the Inquisition...
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it goes on and on...
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"an army was
given over to the horn
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to oppose the daily sacrifices;
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and he cast truth
down to the... " what?
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"to the ground.
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He did all this and... " what?
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"and prospered... "
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do you know why?
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because during the Dark Ages,
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there was no power
stronger than the power of Rome.
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Follow this very carefully,
I'm moving sequential tonight.
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Babylon was the golden
kingdom according to Daniel 2.
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Now, gold is
not that valuable...
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gold is really
not that valuable...
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gold is actually a
pretty soft and poor metal...
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it's not that valuable...
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I mean, gold is
valuable... sorry...
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but it is a soft metal...
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but after that came a... a
more inferior metal... silver
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silver, however,
is harder than gold.
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Now I want you to
see what's happening...
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the values of the
nations are going down
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but the strength of
the nations are increasing
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from gold which is the softest
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to silver which was Medo-Persia,
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then the next one was
Greece which was bronze...
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now, which is more
valuable? Gold or bronze?
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Gold... obviously...
Gold, Silver, Bronze...
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but which is harder?
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Gold or Bronze?
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Bronze...
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Then after the Grecian
army or the Grecian Empire
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came the Roman
Empire... it was iron...
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nobody is... nobody
wants to buy your iron,
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everybody wants to buy gold
00:24:42.21\00:24:44.75
because iron is valueless
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however, iron... out
of those four kingdoms
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is the most... most ruthless
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and Daniel chapter 2
speaks about this iron kingdom
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Daniel chapter 7 talks
about a beast with iron teeth
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both linking in the historical
timetable... the kingdom of Rome
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and today, that iron kingdom
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is increasing its extent
and its reach around the world
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almost unchallenged, praise God.
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Presently we have in America
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something called,
"Religious Freedom"
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amen for that...
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so Rome... Rome cannot come
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because Rome is a...
is a kingly government...
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we have a Republic... we
are not under a Monarch...
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so we have a voice...
the people have a voice
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but I tell you, around the world
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very few
countries have a voice...
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the Leader of that
country says it and you do it.
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That's how Rome was
during the Dark Ages.
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"And they cast truth
down to the ground... "
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and the reason
why they're prosperous
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is because there
was nobody to stop them
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and that was for 1,260 years
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however, God was not
done, can we say "Amen" to that?
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Now, let's go to the next
one which is not a question...
00:25:55.18\00:25:58.45
that answer's going
to be given on the screen
00:25:58.49\00:25:59.85
so that we can
move in rapid pace.
00:25:59.89\00:26:01.99
The next one...
00:26:02.02\00:26:03.36
so the answer to Number 2,
00:26:03.39\00:26:04.93
"What was one
method used by Rome
00:26:04.99\00:26:06.86
to devour the whole earth?"
00:26:06.90\00:26:08.23
Cast down the truth...
00:26:08.26\00:26:09.96
cast down the truth
00:26:10.00\00:26:11.80
during the Dark Ages,
Rome introduced "Purgatory"
00:26:11.83\00:26:15.07
introduced "Limbo"
00:26:15.10\00:26:16.97
introduced "Indulgences"
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.07
which means, you can
purchase a... a... a... a...
00:26:19.14\00:26:22.34
you can purchase
forgiveness for sins
00:26:22.38\00:26:24.75
even before you commit the sins.
00:26:24.78\00:26:27.78
They also created something
called, "The ever burning hell"
00:26:27.82\00:26:31.49
which scared
people into "being right"
00:26:31.52\00:26:34.06
because they may
burn in hell forever
00:26:34.09\00:26:36.42
and so many other
doctrines came in.
00:26:36.46\00:26:38.76
One of those that was
also commissioned by Rome...
00:26:38.79\00:26:41.73
let's look at
the next question...
00:26:41.76\00:26:43.10
Question number 3,
"Who did Rome commission
00:26:43.13\00:26:47.44
to attack the '70
Weeks' of Daniel chapter 9?"
00:26:47.47\00:26:51.77
Who did Rome commission
00:26:51.81\00:26:54.08
to attack the "70
Weeks" of Daniel chapter 9?
00:26:54.11\00:26:57.45
Now, before I
give you the answer,
00:26:57.48\00:26:58.81
I want you to
listen very carefully,
00:26:58.85\00:27:00.18
then I'm going to be
teaching, are you ready?
00:27:00.22\00:27:01.65
And I want you to
hit that "Record" button
00:27:01.68\00:27:03.39
because if you haven't already,
00:27:03.42\00:27:04.75
I know you're going to
say, "Man! I wish I did. "
00:27:04.79\00:27:08.02
There were two Jesuits
that were commissioned,
00:27:08.06\00:27:11.49
Francisco Ribera
and Luis de Alcazar.
00:27:11.53\00:27:15.96
I'm not Spanish, I should
have had John Dinzey say that,
00:27:16.00\00:27:19.40
One taught "Preterism"
00:27:19.43\00:27:23.00
which meant,
Revelation happened all...
00:27:23.04\00:27:27.81
and was fulfilled in the past,
00:27:27.84\00:27:29.78
the prophecies
pertaining to future events
00:27:29.81\00:27:33.31
were all fulfilled in the
past, that's what Preterism is.
00:27:33.35\00:27:36.99
That did not
gain a great foothold
00:27:37.02\00:27:39.62
and the reason why
these powers were commissioned
00:27:39.65\00:27:42.32
is because during the Dark Ages,
00:27:42.36\00:27:44.33
Protestant Reformers
like Calvin, Zwingli, Huss,
00:27:44.36\00:27:48.13
Martin Luther,
Jerome, Wycliffe...
00:27:48.16\00:27:49.96
they understood
Bible prophecy...
00:27:50.00\00:27:51.73
they understood Daniel
and they understood Revelation
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.50
and they knew... based on
all the 12 points of prophecy,
00:27:54.57\00:27:57.31
we'll talk about the
Mark of the Beast later...
00:27:57.34\00:27:59.17
all these confirming points,
00:27:59.21\00:28:01.14
they knew that it meant Rome...
00:28:01.21\00:28:03.08
they knew that Satan was
going to work through this power
00:28:03.11\00:28:07.25
to do exactly what the
Bible said it would accomplish
00:28:07.28\00:28:11.29
and they knew that
that power was so great
00:28:11.32\00:28:13.36
and nobody could oppose it.
00:28:13.39\00:28:14.72
Pause...
00:28:14.76\00:28:17.16
In order to get the
eyes of all of those...
00:28:17.19\00:28:20.20
during the Dark
Ages off of Rome...
00:28:20.26\00:28:22.90
during the preaching of
the Protestant Reformation,
00:28:22.96\00:28:25.53
Rome commissioned two Jesuits.
00:28:25.57\00:28:28.40
Now, when Luis de
Alcazar introduced it,
00:28:28.47\00:28:31.07
"Let's tell them that Revelation
has already been fulfilled... "
00:28:31.11\00:28:33.71
that wouldn't work...
00:28:33.74\00:28:35.08
but... but the next person here
00:28:35.11\00:28:37.01
is the answer on the screen,
00:28:37.05\00:28:39.01
they
commissioned Francisco Ribera
00:28:39.05\00:28:42.88
and in the year 1585,
he began a specific study
00:28:42.92\00:28:48.52
on the
"Commentary of Revelation"
00:28:48.56\00:28:51.19
it was called,
"Futurist Eschatology. "
00:28:51.23\00:28:53.93
He was a Roman
Jesuit from Salamanca.
00:28:53.96\00:28:56.67
He began his study in 1585
00:28:56.70\00:29:00.94
and put together a
commentary on Revelation
00:29:00.97\00:29:04.44
which was
published in the year 1590
00:29:04.47\00:29:07.64
but in that particular teaching,
00:29:07.68\00:29:10.78
notice what he did with
that particular teaching...
00:29:10.85\00:29:13.11
and the next question,
00:29:13.15\00:29:14.48
so put down for Number 3,
00:29:14.52\00:29:15.85
"Who did Rome
commission to attack
00:29:15.88\00:29:17.62
the '70 Weeks' of Daniel 9?"
00:29:17.65\00:29:19.09
Write that down,
Francisco Ribera...
00:29:19.12\00:29:21.19
and you can get
that information...
00:29:21.22\00:29:22.89
by the way, what
I'm telling you...
00:29:22.92\00:29:24.46
this sounds strange...
00:29:24.49\00:29:25.83
it's not something
that's totally exclusive
00:29:25.86\00:29:28.16
to our Denomination,
it's common knowledge.
00:29:28.20\00:29:31.07
You put his name...
for those of you who have
00:29:31.10\00:29:33.94
internet-savvy abilities...
00:29:33.97\00:29:35.90
put his name there
and follow all those links
00:29:35.94\00:29:38.94
and you will learn things that
00:29:38.97\00:29:40.31
you never thought
was even available.
00:29:40.34\00:29:43.38
Even go to your local libraries,
00:29:43.41\00:29:45.25
study world history
00:29:45.28\00:29:46.61
and you'll see what
I'm talking about tonight.
00:29:46.65\00:29:47.98
It's not something hidden
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.35
but it's only hidden from
those who don't want to find it
00:29:49.38\00:29:52.69
and there are
many sincere Christians
00:29:52.72\00:29:55.22
that have never heard about this
00:29:55.26\00:29:56.76
and who are hearing about
it for the first time tonight,
00:29:56.79\00:29:59.13
so your eyes are going
to be opened gradually.
00:29:59.16\00:30:01.16
Let's look at the next question.
00:30:01.23\00:30:02.56
Number 4, "What does Futurism...
00:30:02.60\00:30:05.90
What does Futurism Theology
teach about Revelation?"
00:30:05.93\00:30:09.14
Let me go ahead and give you
the slide... here is the answer
00:30:09.17\00:30:11.67
so tonight, I'm just
bringing it up directly
00:30:11.74\00:30:13.78
so that you don't
have to spend a lot of time
00:30:13.81\00:30:15.71
this is history...
which you don't have available
00:30:15.74\00:30:17.68
right here in the Word of God.
00:30:17.71\00:30:19.05
"Futurism... Christianity...
00:30:19.08\00:30:22.55
is the proposal that
the Book of Revelation
00:30:22.58\00:30:25.85
does not bear the
application to the Middle Ages
00:30:25.89\00:30:30.63
or the papacy,
rather the... " what?
00:30:30.69\00:30:33.93
"future... more particularly
to a period immediately prior
00:30:33.96\00:30:40.40
to the Second Coming...
00:30:40.44\00:30:41.77
It is also called
Premillennial Theology.
00:30:41.80\00:30:44.71
Now, let me go
ahead and explain that...
00:30:44.74\00:30:47.64
Premillennial... the
word "millennium" comes...
00:30:47.68\00:30:50.25
it's a Latin word simply
meaning a mill... i... anum...
00:30:50.28\00:30:54.15
or a thousand years...
00:30:54.18\00:30:55.88
and according to this
theory that was formulated,
00:30:55.92\00:30:59.09
not only adding this idea
00:30:59.12\00:31:01.52
that there's going
to be a "Secret Rapture"
00:31:01.56\00:31:03.02
but also included in
this pre-millennial theology
00:31:03.06\00:31:06.49
or "futurism" theology was
that when the church disappears,
00:31:06.53\00:31:10.23
then they have seven years
before Jesus comes back visibly
00:31:10.27\00:31:13.94
and when He comes back visibly,
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.47
He's going to establish a
kingdom on earth for a 1,000
00:31:15.50\00:31:19.37
years and the reason why
it was called "pre-millennial"
00:31:19.41\00:31:22.68
is because they believe that
the "Rapture" is going to happen
00:31:22.71\00:31:25.51
before the millennium...
00:31:25.55\00:31:27.22
and Christ is going
to establish His kingdom
00:31:27.25\00:31:29.38
before the millennium... pre...
00:31:29.42\00:31:32.95
now, there are lot of terms that
I can really make your head spin
00:31:32.99\00:31:37.93
they are Post-Tribulation,
Pre-Millennialists...
00:31:37.96\00:31:41.36
I don't want to spend
a lot of time on that...
00:31:41.40\00:31:44.77
post-tribulation...
pre-millennialists...
00:31:44.83\00:31:48.80
and post-tribulation...
pre-millennialism
00:31:48.84\00:31:50.97
I'm glad you're recording this
00:31:51.01\00:31:52.77
because you're
probably going, "What?"
00:31:52.81\00:31:54.64
Post-tribulation...
after the tribulation...
00:31:54.71\00:31:58.21
pre-millennialists means
00:31:58.25\00:32:00.75
that Jesus is coming
after the tribulation
00:32:00.82\00:32:03.45
and before the millennium.
00:32:03.49\00:32:05.55
That is what an Adventist says.
00:32:05.59\00:32:08.22
Jesus is coming
after the time of trouble
00:32:08.26\00:32:10.53
and before the
1,000 years begin,
00:32:10.56\00:32:12.59
can you say, "Amen. "
00:32:12.66\00:32:14.00
But there are pre-tribulation...
pre-millennialists...
00:32:14.03\00:32:17.93
that's the "Secret Rapture. "
00:32:17.97\00:32:19.57
They believe that Jesus is
going to take the church away
00:32:19.60\00:32:22.14
before the tribulation
and then show up again
00:32:22.17\00:32:24.37
at the beginning
of the millennium.
00:32:24.41\00:32:26.34
That's not in the Bible...
00:32:26.37\00:32:28.04
so you have all these schools...
00:32:28.08\00:32:30.55
they give big
"Pylisolopic names"
00:32:30.58\00:32:32.98
"Apolisolopic names... "
00:32:33.01\00:32:34.48
highly theological terminologies
00:32:34.52\00:32:36.62
to make people just go... "Huh?"
00:32:36.65\00:32:38.15
But they don't
know what it means
00:32:38.19\00:32:39.95
but they're not going to
make it very, very clear,
00:32:39.99\00:32:41.76
amen to that... Audience: Amen.
00:32:41.79\00:32:43.12
so now, let's go
to the next question.
00:32:43.16\00:32:44.59
So, for Question number 4,
00:32:44.63\00:32:46.70
"What does futurism theology
teach about Revelation?"
00:32:46.73\00:32:50.33
Futurism teaches that Revelation
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.80
does not apply to
the Papacy at all...
00:32:52.83\00:32:55.20
just to future events...
00:32:55.24\00:32:57.04
that's why when you hear the
stuff today about the "Rapture,"
00:32:57.07\00:32:59.87
you hear a lot of
people say, "Well... "
00:32:59.94\00:33:02.61
and you hear it on television...
00:33:02.64\00:33:04.61
you hear it in movies that were
put together about the "Rapture"
00:33:04.65\00:33:07.18
they say, "Well, the...
00:33:07.22\00:33:09.32
the Antichrist is
going to be a single man
00:33:09.35\00:33:11.25
that's going to
come out of Europe... "
00:33:11.29\00:33:13.12
one man...
00:33:13.15\00:33:14.89
and Satan is back
there giggling his head off
00:33:14.92\00:33:17.93
and Rome is sitting like
a... a Queen on a Hill...
00:33:17.96\00:33:21.46
saying, "We've
accomplished our design. "
00:33:21.50\00:33:23.97
Not as long as we're around,
can you all say, "Amen" to that?
00:33:24.00\00:33:26.84
there is still
light and darkness.
00:33:26.87\00:33:28.90
Let's go on to Number
5, Question Number 5...
00:33:28.97\00:33:31.64
let me go back to
that... here it is...
00:33:31.67\00:33:34.78
"What was the aim
of Francisco Ribera
00:33:34.81\00:33:37.91
as it relates to Rome?"
00:33:37.95\00:33:39.61
I'll give you the answer again,
00:33:39.65\00:33:41.18
What was the aim
of Francisco Ribera
00:33:41.22\00:33:44.12
as it relates to Rome?
00:33:44.15\00:33:45.49
Here is the answer...
00:33:45.52\00:33:46.86
and I give you the
other name that was used...
00:33:46.89\00:33:48.42
Dispensationalism...
00:33:48.46\00:33:49.92
"Jesuit Francisco Ribera
00:33:49.96\00:33:52.89
proposed to remove
the focus from Rome
00:33:52.93\00:33:56.53
as the system of...
" what? "Of Anti-Christ
00:33:56.56\00:34:00.64
and place it on the
rise of a single person,
00:34:00.67\00:34:04.54
in the future, prior
to the return of Christ. "
00:34:04.57\00:34:08.44
It's all in my
head... I just said it...
00:34:08.48\00:34:10.05
so I just
showed you the slide...
00:34:10.08\00:34:11.45
so, in other words, a
lot of people now-a-days
00:34:11.48\00:34:13.25
that have read all these books
that are not Scripturally based
00:34:13.28\00:34:15.78
are looking for some guy
in the Middle East somewhere
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.39
or somebody in Europe... some...
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.29
you know, somebody from Russia,
00:34:20.32\00:34:22.09
I mean, they're
poking all over Europe
00:34:22.12\00:34:23.76
trying to figure who
this guy is going to be
00:34:23.79\00:34:25.19
and they say... he's
going to be a charismatic leader
00:34:25.23\00:34:28.50
and all the
world's going to like him
00:34:28.53\00:34:30.03
and then he's going to flip
on them in a brief moment...
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.83
that's not in the Bible...
00:34:31.87\00:34:33.20
pause...
00:34:33.23\00:34:34.57
you know, and I remember
years ago, thank you Honey,
00:34:34.60\00:34:36.30
I remember, even on
the Mark of the Beast
00:34:36.34\00:34:38.27
when Mikhail Gorbachev
was the President of Russia,
00:34:38.31\00:34:41.54
I bought that book
00:34:41.61\00:34:42.94
not because I
didn't understand it,
00:34:42.98\00:34:45.45
I knew it clearly, but I
wanted stuff in my library
00:34:45.48\00:34:48.02
to show how many people
were shooting in the dark...
00:34:48.05\00:34:50.55
they had no clue
about the Mark of the Beast
00:34:50.59\00:34:52.45
but Mikhail Gorbachev
had a birthmark on his head
00:34:52.49\00:34:55.22
and they said, "Ha,
Mikhail Gorbachev...
00:34:55.26\00:34:58.49
from Russia... in Europe...
he could be the beast... "
00:34:58.53\00:35:02.03
pause...
00:35:02.06\00:35:04.90
well, you know the
rest of the story...
00:35:04.93\00:35:07.10
and then when Ronald
Reagan became President,
00:35:07.14\00:35:09.80
Ronald Reagan...
what was his middle name?
00:35:09.84\00:35:12.47
anyway...
00:35:12.54\00:35:14.31
he had three... R I... anyway,
00:35:14.34\00:35:17.31
Ronald Reagan...
he had three names
00:35:17.35\00:35:20.25
first, middle and last
and they all had six letters
00:35:20.28\00:35:23.49
and everybody said,
"Ronald Reagan... three names...
00:35:23.52\00:35:26.69
six letters each... 666."
00:35:26.72\00:35:29.59
Audience: Laughter.
00:35:29.62\00:35:31.36
Pause...
00:35:31.39\00:35:32.73
Showing you how far and then...
00:35:32.76\00:35:34.76
and many religious pastors
and leaders in denominations
00:35:34.80\00:35:39.50
hoodwinked their denomination...
teaching that false theology
00:35:39.53\00:35:43.91
and then when Procter and Gamble
00:35:43.94\00:35:46.11
came up with a soap bar
once with three stars...
00:35:46.14\00:35:49.44
if you looked at on
the side of Ivory soap,
00:35:49.48\00:35:51.45
looked like 3 sixes...
00:35:51.48\00:35:53.31
they said, "Don't use Ivory soap
00:35:53.35\00:35:55.12
because the Mark of the
Beast is on there, 666... "
00:35:55.15\00:35:58.72
pause...
00:35:58.75\00:36:00.46
but Ivory soap is not
the Mark of the Beast.
00:36:00.49\00:36:02.32
As a matter of fact, I strongly
suggest you use Ivory soap.
00:36:02.36\00:36:05.53
Audience: Laughter.
00:36:05.59\00:36:06.93
Any soap for that matter...
00:36:06.96\00:36:08.36
but then the bar code came out.
00:36:08.40\00:36:10.00
When the bar code
came out, that was it!
00:36:10.03\00:36:12.97
People lost their lives...
00:36:13.03\00:36:15.07
people were digging holes to
hide from the bar code scanner
00:36:15.10\00:36:19.87
but now-a-days, we all know
00:36:19.91\00:36:21.41
that the bar code scanner is
not the Mark of the Beast, amen.
00:36:21.44\00:36:24.25
It's so good to know the truth.
00:36:24.28\00:36:26.28
When you know the truth,
00:36:26.31\00:36:27.65
you do not meander in
the maze of mediocrity...
00:36:27.68\00:36:29.75
you do not stumble
in the dark theology
00:36:29.78\00:36:32.22
of somebody who doesn't
understand the Bible themselves
00:36:32.25\00:36:36.16
but those who were in the
Protestant Reformation knew
00:36:36.19\00:36:40.10
that Rome was a part
of the Antichrist System
00:36:40.13\00:36:43.70
and the theory that
was brought together by...
00:36:43.73\00:36:47.30
thank you Honey,
Ronald Wilson Reagan...
00:36:47.34\00:36:50.31
Wilson was his middle
name, thank you Honey,
00:36:50.34\00:36:53.27
three names... six
letters in each one
00:36:53.31\00:36:55.61
but however, Rome accepted
this futuristic ideology
00:36:55.64\00:36:59.81
because when the people of
the Dark Ages swallowed it,
00:36:59.85\00:37:03.99
they lost their focus of Rome
00:37:04.02\00:37:07.56
and then for that time period
of more than a 1,000 years,
00:37:07.62\00:37:11.86
people said,
"Okay, it cannot be Rome
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.36
because you know
the... the Gap Theory...
00:37:14.40\00:37:16.87
the Dispensational
Theory... Futurism...
00:37:16.90\00:37:18.73
the Secret Rapture...
that's going to happen way down,
00:37:18.77\00:37:21.24
we'll be long gone and dead
before the Antichrist ever comes
00:37:21.30\00:37:24.34
and Rome prospered
in its dark pursuits.
00:37:24.37\00:37:27.21
Let's go to the next
question, number six,
00:37:27.28\00:37:29.81
so what was the
aim of Francisco Ribera
00:37:29.84\00:37:32.11
as it relates to Rome?
00:37:32.15\00:37:33.48
Take the focus off of Rome...
00:37:33.52\00:37:38.72
but the Protestant
Reformers continued...
00:37:38.75\00:37:42.62
Martin Luther... praise
God for Protestant Reformers...
00:37:42.66\00:37:45.76
and by the way,
that word "Protestant"
00:37:45.79\00:37:48.00
is kind of a
killed... a dead word today
00:37:48.03\00:37:50.17
because nobody is protesting
anything any longer...
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.63
at least the majority are not.
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.74
We still protest darkness
and we still espouse life, amen.
00:37:54.77\00:37:58.94
Audience: Amen.
00:37:58.97\00:38:00.34
Let's go to Number six.
00:38:00.38\00:38:02.01
"Who followed Ribera
00:38:02.04\00:38:03.61
in advancing the
teaching of Futurism?"
00:38:03.65\00:38:09.88
He was a contemporary
00:38:09.92\00:38:11.89
and let me go ahead and give
you the information right away,
00:38:11.92\00:38:13.92
I did all this
homework a number of years ago
00:38:13.96\00:38:16.32
but I put it together
again so that those of us...
00:38:16.36\00:38:19.59
those of you who
missed the Series
00:38:19.63\00:38:20.96
about three or four years ago,
on Last-Day Events could get it.
00:38:21.00\00:38:24.13
Here it is, Saint
Robert Bellarmine, S.J.
00:38:24.17\00:38:29.70
he was an Italian
Jesuit and from Montepulciano
00:38:29.74\00:38:36.24
if I said it well,
great, I'm not Italian,
00:38:36.31\00:38:39.71
but he was one of
the most important
00:38:39.75\00:38:43.08
Counter-Reformation
Contributors.
00:38:43.12\00:38:46.12
He was one of
the most important...
00:38:46.15\00:38:49.12
he had a significant impact
00:38:49.16\00:38:51.49
on what happened during
the Counter-Reformation.
00:38:51.53\00:38:55.76
Now, let's get
this, what is Reformation?
00:38:55.80\00:38:58.17
Movement back to the Bible...
00:38:58.20\00:39:00.27
what is Counter-Reformation?
00:39:00.30\00:39:01.97
It's the other football team
00:39:02.00\00:39:03.61
stop you from
moving back to the Bible.
00:39:03.64\00:39:06.37
He contributed to
the Counter-Reformation.
00:39:06.41\00:39:09.11
In other words,
"How can we stop people
00:39:09.14\00:39:11.75
from getting back to
the Bible successfully?"
00:39:11.78\00:39:14.25
And so, you find
as you study history,
00:39:14.28\00:39:17.29
that Robert Bellarmine...
00:39:17.32\00:39:19.25
Saint Robert Bellarmine
00:39:19.29\00:39:21.16
who was connected to
the Roman Catholic Church
00:39:21.19\00:39:24.53
not only as a
doctor but a priest,
00:39:24.56\00:39:26.93
significant in contributing.
00:39:26.96\00:39:29.53
One thing he also did
was he was a contemporary...
00:39:29.56\00:39:32.27
he embraced Futurism
00:39:32.30\00:39:34.04
and under his
rule and his domain,
00:39:34.07\00:39:37.51
he continued
advancing the ideology
00:39:37.54\00:39:40.91
that was
established by Francisco Ribera.
00:39:40.94\00:39:43.35
So write that name down.
00:39:43.38\00:39:44.75
You're getting all these answers
by giving you new names tonight.
00:39:44.78\00:39:47.62
Here's the next question...
00:39:47.65\00:39:50.12
This is a lot of homework,
00:39:50.19\00:39:52.55
I should get an
"A" for this project
00:39:52.62\00:39:54.06
let's... let's go
ahead and go, Number 7,
00:39:54.09\00:39:56.66
"Who embraced Futurism
00:39:56.69\00:39:59.53
and propagated it in
the coming centuries?
00:39:59.56\00:40:02.70
Now follow me very carefully,
00:40:02.73\00:40:04.07
what happened thousands
of years ago to some people
00:40:04.10\00:40:08.24
is just showing up today.
00:40:08.27\00:40:09.77
See darkness
wasn't born last week
00:40:09.80\00:40:13.84
or at the turn of the century,
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.21
or at the election
of the last President,
00:40:15.24\00:40:16.91
no, darkness was in process for
many, many, many, many centuries
00:40:16.95\00:40:21.12
as a matter of fact, let's
make a very quick point here,
00:40:21.15\00:40:23.35
the thought that you
die and you don't really die
00:40:23.39\00:40:26.82
goes all the way back to Eden
00:40:26.86\00:40:29.69
so that's 6,000 years ago.
00:40:29.72\00:40:32.53
Satan planted that seed
and today, people believe that
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.93
as you saw in one of our Series,
00:40:35.96\00:40:37.37
in television now-a-days there's
a new Series now coming on
00:40:37.40\00:40:39.87
called, "The Resurrection... "
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.60
coming on in March
00:40:41.64\00:40:43.20
and... and it
has an opening line
00:40:43.24\00:40:45.61
they popping
this up on commercial,
00:40:45.84\00:40:47.24
"What if someone you
love died and returned?"
00:40:47.28\00:40:52.18
And then they put
hash tag Resurrection...
00:40:52.21\00:40:57.09
Satan is blinding
so many millions...
00:40:57.12\00:41:01.32
billions by television
because they don't study
00:41:01.36\00:41:05.79
and they don't
read their Bibles.
00:41:05.83\00:41:08.43
Pause...
00:41:08.46\00:41:09.80
No longer,
"Angels in the Outfield"
00:41:09.83\00:41:11.87
or "Sub-Purgatory"
00:41:11.90\00:41:13.87
where dead people are
coming back to live in the...
00:41:13.90\00:41:15.44
in the suburbs
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.87
or six feet under
where people are...
00:41:16.91\00:41:18.24
I don't watch that
nonsense by the way, amen,
00:41:18.27\00:41:20.51
but I got to stay
aware of what's happening...
00:41:20.54\00:41:22.78
all these avenues of darkness.
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.38
Now he's going to
attack the resurrection
00:41:24.41\00:41:26.92
and by-the-way, let me tell
you something very carefully,
00:41:26.95\00:41:28.85
the resurrection is not going to
happen till Jesus comes, amen.
00:41:28.88\00:41:31.39
Let's go to the next
question, "Who embraced Futurism
00:41:31.42\00:41:35.12
and propagated it in
the coming centuries?"
00:41:35.16\00:41:38.23
Very
important... very important...
00:41:38.26\00:41:40.36
here's the answer.
00:41:40.40\00:41:42.33
Dr. S.R. Maitland
00:41:42.36\00:41:44.23
write that down
under Question number 7,
00:41:44.27\00:41:48.10
Dr. S.R. Maitland,
he was the Archbishop...
00:41:48.14\00:41:51.97
he was the
Archbishop of Canterbury.
00:41:52.01\00:41:55.04
He was referred to as "The
Keeper of the 1593 Manuscript"
00:41:55.08\00:42:01.05
He kept it at Lambeth
Palace, London, England.
00:42:01.08\00:42:04.65
Now, what was so...
what manuscript did he keep?
00:42:04.69\00:42:08.16
He was the one that was
the keeper of the manuscript
00:42:08.19\00:42:11.13
that was developed
by Francisco Ribera.
00:42:11.19\00:42:14.10
Pause...
00:42:14.13\00:42:18.57
and this manuscript
in his possession...
00:42:18.60\00:42:21.27
he continued to study...
00:42:21.30\00:42:23.87
this manuscript in his
possession... and then...
00:42:23.91\00:42:27.34
let's look at the next slide...
00:42:27.38\00:42:28.71
you wrote the answer
down... you gave the name...
00:42:28.74\00:42:30.51
look at what he did...
00:42:30.55\00:42:31.88
the next slide...
00:42:31.91\00:42:33.25
Archbishop of
Canterbury Dr. S.R. Maitland
00:42:33.28\00:42:36.12
republished the
manuscript of Francisco Ribera
00:42:36.15\00:42:39.42
on the Secret Rapture in
three different occasions,
00:42:39.45\00:42:42.76
1826... 1829... and 1830.
00:42:42.79\00:42:46.23
So, now let's
look at what happened.
00:42:46.26\00:42:47.63
You're going from the
1500s... then now 300 years...
00:42:47.66\00:42:52.93
almost 300 years
later, from 1590 now to 1830,
00:42:52.97\00:42:58.47
this... this
message is still alive
00:42:58.51\00:43:00.91
because people are proliferating
and simply taking theories
00:43:00.94\00:43:04.21
and re-publishing it,
00:43:04.25\00:43:05.58
let me tell you how that works
in our contemporary society,
00:43:05.61\00:43:07.92
The Beatles...
let's talk about this...
00:43:07.95\00:43:10.49
how that works.
00:43:10.52\00:43:11.99
Most young people today
know the name... The Beatles...
00:43:12.02\00:43:15.62
but the Beatles were not around
00:43:15.66\00:43:18.96
when most of these
young people were born
00:43:18.99\00:43:22.70
but many... many
Producers and Movie...
00:43:22.73\00:43:25.73
like Apple Computer
or the Apple website...
00:43:25.77\00:43:28.70
remember a number of years ago,
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.94
I saw a sign on
the Apple website,
00:43:30.97\00:43:33.07
"It's coming... it's coming...
it's coming... it's coming"
00:43:33.11\00:43:34.94
and then in November,
I think, of that year,
00:43:34.98\00:43:36.85
I went the next
week and saw... boom...
00:43:36.88\00:43:38.78
picture of the
Beatles and I'm thinking,
00:43:38.81\00:43:40.88
"That's what they
were talking about?
00:43:40.92\00:43:42.92
I thought it was a new
computer or a new laptop
00:43:42.95\00:43:44.45
or a new iPad or something...
" and they introduced...
00:43:44.49\00:43:47.42
re-introduced all the
music of the Beatles...
00:43:47.46\00:43:49.92
and I came to find
out a few years ago
00:43:49.96\00:43:51.89
when I did the
"Unclean Spirit" Series,
00:43:51.93\00:43:53.50
what that was all about.
00:43:53.53\00:43:54.86
Because the Beatles were
one of the first music groups
00:43:54.90\00:43:58.20
that became
disciples of Aleister Crowly...
00:43:58.23\00:44:00.54
this Occult Leader
00:44:00.57\00:44:02.00
and most of their lyrics
included occult theories...
00:44:02.04\00:44:06.68
occult teachings...
occult philosophies...
00:44:06.71\00:44:09.54
so what was the purpose
of reintroducing the Beatles?
00:44:09.58\00:44:12.51
To lace another
generation with occult theology
00:44:12.55\00:44:17.09
by the music they listened to.
00:44:17.12\00:44:18.62
So, that's what Satan does.
00:44:18.65\00:44:20.12
He finds a way to
keep darkness coming back
00:44:20.16\00:44:22.62
over and over and over again
00:44:22.66\00:44:24.53
and so, Archbishop of
Canterbury Dr. S.R. Maitland
00:44:24.56\00:44:31.10
re-published
something that was published
00:44:31.13\00:44:33.07
almost 300 years earlier
00:44:33.13\00:44:35.20
and it found its way
into London, England.
00:44:35.24\00:44:38.07
But let's go to
the next question.
00:44:38.11\00:44:39.77
Question number 8,
00:44:39.84\00:44:43.11
here it is...
00:44:43.14\00:44:45.11
pause...
00:44:45.15\00:44:46.61
more pause...
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.65
"How did Ribera's
Dispensationalist Theory
00:44:48.68\00:44:52.29
enter other countries?
00:44:52.32\00:44:54.89
How did Ribera's
Dispensationalist Theory
00:44:54.92\00:44:59.89
enter other countries?
00:44:59.93\00:45:02.00
Let's go to the answer.
00:45:02.03\00:45:04.10
Pause...
00:45:04.13\00:45:06.84
Another Jesuit priest by
the name of Manuel Lacunza
00:45:06.87\00:45:09.97
now this one is amazing to me,
00:45:10.01\00:45:11.57
Manuel Lacunza a
Jesuit Priest from Chile
00:45:11.61\00:45:14.34
espoused to not only Futurism
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.45
but Dispensationalism...
00:45:17.48\00:45:19.85
Futurism simply means
00:45:19.88\00:45:22.18
Revelation is going
to be fulfilled way down
00:45:22.22\00:45:23.72
and Dispensationalism
saying the 3-1/2 year period
00:45:23.75\00:45:26.92
the last part of
the 70-Week Prophecy
00:45:26.96\00:45:29.59
is going to be
applied to the Antichrist.
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.23
But go back...
bring that slide back up,
00:45:32.26\00:45:34.56
I want to show
somebody something,
00:45:34.60\00:45:35.93
bring that slide back up again,
00:45:35.96\00:45:37.30
because the bottom
of it is important,
00:45:37.33\00:45:38.73
when he published his
findings, to make it palatable,
00:45:38.77\00:45:43.00
he published it
under a fictitious name
00:45:43.04\00:45:45.77
Rabbi Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra.
00:45:45.81\00:45:49.44
He didn't give his name
and here's the reason why,
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.78
because people began to
believe, during that time,
00:45:52.81\00:45:56.12
that if the Jews espoused...
00:45:56.15\00:45:58.35
if the Jews
rubber-stamped this theology,
00:45:58.39\00:46:01.62
then it must be true.
00:46:01.66\00:46:03.06
He caught on to that
00:46:03.09\00:46:04.43
and published it
under a fictitious name
00:46:04.46\00:46:07.16
Rabbi Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra
00:46:07.20\00:46:10.10
and it was not only
proliferated but it was accepted
00:46:10.13\00:46:14.60
and he made his impact in Chile
00:46:14.67\00:46:16.71
and there was a lot
of uprising against that
00:46:16.74\00:46:18.34
however, the
theory caught on in Chile.
00:46:18.37\00:46:21.64
Now, notice, starting in Europe
00:46:21.68\00:46:24.01
then down in Chile
00:46:24.05\00:46:27.25
then also finding its
way into London, England
00:46:27.28\00:46:29.68
which is also part of Europe
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.05
from Italy to Chile
to London, England...
00:46:31.09\00:46:33.79
it's proliferating itself
all around the country of Europe
00:46:33.82\00:46:37.53
and down in South America,
00:46:37.56\00:46:39.43
but you have to
ask the question,
00:46:39.46\00:46:40.80
"Well, how did it get
to the United States?"
00:46:40.83\00:46:42.36
We're getting there...
hold on, we're getting there...
00:46:42.40\00:46:44.73
so, Question number 9,
00:46:44.80\00:46:46.84
Question number 9,
00:46:46.87\00:46:48.80
"Who was next to embrace
and convey Dispensationalism?"
00:46:48.87\00:46:54.74
Question number 9...
00:46:54.78\00:46:56.11
let's go to the
answer on the screen,
00:46:56.14\00:46:58.45
and the answer is,
"Reverend Edward Irving"
00:46:58.48\00:47:03.49
let me just...
let me just briefly...
00:47:03.52\00:47:06.12
Reverend Edward
Irving was removed
00:47:06.15\00:47:08.72
from the Church
of Scotland in 1832.
00:47:08.76\00:47:11.23
Now, you must ask
yourself the question, why?
00:47:11.29\00:47:13.06
He embraced this teaching and
was told not to proliferate it
00:47:13.09\00:47:17.47
because it was not Scriptural,
00:47:17.50\00:47:18.83
however, he embraced
the Pre-Tribulation Rapture
00:47:18.87\00:47:22.10
and this is what he did.
00:47:22.14\00:47:24.14
After being ex-communicated
00:47:24.17\00:47:26.11
or pushed or
removed from his church,
00:47:26.14\00:47:28.81
he founded the
Catholic Apostolic Church.
00:47:28.84\00:47:31.48
It's powerful...
00:47:31.51\00:47:33.62
if you do your
history, you'll find out
00:47:33.65\00:47:35.75
that the
Catholic Apostolic Church
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.99
is what we now call
the Pentecostal Church.
00:47:38.05\00:47:42.62
Audience: Oooooh!
00:47:42.66\00:47:46.13
Pause...
00:47:46.16\00:47:47.53
he was the
founder of that Movement.
00:47:47.56\00:47:49.66
He was the founder
of that Movement...
00:47:49.70\00:47:51.77
this embracing of the
Pre-tribulation Rapture
00:47:51.80\00:47:54.90
and that was in the year 1832...
00:47:54.97\00:47:57.54
removed from the
Church of Scotland
00:47:57.57\00:48:00.14
now embracing this theory...
00:48:00.18\00:48:02.14
told not to proliferate
it but he did anyway...
00:48:02.18\00:48:05.18
lost his connection
00:48:05.21\00:48:06.55
and instead of leaving it alone,
00:48:06.58\00:48:07.98
he said, "I'm going
to begin my own Movement"
00:48:08.02\00:48:10.59
now, it is called the
"Pentecostal Church" today
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.15
and you'll find in many
Pentecostal-Church circles,
00:48:13.19\00:48:15.72
the "Rapture... "
the "Secret Rapture"
00:48:15.76\00:48:17.09
is embraced and believed
00:48:17.13\00:48:18.46
and you wonder
how it got there...
00:48:18.49\00:48:20.40
contribute that to
Reverend Edward Irving.
00:48:20.43\00:48:23.23
Let's go to the next
question, Question number 10,
00:48:23.26\00:48:26.17
we're moving right along,
I think we'll get it tonight,
00:48:26.20\00:48:28.44
I think we might get it tonight.
00:48:28.47\00:48:30.24
Question number 10,
"What woman is known
00:48:30.27\00:48:34.18
for her contribution
to the Secret Rapture?"
00:48:34.21\00:48:38.08
It's not just men...
00:48:38.11\00:48:39.75
but there was a woman
that was very instrumental
00:48:39.78\00:48:41.88
in the proliferation and
the conveying of this theory
00:48:41.92\00:48:45.32
let me give you the
answer, it's on the screen.
00:48:45.35\00:48:47.09
Here it is, Margaret MacDonald
00:48:47.12\00:48:51.89
born in 1815.
00:48:51.93\00:48:54.20
She was known as a "Visionary"
00:48:54.23\00:48:57.07
what that means is,
she had lots of visions.
00:48:57.10\00:49:00.97
It's amazing how
she also alleged...
00:49:01.00\00:49:04.24
in 1830 Margaret alleged
to have received a vision
00:49:04.27\00:49:08.74
confirming the
Pre-Tribulation Rapture.
00:49:08.78\00:49:11.11
This is powerful...
00:49:11.15\00:49:12.48
now I want you to know
what is happening here?
00:49:12.51\00:49:13.88
Around the time that God
was raising up a true prophet,
00:49:13.92\00:49:18.95
Satan sought to counteract
it by raising up false prophets
00:49:18.99\00:49:23.99
giving false visions...
00:49:24.03\00:49:25.99
what was amazing
about that whole thing
00:49:26.03\00:49:27.70
with Margaret MacDonald...
00:49:27.73\00:49:29.10
I want to give you
some more about that,
00:49:29.13\00:49:31.47
Margaret
Macdonald had contemporaries
00:49:31.50\00:49:33.40
and they were those... I
put it in my notes here...
00:49:33.44\00:49:36.67
they were those that
had heard about her visions
00:49:36.71\00:49:39.97
and went and...
and spoke with her
00:49:40.01\00:49:43.08
this is strange...
00:49:43.11\00:49:44.55
some said that this
was truly the manifestation
00:49:44.58\00:49:47.85
of the Holy Spirit
00:49:47.88\00:49:49.22
but a man by the
name of John N. Darby...
00:49:49.25\00:49:51.52
although he said that
this was not the manifestation
00:49:51.55\00:49:54.86
of the Holy Spirit
but the work of Satan,
00:49:54.92\00:49:57.69
he still embraced the theory.
00:49:57.73\00:50:00.43
He rejected the vision she had
00:50:00.46\00:50:02.73
but he still embraced the theory
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.97
because this kind of
goes to my next question,
00:50:05.00\00:50:08.17
because he had been studying
about the "Secret Rapture"
00:50:08.20\00:50:12.01
long before he heard
about Margaret Macdonald.
00:50:12.04\00:50:15.28
So, put the
answer down for Number 10
00:50:15.31\00:50:17.55
as... a woman was
known... what's her answer?
00:50:17.58\00:50:20.62
Margaret MacDonald born in 1815.
00:50:20.65\00:50:23.22
Now let's go right along,
00:50:23.25\00:50:25.05
"Who was the
next key Contributor
00:50:25.09\00:50:28.36
to the Secret Rapture?"
00:50:28.39\00:50:30.56
Now, I use the
word "key" here because
00:50:30.59\00:50:32.19
there was a
transition that took place
00:50:32.23\00:50:33.83
under this next
person that's amazing
00:50:33.86\00:50:35.40
and by the way, let me go
ahead and give you the names
00:50:35.43\00:50:36.87
of those who had rejected this,
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.23
Edward Irving and
Henry Drummond said
00:50:38.27\00:50:42.04
that this was truly
the work of the Holy Spirit
00:50:42.10\00:50:44.37
but John Darby and
Benjamin Willis Newton
00:50:44.41\00:50:47.74
said that this was a
demonic manifestation.
00:50:47.78\00:50:51.05
Now, Benjamin Willis went along
to continue to reject the theory
00:50:51.08\00:50:54.98
but because John
N. Darby studied it
00:50:55.05\00:50:57.42
before Margaret MacDonald,
00:50:57.45\00:50:58.79
he embraced it long before her.
00:50:58.82\00:51:00.19
Now, let's go to the answer,
00:51:00.22\00:51:01.69
"Who was the
next key contributor
00:51:01.72\00:51:03.06
to the "Secret Rapture?"
00:51:03.09\00:51:04.43
Here's the
answer, John Nelson Darby.
00:51:04.46\00:51:07.20
He's labeled as the Modern
Father of Dispensationalism.
00:51:07.23\00:51:11.97
John N. Darby's
views called Darbyism
00:51:12.00\00:51:15.40
was embraced by
the Plymouth Brethren.
00:51:15.47\00:51:18.81
This is an amazing
thing because John N. Darby...
00:51:18.84\00:51:20.94
when he began studying this,
00:51:20.98\00:51:22.31
he too was called in
by his church leaders
00:51:22.34\00:51:26.92
and church fathers and said,
00:51:26.95\00:51:28.28
that this is not
supported by the Bible.
00:51:28.32\00:51:31.75
We commission you
to stop this teaching.
00:51:31.79\00:51:34.92
John N. Darby
continued to embrace it
00:51:34.96\00:51:37.96
and he too was
removed from his...
00:51:37.99\00:51:41.00
from his... from his position...
00:51:41.03\00:51:43.93
I was trying to use the word
there that they often refer...
00:51:43.97\00:51:46.74
he was removed from
his position as a Pastor...
00:51:46.80\00:51:49.74
he was moved from his
position as a Church Leader
00:51:49.77\00:51:52.71
but he went on
00:51:52.74\00:51:55.14
and this teaching
under John N. Darby
00:51:55.18\00:51:57.81
was embraced by
the Plymouth Brethren.
00:51:57.85\00:52:00.45
So the theory didn't die,
it just continued going on
00:52:00.48\00:52:03.92
and on and on and on.
00:52:03.99\00:52:06.19
So, notice this now,
00:52:06.22\00:52:08.36
John N. Darby
making his contribution
00:52:08.39\00:52:12.16
but now we're going to go on
00:52:12.19\00:52:13.53
and this is going to be
amazing we're going to see next.
00:52:13.56\00:52:15.63
Are you ready?
00:52:15.66\00:52:17.13
Let's go on...
00:52:17.17\00:52:18.53
Question number 12,
00:52:18.57\00:52:22.47
"Who made the
largest modern contribution
00:52:22.50\00:52:27.61
to the Secret Rapture?"
00:52:27.64\00:52:29.11
Who made the
largest modern contribution
00:52:29.14\00:52:31.98
to the Secret Rapture?"
00:52:32.01\00:52:33.38
Since you don't
have to turn your Bibles,
00:52:33.42\00:52:34.98
let's look at the
answer right away.
00:52:35.02\00:52:36.35
A man by the name of
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield
00:52:36.38\00:52:40.56
born in 1843.
00:52:40.59\00:52:44.29
This is powerful...
00:52:44.33\00:52:45.76
this is amazing.
00:52:45.79\00:52:47.20
From 1843 he lived to 1921.
00:52:47.23\00:52:50.13
He embraced... let me go
ahead and give you the slide
00:52:50.17\00:52:52.47
he popularized
Futurism... Dispensationalism...
00:52:52.50\00:52:57.31
and something called,
"Fundamentalist Christianity. "
00:52:57.34\00:52:59.94
Now-a-days, when you
talk about being Evangelical,
00:52:59.97\00:53:02.54
there's a
particular set of doctrines
00:53:02.58\00:53:04.28
that often identify
you as a Fundamentalist.
00:53:04.31\00:53:07.02
and... and...
and... John N. Darby...
00:53:07.05\00:53:11.29
I mean, Cyrus Ingerson
Scofield contributed to that.
00:53:11.32\00:53:14.86
He was an American theologian
00:53:14.89\00:53:16.29
but let's go ahead
and see what else he did.
00:53:16.32\00:53:17.96
I want you to get this,
00:53:17.99\00:53:19.33
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield embraced
Darby's and Ribera's teaching
00:53:19.36\00:53:24.43
on the Secret Rapture
00:53:24.50\00:53:26.07
and created the annotated
Scofield Reference Bible.
00:53:26.13\00:53:30.41
At that time, it was
called "The Books of Books. "
00:53:30.44\00:53:34.14
Now, somebody may say,
"Wait a minute, wait a minute,
00:53:34.18\00:53:37.81
doesn't that sound...
that sounds familiar. "
00:53:37.85\00:53:40.38
Scofield Reference Bible,
well, look at the next slide.
00:53:40.42\00:53:44.69
Here's the picture of three
of Scofield's Study Bibles.
00:53:44.75\00:53:48.99
The far... the
left one is the NIV,
00:53:49.02\00:53:51.33
the center one is the
New King James Version,
00:53:51.36\00:53:53.60
and the far right one is
the old Scofield's Study Bible
00:53:53.66\00:53:57.37
in the King James Version.
00:53:57.40\00:53:58.97
Laced in those
books are the teachings
00:53:59.00\00:54:03.27
that the "Rapture" exists,
00:54:03.30\00:54:07.31
as a matter of fact,
look at this next slide.
00:54:07.34\00:54:08.78
Here's what those... if
you follow the Study Notes,
00:54:08.81\00:54:11.05
not the Bible... but if
you follow the Study Notes,
00:54:11.08\00:54:13.28
here's what the next slide says:
00:54:13.31\00:54:15.22
The Scofield
Bible and Study Notes:
00:54:15.25\00:54:17.12
will teach you the Non-Biblical
Teachings: "The Gap Theory"
00:54:17.15\00:54:20.42
that means, the last week
of Daniel was never finished,
00:54:20.46\00:54:23.69
"Restoration of
the Nation of Israel"
00:54:23.73\00:54:26.06
meaning, later on the
Jews are going to be converted
00:54:26.09\00:54:27.86
and convert the world...
00:54:27.90\00:54:29.23
the other one... that
Pre-Tribulation Rapture
00:54:29.26\00:54:31.97
and the Millennial
earthly reign of Jesus.
00:54:32.00\00:54:34.44
So, if you're using
any of those Bibles,
00:54:34.47\00:54:36.84
if you are following
the Scofield Study Notes...
00:54:36.87\00:54:39.27
that's why so
many people now-a-days,
00:54:39.31\00:54:41.14
they read their Bibles
00:54:41.18\00:54:42.51
and instead of
reading Genesis to Revelation
00:54:42.54\00:54:44.85
they read the Study Notes
and it twists the Scriptures.
00:54:44.88\00:54:48.28
As many people know that
1st Thessalonians chapter 4
00:54:48.32\00:54:51.22
where the Bible says,
00:54:51.25\00:54:52.59
"The Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout... "
00:54:52.62\00:54:54.32
they believe that's
the "Secret Rapture"
00:54:54.36\00:54:56.12
but that's not
the "Secret Rapture"
00:54:56.16\00:54:57.49
it's going to be
audible, can you say "Amen"?
00:54:57.53\00:54:59.09
A shout...
trumpet... voice of God
00:54:59.13\00:55:01.36
but in the
Scofield's Study Notes
00:55:01.43\00:55:03.60
he leads you to think that
that is the "Secret Rapture. "
00:55:03.67\00:55:08.30
Also, he teaches
that Revelation 4 verse 1
00:55:08.34\00:55:10.44
is the snatching
away of the church
00:55:10.47\00:55:12.51
but not the Bible...
the Bible doesn't teach that
00:55:12.54\00:55:14.78
it simply teaches...
John was in vision...
00:55:14.81\00:55:17.11
that's all that simply does.
00:55:17.15\00:55:18.51
And now let's go faster
00:55:18.55\00:55:19.95
because we have to
finish this tonight,
00:55:19.98\00:55:21.32
here's the next question,
00:55:21.35\00:55:22.68
"What popular
author impacted the 1980's
00:55:22.72\00:55:25.49
with his Secret
Rapture Predictions?
00:55:25.52\00:55:28.46
I think everybody knows,
00:55:28.49\00:55:30.39
let's go to the next
slide very quickly here,
00:55:30.43\00:55:32.49
here is his name, Harold
Lee also known as Hal Lindsey.
00:55:32.53\00:55:38.73
Evangelist and Writer...
00:55:38.80\00:55:41.00
he popularized Christian
Zionism and Dispensationalism.
00:55:41.04\00:55:47.24
In other words,
Hal Lindsey taught
00:55:47.28\00:55:49.78
that there was going
to be a... a six-day war
00:55:49.81\00:55:53.11
that was going to
occur on the earth,
00:55:53.18\00:55:54.75
a six-day war...
00:55:54.78\00:55:56.12
he keeps referring
to the valley of Megiddo
00:55:56.15\00:55:57.89
over there in the Middle East
00:55:57.92\00:55:59.25
when Russia is
going to attack Israel
00:55:59.29\00:56:00.62
and there's going to
be a blood bath there,
00:56:00.66\00:56:02.02
and then the "Rapture"
is going to take place.
00:56:02.06\00:56:03.43
He always talked about that,
00:56:03.46\00:56:04.79
he popularized that.
00:56:04.83\00:56:06.16
Hal Lindsey... and
notice... look at the next slide
00:56:06.19\00:56:08.73
Hal Lindsay in those books:
The "Late Great Planet Earth"
00:56:08.76\00:56:11.33
sold 15 million copies
00:56:11.37\00:56:14.34
so at least 15
million people read his views
00:56:14.37\00:56:18.87
on the false theory
started some 500 years ago
00:56:18.91\00:56:23.35
by Francisco Ribera.
00:56:23.38\00:56:25.91
No wonder the
world's in darkness.
00:56:25.95\00:56:27.68
No wonder there's so
much darkness in our world.
00:56:27.72\00:56:29.95
Let's go quickly
to the next slide,
00:56:29.98\00:56:31.95
here it is, let
me... look at this...
00:56:31.99\00:56:33.92
"If you follow Hal Lindsey,
00:56:33.96\00:56:35.62
you've probably changed
the 'end of the world' date
00:56:35.66\00:56:38.09
in your calendar several times.
00:56:38.13\00:56:40.20
His 'Late Great Planet Earth,'
00:56:40.23\00:56:42.23
which was the best-selling
nonfiction book of the 1970s,
00:56:42.26\00:56:46.10
predicted that
the world would end
00:56:46.13\00:56:48.34
sometime before
December 31, 1988.
00:56:48.40\00:56:50.94
His later books,
though less specific,
00:56:50.97\00:56:53.44
suggested that believers
not plan on being on Earth
00:56:53.48\00:56:56.51
past the 1980s... then the 1990s
00:56:56.54\00:56:59.18
and, of course, the 2000s.
00:56:59.21\00:57:00.62
But Lindsey did more than just
wrongly predict the end of days;
00:57:00.68\00:57:03.72
he popularized a
genre of prophecy books
00:57:03.79\00:57:07.49
and I'm going to leave it
as a cliffhanger right there
00:57:07.56\00:57:10.56
because next week
you're going to see
00:57:10.59\00:57:12.16
what that genre is,
00:57:12.19\00:57:13.63
he popularized a
genre of prophecy books
00:57:13.66\00:57:19.60
that took off after Hal Lindsey
00:57:19.63\00:57:22.44
and so, Friends, tonight,
00:57:22.47\00:57:23.81
I praise the Lord that we are
not living in an age of darkness
00:57:23.84\00:57:27.48
can you say, "Amen. "
00:57:27.51\00:57:28.84
Times of
ignorance God winked at...
00:57:28.88\00:57:31.28
next Wednesday,
we're going to show you
00:57:31.31\00:57:34.32
what that
popular genre of books is
00:57:34.35\00:57:37.29
or are... and what it has done
00:57:37.32\00:57:40.06
how many have been sold
00:57:40.09\00:57:41.42
and also show you
the remaining authors
00:57:41.46\00:57:43.69
that have contributed
to this... to his theory
00:57:43.73\00:57:46.26
that's about 500 years old.
00:57:46.29\00:57:49.13
Nothing but a theory...
00:57:49.16\00:57:51.90
according to history and
the study of God's Word...
00:57:51.93\00:57:54.74
no Scriptural support
00:57:54.80\00:57:57.17
so continue studying God's Word
00:57:57.21\00:57:58.74
and if it doesn't
make sense, Friends,
00:57:58.77\00:58:00.41
I guarantee you, one day it
will come into a sharper focus.
00:58:00.44\00:58:03.91
God bless you.
00:58:03.95\00:58:05.28