Hello, friends, welcome
to another Bible study here
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at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We want to welcome you to
this wonderful spring time
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with a hearty amen.
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Can we all say amen? Amen!
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And we have our Bibles
open, our hearts are open,
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and we're asking for the Lord
as we are going to invite you
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to join us in
prayer in just a moment.
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We are asking for the
Lord to continue to teach us
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and to guide us
through His Word.
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And as you know, if you've been
following the broadcast lately,
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we are discussing
Babylon, Spiritual Babylon,
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the truth about
Spiritual Babylon
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and it's quite
an immersive topic.
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One that cannot be
covered in one broadcast
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and so we're glad
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that with each
of these broadcasts,
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we don't have to
do it all at one time,
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we'll continue to the
next and the next and so on
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until we finish
this particular topic,
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But we've
covered a lot thus far,
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and we thank you for tuning in.
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And in just a
moment, after our prayer,
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I'll tell you how to
get a copy of the lesson
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so that you can follow
along with us in this study.
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But before we go any further,
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let's begin with
a word of prayer.
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Our gracious Father
in heaven, thank You
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that You are going
to lead us and guide us
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and bless us tonight.
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We know that as
we open Your Word,
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we pray that
You'll open our hearts.
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We know this topic
is of vital importance,
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for You would not have
included it in Your Word
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but because You have,
Holy Spirit come and teach us,
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draw us into the
presence of our Lord
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and when this program is done,
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may we not only
have more knowledge,
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but a greater love and
passion to serve Jesus,
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and we ask this in
Your precious name,
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amen.
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Now, for a copy of the
lesson, go to this website,
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asf.3abn.org.
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That is, in most cases
you don't need to put the www,
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but if you have a PC
that really recommends
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or was begging for
that, just go and put it,
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but for the most part,
if you put asf.3abn.org,
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download lesson number 29,
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the truth about
Spiritual Babylon
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and then you will be
able to follow along,
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and tonight we will
begin at question number 11,
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but before we do that,
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we're gonna sing our theme song,
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and our theme song is what?
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"Victory in Jesus."
Let's sing that song together.
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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 sin
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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
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I'll sing up there
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The song of victory 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? Amen.
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You know, some of us say
beneath the cleansing flood,
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some say blood.
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In this song,
it's the same thing
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because the blood of Jesus
is in fact the cleansing flood
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that is the
deluge of righteousness
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is wide enough to wash away
the sins of the entire world
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and that's good news tonight.
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Well, our topic is the
truth about Spiritual Babylon.
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Say that with me, it is what?
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The truth about
Spiritual Babylon.
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Now this topic is of
such vital importance
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that a number of chapters
in the Bible are dedicated
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to understanding that.
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It's first introduced...
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Spiritual Babylon
is first introduced
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in Revelation Chapter 14,
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and then in
Revelation 17 and 18,
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and then portions of
19 include the landscape,
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the broadening, the
deeper understanding
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of what Spiritual Babylon is.
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Now, Revelation is a book
that lot of people don't study,
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some churches don't study it,
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some churches say it's
a hard book to understand,
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but it is called the
Revelation of Jesus Christ,
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meaning it's revealed
that's never been shut,
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never been
locked, it's an open book.
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The topic of Babylon is
one of such great importance
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because, when we read
about the impact of Babylon
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on the world,
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we can conclude
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that God has an
urgent message for everyone
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that is affected
by this institution.
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Let's go to Revelation
Chapter 14 and begin tonight.
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And I wanna just
go ahead and show you
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because we spent a lot of
time on the three messages
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of the angels of Revelation 14.
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We talked about
the judgment hour,
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fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come
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and worship Him that
made heaven and earth,
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the sea and the
springs of waters.
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That's the
judgment, our message meaning,
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the time in which we live
is the pre advent judgment,
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simply meaning the
investigation of the lies
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of those that claim
to be connected to Christ
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before He returns
in the Second Advent,
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but now there is a
warning in Revelation Chapter 14
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that includes this message
that we are covering tonight.
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Look with me at Revelation
14:8 and the Bible says,
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"And another angel followed,
saying, Babylon is," what?
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Fallen.
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"Is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
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because she made all
nations drink of the wine
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of the wrath of
her fornication."
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Now when you think about
the language that's used here,
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Babylon, her, great
city, she made all nations.
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This is the message
that effects everyone
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whether you are in
Russia, or America, or Africa,
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or Canada, or
in the Philippines,
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wherever you are,
Canada, the Caribbean,
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the Virgin
Islands, wherever you are,
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this message includes everyone
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because all
nations have in some degree
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been effected by Babylon
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but the sad news is, a
lot of people don't know
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how they have been
effected by Babylon.
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Now when you go back to
the antiquities of Babylon,
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Babylon was a great city.
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It began in
Genesis after the flood,
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there was a tower
built called the tower of...?
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Best way, Babel
actually is the way it's said,
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Babel, which is what
babies do, they Babel.
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You know, ba-ba,
ba-ba, meaning confusion.
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This tower was built
out of distrust for God.
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They didn't believe
the promises of God.
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So this tower was an
attempt by their own works
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to save themselves.
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So Babylon is a system
based on works that produce,
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so to speak, salvation.
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In other words, the thought
is, we are saved by our works.
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That was the initial
foundation of Babylon.
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They built the
tower distrusting God,
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but the Lord came down
and confused the tongues.
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Second symbolization of Babylon
is the confusion of languages,
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the confusion of
tongues and today,
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what we are gonna do
on the next broadcast
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is we are going to
outline some of the doctrines
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that are found
in Spiritual Babylon
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because there are those of you
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that are watching this broadcast
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that may not, may not understand
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a lot of the
truths of the Bible,
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but in order to
know that you are where
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God doesn't
want you to continue,
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you have to understand
how were you are worshipping
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might had been
affected by Spiritual Babylon.
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So there are doctrines
and teachings that have been,
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that had been introduced
into many circles of worship
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and many people don't know
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that these have their foundation
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in Spiritual Babylon.
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Now, Babylon is a place where,
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when you read about it
in Revelation Chapter 17,
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go there with me,
Revelation Chapter 17.
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Revelation 17:1, I just
wanna lay some foundation
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before we jump to
question number 11
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because we have covered quite
a bit on this topic already
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and as I said, if you didn't
get any of the early topics,
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you can go to
that very same website.
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I'll tell you about it
before the program is done
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where there are
videos that you can look at
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that will give you
the other components
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that you may have missed
in some of the past lessons.
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But Revelation
17, look at verse 1,
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"Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
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came and talked
with me, saying to me,
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'Come, I will
show you the judgment
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of the great harlot
who sits on many," what?
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"On many waters.'
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" And you wanna find out
what the waters represent,
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look at verse 15, and he said,
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"The waters which you
saw, where the harlot sits,
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are peoples, multitudes,
nations, and tongues."
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And so once again Revelation 17
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introduces this
system of Babylon
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and the word sits on
means, has authority over,
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has authority over,
jurisdiction over, over what?
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Over multitudes and
nations, peoples and tongues.
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That means, if you
encompass the entire world,
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in some degree
Babylon affects that.
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We also discovered that Babylon
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has a power behind it.
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Who remembers the
power behind Babylon?
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Give me the single word
of the power behind Babylon.
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No.
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Who is behind Babylon?
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The other, he's on the other
side of the Great Controversy.
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Satan.
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Satan. Satan.
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This woman is sitting
on a scarlet colored beast
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that has seven
heads and ten horns.
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And when you read Revelation,
this is vitally important,
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when you read
Revelation, matter of fact
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if you read Daniel, you
see a beast with ten horns
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but not seven
heads and ten horns,
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and those ten horns represented
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the nations that
existed during the Dark Ages,
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three of them were removed
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by the power of Rome and
they were brought down and,
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you know, if you
follow the whole history
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of the Roman church
during the Dark Ages,
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all the nations that opposed
to the rise of the Roman Empire
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as well as the
rise of papal Rome
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were moved out of the
way, they were destroyed.
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But now you come down
to Revelation Chapter 17
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and then you are
introduced to a beast
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with seven heads and ten horns.
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If we go to
Revelation Chapter 12,
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go there very quickly with me.
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If you go to
Revelation Chapter 12,
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you'll see
exactly who this beast is
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that the woman is sitting on.
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What is another
word for scarlet?
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Someone tell me.
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I tried it, my
shirt is not red enough,
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my shirt is kind of fuchsia,
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but it's about close
as I can get for tonight.
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Another word for scarlet
is red, the scarlet robe,
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the scarlet letter, red.
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Let's look at this beast
with seven heads and ten horns.
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Revelation 12:2, all
right or Revelation 12:3,
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" And another sign
appeared in heaven:
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behold, a
great, fiery red dragon
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having seven
heads and ten horns,
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and seven diadems on his heads."
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Now, go quickly
to Revelation 17 now
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and let's go ahead
and see this again.
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All right.
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Revelation
Chapter 17, here we are.
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And it says in verse
3, "So he carried me away
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in the Spirit
into the wilderness.
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And I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast
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which was full of
names of blasphemy,
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having seven heads
and," what? "Ten horns."
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So, the only, the first place
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that the seven head,
ten horn beast is introduced
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is Revelation Chapter 12.
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From that point on, as
you go through the Bible,
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you begin to
understand that this is a symbol
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that John is
given to describe Satan.
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He work through other powers,
he works through pagan powers,
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he works through governments
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that are against
the rise of God's church
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and the progress
of God's message,
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but in direct
interpretation of the symbol,
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it represents Satan himself.
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Now last time, want to
go to Revelation Chapter 1,
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I wanna just give
you a quick glimpse.
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We gotta look at
this very quickly
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because it lays foundation
to where we are headed next.
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Revelation 1:8, now
there are comparisons,
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since Revelation is
about the Revelation of Jesus,
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Revelation also reveals those
who are in opposition to Jesus,
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right?
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Revelation 1:8, I
wanna show you something
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because the Bible has a
way of describing Jesus,
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Revelation Chapter
1, so why am I in Jude,
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I'm almost there, here
we are, Revelation Chapter 1
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and notice what the Bible,
how the Bible describes Jesus,
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"I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and," the? "End."
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And look at this, "Who was,
who is and who was and," what?
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"Who is to come, the Almighty."
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Who is presently, who
was and who is to come.
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That's, there's never a
time that Jesus is not existing.
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And notice I said, notice I
didn't say there's never time
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that Jesus wasn't existing
because He is in eternity.
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Who is the I am, who
was, and who is to come?
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Was means Jesus had
a pre-existent state
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before He came to earth,
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before He came to be
given the name Jesus, right?
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Before He
received the name Jesus,
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there was a different
name he had, the name Michael,
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but when He came to the
earth, when He condescended
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and took on human flesh,
the Bible says in Matthew 1:21
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called His name Jesus,
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for He will save His
people from their sin.
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So that's the, that is the,
was Michael is and is to come
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and when He comes
again, He's gonna come not as
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the man Christ Jesus,
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but the King of
kings and Lord of lords.
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His pre-existent
state with the father
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before the world was,
when he came to the earth
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and he's coming again who
is, who was and who is to come.
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But now look at the way
that the Bible describes Satan.
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Revelation 17:8.
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All right, and
then we gonna go ahead
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and begin on question number 11.
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Foundation is
often good to be laid.
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All right.
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Revelation 17:11 and for those
of you that have the lesson
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that's been
following us this far,
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this is question number 10,
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we're not gonna bring
question 10 upon the board,
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but I'll just go ahead
and give you the answers here
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as it is described
in Revelation 17:8.
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The Bible says
in Revelation 17:8,
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"The beast that you
saw, "what's the next word?
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What's the next word?
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Was and is not
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and all will ascend
out of the bottomless pit
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and go into perdition.
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"And those who dwell
on the earth will marvel,
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whose names are not
written in the Book of Life
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from the
foundation of the world,
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when they see the
beast that, " together,
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"was and is not and yet is."
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So notice the
description, he, he was, is not,
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will ascend out
of the bottomless pit
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and then go into perdition.
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That's his final end.
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And then the Bible also
says, the beast that was
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and is not and yet is.
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Meaning, he does not
maintain at this present time,
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the power and the
beauty and the authority
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that the Lord gave
him when he was Lucifer,
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the unfallen angel
who was and is, yeah,
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we know he's still active
and that's why the yet is,
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is particularly there.
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So notice Jesus, who
is, who was, who is to come,
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who was, who is not, and yet is.
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Those are the two characters
in the great controversy,
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Christ, let me use my
right hand for Christ,
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Christ and Satan.
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But now let's go
to question number 11
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so we could dive
into our topic tonight.
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Question number 11 for tonight
since we laid the foundation,
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foundation for those two beasts,
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here's Revelation
and question number 11.
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What is the
forecast about the beast
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with seven heads and ten horns?
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What is the
forecast? What is the forecast?
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And we're looking at
Revelation 17:11, okay.
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Revelation 17:11,
let's look at that together
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and I don't think we
gonna get to number 24 tonight,
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but I am sure we're
gonna make a valiant attempt
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but if we don't, we will cover
that in the next broadcast.
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Here's the
answer, Revelation 17:11,
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"The beast that," say
that yellow word together,
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"was, and is not,
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is himself also the eighth,
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and is of the
seven, " and is, "what?
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"Going to perdition."
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So what is the
forecast about the beast
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with seven heads and ten horns?
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What's that last word?
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Perdition and that word is,
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what's another
word for perdition?
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Destruction.
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Destruction, in other
words, the lake of fire.
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Satan will be
destroyed in the end.
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Can we get an amen to that?
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Amen. Amen.
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So he has an end,
he has a forecast.
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There's a...
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The Lord has forecast
his final destruction.
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He may be producing havoc now,
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but he will come
to an end one day.
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But those who serve the
Lord, they have eternal life,
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those who are with the
Lord never come to an end,
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and that's the good news.
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Amen. All right.
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Let's go to question number 12.
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Question number 12, okay.
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What does the Bible reveal
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about the ten
horns connected to Satan?
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This is very interesting.
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What does the Bible reveal
00:20:14.34\00:20:15.68
about the ten horns
connection to Satan?
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The ten horns
connection to Satan.
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You know, it's amazing
when you begin to look at this
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and the answer is
found in Revelation 17:12.
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The answer is found
in Revelation 17:12.
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All right? Let's look at that.
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I know I have my Bible open,
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we're gonna spend a lot
of time in Revelation 17:12.
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All right?
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Here's the answer,
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it appears on the
screen for those who are here
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and those who are
watching the program.
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The Bible reads as follow,
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"The ten horns
which you saw are," what
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"Ten kings who have
received no kingdom as yet,
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but they receive
authority for one hour as kings
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with the beast."
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This is huge,
cannot run past this.
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Now let me tell you why?
00:21:06.59\00:21:08.10
Because when you go
to Daniel Chapter 7,
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you see a beast with ten horns
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and we know
what that represents?
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That represents the
nations that existed
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during the Dark Ages.
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The Franks or the
French, now the Lombards or the,
00:21:21.14\00:21:24.58
or the English, the Burgundians,
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the names exist,
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you know, and so you
have all these nations
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that were throughout Europe,
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.39
throughout Asia that resisted
the rise of the Roman power.
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Those three nations,
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they were three
nations of the ten
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that were brought to an end
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but that meant,
there were only seven horns
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and then one little horn came up
00:21:46.94\00:21:48.44
representing the
voice of the Roman church,
00:21:48.47\00:21:50.91
the little horn represented
the rise of the papacy.
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You remember that?
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So then, you didn't
have ten any longer,
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but when you now
look at this picture,
00:22:00.55\00:22:03.25
the Bible says, the
ten horns which you saw
00:22:03.28\00:22:06.39
are ten kings who have
received no kingdom as yet,
00:22:06.42\00:22:09.49
but they receive
authority for one hour as kings
00:22:09.52\00:22:12.43
with the beast.
00:22:12.46\00:22:13.80
Let me make a suggestion.
00:22:13.83\00:22:15.16
You know, you
can often communicate
00:22:15.20\00:22:17.13
through the phrase suggestion
00:22:17.17\00:22:19.27
because suggestion
is not speculation,
00:22:19.30\00:22:21.84
but suggestion is
something to consider
00:22:21.87\00:22:24.14
because as I am
presenting this to you,
00:22:24.17\00:22:26.31
the Bible is saying,
when the beast appears,
00:22:26.34\00:22:30.61
when the leader
of Babylon appears,
00:22:30.65\00:22:34.55
he is going to
receive the support of kings.
00:22:34.58\00:22:38.22
And when you think of the phrase
00:22:38.25\00:22:39.59
or the word kings, that
speaks of leaders of earth,
00:22:39.62\00:22:43.39
the kings of the earth,
and you find that talked
00:22:43.43\00:22:45.56
about so much in
Revelation Chapter 17,
00:22:45.59\00:22:48.53
you'll see that
again in Revelation 19,
00:22:48.56\00:22:50.23
the kings of the
earth and their army,
00:22:50.27\00:22:51.67
and the chief
captains, and the mighty men's.
00:22:51.70\00:22:53.67
It talks about leaders of
nation, political leaders.
00:22:53.70\00:22:57.01
So when Satan rises,
00:22:57.04\00:23:00.88
something he is going to do
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.78
to get the support of
the leaders of the earth
00:23:02.81\00:23:07.22
and I want to kind of
leave that as a cliff hanger
00:23:07.25\00:23:09.92
because I am gonna introduce
to you what that's going to be.
00:23:09.95\00:23:12.42
I wanna kind of
let you hold on to that
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.06
because when you look at
00:23:14.09\00:23:15.42
what's gonna be
happening in the end,
00:23:15.46\00:23:17.43
Jesus made some... Jesus.
00:23:17.46\00:23:19.83
Let's go to Matthew 24.
00:23:19.86\00:23:21.53
Yet you want me to tell you,
00:23:21.56\00:23:23.80
but let's go ahead
and write the answer down
00:23:23.83\00:23:25.23
first of all for number 12.
00:23:25.27\00:23:26.60
What does the Bible
reveal about the ten horns
00:23:26.63\00:23:28.54
connection to Satan?
00:23:28.57\00:23:31.67
They will receive
authority for one hour with him.
00:23:31.71\00:23:34.98
They will unite
with him for one hour.
00:23:35.01\00:23:38.38
They will receive
authority for one hour.
00:23:38.41\00:23:41.88
They'll connect
themselves to him
00:23:41.92\00:23:43.49
and that one hour
means short, right?
00:23:43.52\00:23:47.32
The Bible says, "The devil
has come down having great wrath
00:23:47.36\00:23:49.39
because he knows he
has a short time," okay.
00:23:49.42\00:23:53.29
Matthew Chapter 24,
00:23:53.33\00:23:54.66
I'm gonna put my pen
here in Revelation 17,
00:23:54.70\00:23:58.80
so I not lose my way.
00:23:58.83\00:24:01.90
You know, I had a
cold four weeks ago
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.47
and the remnants of
it are on the way out.
00:24:04.51\00:24:06.51
Thank you Lord.
00:24:06.54\00:24:08.18
But there's a dryness
that still exists there
00:24:08.21\00:24:11.28
that every now
and then comes up.
00:24:11.31\00:24:15.18
All right.
00:24:15.22\00:24:16.62
Matthew Chapter 24, all right.
00:24:16.65\00:24:19.25
Let's see, okay.
00:24:23.69\00:24:29.63
Oh, there's so much here
that I want to bring out,
00:24:29.66\00:24:32.47
Matthew Chapter 24,
let's go ahead and...
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I'll give you a sign,
I'll give you a little glimpse
00:24:37.07\00:24:39.91
of the context
00:24:39.94\00:24:41.51
of what's going to
happen in those days,
00:24:41.54\00:24:43.51
Matthew 24, look
at verse 7, all right,
00:24:43.55\00:24:48.52
'cause I wanna
go down to verse 9,
00:24:48.55\00:24:50.45
"For nation will
rise against nation,
00:24:50.49\00:24:53.49
and kingdom against kingdom.
00:24:53.52\00:24:55.56
There will be
famines, pestilences,
00:24:55.59\00:24:58.46
and earthquakes in various
places or diverse places.
00:24:58.49\00:25:01.80
All these are the
beginning of sorrow.
00:25:01.83\00:25:03.43
Now, when you
hear about the famines,
00:25:03.47\00:25:04.87
the pestilence of
wars, the rumors of wars,
00:25:04.90\00:25:06.60
the earthquakes, these
are just the beginning,
00:25:06.63\00:25:09.30
but the picture is going
to, all of a sudden change.
00:25:09.34\00:25:13.94
And look at the next
part, that's very important.
00:25:13.98\00:25:18.08
It says in verse 9,
00:25:18.11\00:25:19.81
then they will
deliver you up to what?
00:25:19.85\00:25:23.35
Tribulation.
00:25:23.39\00:25:24.72
Tribulation and killed you
and you will be, the next word?
00:25:24.75\00:25:29.19
Hated of all
nations for my name sake.
00:25:29.22\00:25:34.53
Now, let me make a suggestion.
00:25:34.56\00:25:37.53
Obviously, if Satan's behind it,
00:25:37.57\00:25:40.10
his only aim is
to gather support
00:25:40.14\00:25:42.67
to build a
coalition and to do what?
00:25:42.70\00:25:45.17
To go after the people of God.
00:25:45.21\00:25:47.54
That's why the people of God,
there's going to come a time
00:25:47.58\00:25:49.91
that the people of
God are gonna be hated of,
00:25:49.94\00:25:52.38
of all nations for his name sake
00:25:52.41\00:25:56.28
because the
climate is gonna be of such
00:25:56.32\00:25:58.52
that I believe that
when Satan shows up,
00:25:58.55\00:26:01.42
appearing to have the
answer, he'll get the support
00:26:01.46\00:26:04.46
of the leaders of the nation.
00:26:04.49\00:26:05.83
He'll get the support,
he's going to come at a time
00:26:05.86\00:26:08.03
when the world is in
a catastrophic meltdown
00:26:08.06\00:26:10.97
where everything
that we have trusted in
00:26:11.00\00:26:13.13
throughout the
centuries and millennia
00:26:13.17\00:26:14.87
have begun to crumble before us.
00:26:14.90\00:26:18.51
And at a time when men heart,
00:26:18.54\00:26:19.87
men's hearts are
failing them for fear
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.54
and somebody shows up
00:26:21.58\00:26:23.85
that looks like
he has the answer,
00:26:23.88\00:26:25.35
he will get the
support of the nations.
00:26:25.38\00:26:27.32
Now, I'm trying
to be vague tonight
00:26:27.35\00:26:28.68
because I'm gonna
break the egg open later on,
00:26:28.72\00:26:30.35
but it's important
that I laid a foundation
00:26:30.39\00:26:32.15
that still in our
questions before I just say,
00:26:32.19\00:26:34.69
here it is, all right?
00:26:34.72\00:26:36.83
You don't wanna go
too far ahead of yourself.
00:26:36.86\00:26:38.79
I don't wanna go
too far ahead of myself.
00:26:38.83\00:26:41.00
But the point is simply made
00:26:41.03\00:26:42.96
that because of this
false system of Babylon,
00:26:43.00\00:26:48.67
this whole coalition
00:26:48.70\00:26:50.57
that is against
the government of God,
00:26:50.61\00:26:52.64
the people of God
will be under attack.
00:26:52.67\00:26:55.48
Let's go to one
more text to verify that,
00:26:55.51\00:26:57.45
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:26:57.48\00:27:00.02
Revelation Chapter 12.
00:27:00.05\00:27:01.38
Somebody once
said, you could meander
00:27:04.69\00:27:07.56
through Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John
00:27:07.59\00:27:09.39
and roller skate
00:27:09.42\00:27:11.36
through the apostles
in the New Testament,
00:27:11.39\00:27:13.80
but by the time
you get to Revelation,
00:27:13.83\00:27:15.33
you better have on
your deep sea diving here
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.70
'cause you will
drown, it's a deep book.
00:27:17.73\00:27:20.20
You gotta really be
thinking to keep track
00:27:20.24\00:27:22.20
of what's being unfolded.
00:27:22.24\00:27:24.01
Look at Revelation 12:17,
remember now, Revelation 12:3
00:27:24.04\00:27:29.81
and then verse 9 describes
00:27:29.84\00:27:31.85
the beast with seven heads
and ten horns as the dragon,
00:27:31.88\00:27:34.82
remember that?
00:27:34.85\00:27:36.18
Look at verse 3,
just glance at it.
00:27:36.22\00:27:37.92
Revelation 12:3, seven heads,
a dragon having seven heads,
00:27:37.95\00:27:41.69
ten horns, you see that?
00:27:41.72\00:27:43.06
Amen, so you see that, okay.
00:27:43.09\00:27:44.99
And verse 9 describes
who that is and it says,
00:27:45.03\00:27:48.56
so the great
dragon was cast out,
00:27:48.60\00:27:50.53
that serpent of old
called the devil and Satan
00:27:50.57\00:27:52.40
so the beast with seven heads
and ten horns is who, tell me?
00:27:52.43\00:27:55.10
Satan.
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.47
Satan, okay,
now, go to verse 17.
00:27:56.50\00:27:59.64
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
00:27:59.67\00:28:02.24
and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring,
00:28:02.28\00:28:05.75
"that's the people of
God and what did they do?
00:28:05.78\00:28:07.65
"Who keep the commandments
of God and have the," what?
00:28:07.68\00:28:10.72
"Testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:28:10.75\00:28:13.09
So you see that,
that's what's happening there.
00:28:13.12\00:28:15.02
That's the reason why
he is warring against them
00:28:15.06\00:28:18.89
because they are doing something
00:28:18.93\00:28:21.50
that he doesn't support
00:28:21.53\00:28:24.13
and because it
is his last hurrah,
00:28:24.17\00:28:27.94
he's gonna get all
the leaders of the world
00:28:27.97\00:28:30.91
to join him in
this final onslaught
00:28:30.94\00:28:33.54
against those who keep
the commandments of God
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.94
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:28:35.98\00:28:37.98
Now, let's go to the
very next question, number 13.
00:28:38.01\00:28:41.02
And thank you for bringing
that text upon the screen,
00:28:41.05\00:28:42.92
that was very quick,
whoever was able to do that,
00:28:42.95\00:28:45.25
I appreciate
that and I actually...
00:28:45.29\00:28:48.42
That was the next question,
that's why they had it.
00:28:48.46\00:28:50.99
Praise the Lord.
00:28:51.03\00:28:52.36
That was the next question.
00:28:52.39\00:28:53.93
Since we read the
text, let's go ahead
00:28:53.96\00:28:55.33
and answer the question.
00:28:55.36\00:28:56.70
How does the Bible
describe Satan's attitude
00:28:56.73\00:28:58.83
about the pure woman?
00:28:58.87\00:29:01.24
She put the
answer up, he is angry,
00:29:01.27\00:29:03.34
write that down, he is what?
00:29:03.37\00:29:05.24
Angry.
00:29:05.27\00:29:06.61
He wants to beat
her up, he is at war,
00:29:06.64\00:29:10.11
he doesn't like any,
00:29:10.15\00:29:11.48
he doesn't like
her or her children.
00:29:11.51\00:29:14.22
That's important,
the woman and her seed.
00:29:14.25\00:29:18.75
He doesn't like the
woman or her children.
00:29:18.79\00:29:21.59
Now, what you're gonna
discover in just a moment is,
00:29:21.62\00:29:24.29
while the pure woman
who has not apostatize
00:29:24.33\00:29:27.10
has children, the
harlot woman also has children.
00:29:27.13\00:29:32.93
We're gonna see
that in just a moment,
00:29:32.97\00:29:34.80
so the answer what,
00:29:34.84\00:29:36.30
how does the Bible
describe Satan's attitude
00:29:36.34\00:29:38.04
about the pure woman?
00:29:38.07\00:29:39.57
He what? He is
angry with her. Why?
00:29:39.61\00:29:43.41
Because she keeps
the commandments of God.
00:29:43.45\00:29:45.55
Here's the point I wanna
make, those of you watching
00:29:45.58\00:29:47.12
the program and listening.
00:29:47.15\00:29:49.02
Don't ever let
anyone teach you to believe
00:29:49.05\00:29:52.62
that the commandments
of God don't matter.
00:29:52.65\00:29:55.16
If the commandments
of God did not matter,
00:29:55.19\00:29:57.56
Satan would not
be angry with those
00:29:57.59\00:29:59.49
who kept the
commandments of God, right?
00:29:59.53\00:30:02.26
But because it does matter,
his anger is turned against
00:30:02.30\00:30:05.30
those who honour
God's commandments.
00:30:05.33\00:30:08.14
Anytime the devil's upset,
you're doing something right.
00:30:08.17\00:30:11.04
Anytime he's with you,
you're doing something wrong.
00:30:11.07\00:30:13.68
Anytime he's supporting you,
00:30:13.71\00:30:15.04
you're going in
the wrong direction.
00:30:15.08\00:30:16.51
But when you go opposite
to him, he wants to get you,
00:30:16.54\00:30:18.95
he wants to beat
you up, he wants to come
00:30:18.98\00:30:20.45
after you and your
mother according to the text,
00:30:20.48\00:30:24.02
the woman and her seed,
the church and her children,
00:30:24.05\00:30:29.86
Go to number 14 now,
number 14 now, all right.
00:30:29.89\00:30:35.26
How does the Bible
describe Satan's coalition?
00:30:35.30\00:30:39.27
Wow, Revelation 17,
00:30:44.67\00:30:49.18
the coalition, here it is,
00:30:49.21\00:30:52.48
Verse 13 and 14.
00:30:52.51\00:30:55.62
How does the Bible describes,
describes Satan's coalition?
00:30:55.65\00:31:00.39
Here it is on the screen.
00:31:00.42\00:31:03.16
First of all,
let's start by saying,
00:31:03.19\00:31:05.03
"These are of one mind,"
00:31:05.06\00:31:09.50
how many minds?
00:31:09.53\00:31:11.00
One mind, that
means they agree together.
00:31:11.03\00:31:12.50
"These are of one mind
00:31:12.53\00:31:16.07
and they will give their
power and authority to," who?
00:31:16.10\00:31:19.57
"To the beast."
00:31:19.61\00:31:20.94
That means they
can agree together.
00:31:20.98\00:31:23.68
When you agree on wrong
00:31:23.71\00:31:25.25
and you see so many
examples in the Bible.
00:31:25.28\00:31:28.02
When Nehemiah was trying
00:31:28.05\00:31:29.38
to restore the city of Jerusalem
00:31:29.42\00:31:31.05
and all of its economy,
Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arab,
00:31:31.09\00:31:34.46
they all had one
mind and although
00:31:34.49\00:31:37.06
they were enemies of each other,
00:31:37.09\00:31:38.43
they got together
00:31:38.46\00:31:39.79
because they had a common enemy,
00:31:39.83\00:31:41.16
that was Nehemiah.
00:31:41.20\00:31:42.53
What's amazing about this
coalition in the end time,
00:31:42.56\00:31:44.90
they don't like each other,
00:31:44.93\00:31:46.27
but they get together
00:31:46.30\00:31:47.64
because they
have a common enemy,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.00
and it's amazing,
00:31:49.04\00:31:50.37
I wanna recite that text again.
00:31:50.41\00:31:51.74
These have one mind
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.51
and they give their power
and authority to the beast.
00:31:53.54\00:31:57.05
But look at the very next verse.
00:31:57.08\00:31:58.95
All right?
00:31:58.98\00:32:00.32
We read Revelation
12:17, but this emphasizes it.
00:32:00.35\00:32:03.65
Revelation 17:14,
00:32:03.69\00:32:05.72
"These will make war with," who?
00:32:05.75\00:32:08.29
"The Lamb and the
Lamb will," do what?
00:32:08.32\00:32:09.99
"Overcome them."
00:32:10.03\00:32:11.36
Amen?
00:32:11.39\00:32:12.73
Amen.
00:32:12.76\00:32:14.10
"For he is Lord of
lords and King of kings,
00:32:14.13\00:32:17.87
and those who are
with him are," what?
00:32:17.90\00:32:20.70
"Called, and
chosen, and faithful."
00:32:20.74\00:32:24.64
All God calls us to
do is to be faithful.
00:32:24.67\00:32:28.08
God doesn't
call us to be famous,
00:32:28.11\00:32:30.01
God calls us to be what?
00:32:30.05\00:32:31.71
Faithful.
00:32:31.75\00:32:34.02
Many are called, few are chosen,
00:32:34.05\00:32:36.89
but when we
come down to the end,
00:32:36.92\00:32:39.32
those that are with God
00:32:39.35\00:32:40.69
are called the
chosen and the faithful.
00:32:40.72\00:32:44.19
There's gonna be a war,
00:32:44.23\00:32:45.66
these will war with the lamb
00:32:45.69\00:32:47.60
and the lamb will overcome them.
00:32:47.63\00:32:48.96
It is so
encouraging and I wanna go back
00:32:49.00\00:32:50.60
to the children of Israel.
00:32:50.63\00:32:51.97
You know,
00:32:52.00\00:32:53.34
if the Lord required us
to fight our own battles,
00:32:53.37\00:32:55.17
we would lose
some of them, right?
00:32:55.20\00:32:57.64
But because he's the one
that's gonna fight our battles,
00:32:57.67\00:32:59.74
the Lamb will
overcome them and those of us
00:32:59.77\00:33:02.88
who are with the
Lamb, He wins on our behalf.
00:33:02.91\00:33:06.08
We don't fight the battle,
00:33:06.11\00:33:07.45
we're not out
there on the battlefield
00:33:07.48\00:33:08.82
throwing rocks and
swords and words back and forth,
00:33:08.85\00:33:11.09
the Lamb is the one
that's being attacked,
00:33:11.12\00:33:13.49
the Lamb is the
one that's gonna win
00:33:13.52\00:33:15.52
and those who are with Him
00:33:15.56\00:33:16.93
are gonna be on
the side of victory.
00:33:16.96\00:33:18.49
Good news to that,
so here's the answer.
00:33:18.53\00:33:21.16
How does the Bible
describe Satan's coalition?
00:33:21.20\00:33:24.27
They have one mind,
that's the first thing,
00:33:24.30\00:33:26.53
they agree together
00:33:26.57\00:33:29.70
and they are at
war with the Lamb.
00:33:29.74\00:33:33.48
Now for the fact
00:33:33.51\00:33:34.84
that they are at war with
the Lamb is clear evidence
00:33:34.88\00:33:37.75
that Satan is
standing with them.
00:33:37.78\00:33:40.85
Satan has always
been at war with the Lamb.
00:33:40.88\00:33:45.82
Revelation 12,
there was war in heaven,
00:33:45.85\00:33:48.62
he lost that war.
00:33:48.66\00:33:49.99
So when Jesus came to earth,
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.36
he dogged the
footsteps of Jesus,
00:33:51.39\00:33:53.73
he tempted Him
in the wilderness.
00:33:53.76\00:33:56.10
He thought that
by crucifying Him
00:33:56.13\00:33:57.47
on the cross
that he won the battle
00:33:57.50\00:33:58.83
but Jesus rose again.
00:33:58.87\00:34:00.64
So now that he has
lost at those points,
00:34:00.67\00:34:03.17
he's now coming
after the church of God,
00:34:03.20\00:34:05.54
the women and her children.
00:34:05.57\00:34:07.61
But I wanna make this point
very clear, even though he,
00:34:07.64\00:34:11.11
Satan is coming after
the woman and her children,
00:34:11.15\00:34:14.45
he's really
coming after the Lamb.
00:34:14.48\00:34:16.55
The Lamb does not allow
00:34:16.58\00:34:17.92
the devil to mess
with His children.
00:34:17.95\00:34:19.29
Amen somebody?
00:34:19.32\00:34:20.66
Amen! That's good news.
00:34:20.69\00:34:22.02
So we're not saying,
00:34:22.06\00:34:23.39
"Oh, what do we do
when Satan attack us?"
00:34:23.43\00:34:24.76
No, the Lamb is the one.
00:34:24.79\00:34:26.59
Isn't it amazing?
00:34:26.63\00:34:27.96
How many of us think of
a lamb as a good warrior?
00:34:28.00\00:34:30.93
Have you seen a lamb?
00:34:30.97\00:34:33.54
Not a sheep, but a lamb,
00:34:33.57\00:34:36.30
tender, look so harmless,
00:34:36.34\00:34:40.21
he's a lamb to us
00:34:40.24\00:34:42.61
but he's lion to
those who are against us.
00:34:42.64\00:34:46.72
He's the lion of the
tribe of Judah to them,
00:34:46.75\00:34:49.15
but he's lamb to us.
00:34:49.18\00:34:50.62
Praise the Lord for that.
00:34:50.65\00:34:52.19
All right, let's go
to number 15, number 15.
00:34:52.22\00:34:55.96
All right.
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.76
Number 15.
00:34:57.79\00:35:00.93
How will the harlot of
Revelation meet its end?
00:35:00.96\00:35:05.43
I describe,
00:35:09.27\00:35:10.61
I use the word it's
00:35:10.64\00:35:11.97
because it's
not an actual woman,
00:35:12.01\00:35:14.24
it's not an actual
woman but a system,
00:35:14.28\00:35:16.34
and the answer is
found in Revelation 17:16-17.
00:35:16.38\00:35:21.48
How will the
harlot of Revelation
00:35:21.52\00:35:24.62
meet its end?
00:35:24.65\00:35:28.62
It may seem like we're
done Revelation Chapter 17,
00:35:28.66\00:35:31.76
but there is a twist
coming up here in just a moment.
00:35:31.79\00:35:34.36
So hold on,
buckle down, here it is,
00:35:34.40\00:35:37.83
the answer is
Revelation 17:16 and 17,
00:35:37.87\00:35:43.34
here are the answers,"
00:35:43.37\00:35:45.24
And the ten horns
which you saw on the beast,
00:35:45.27\00:35:50.58
these will hate the harlot,
00:35:50.61\00:35:53.52
make her desolate and naked,
00:35:53.55\00:35:56.89
eat her flesh and
burn her with fire.
00:35:56.92\00:36:01.59
For God," the next verse,
00:36:01.62\00:36:04.59
"For God has put it
00:36:04.63\00:36:06.49
into their hearts
to fulfill his purpose,
00:36:06.53\00:36:10.80
to be of one mind,
00:36:10.83\00:36:12.73
and to give their
kingdom to the beast,
00:36:12.77\00:36:15.70
until the words of
God are fulfilled."
00:36:15.74\00:36:19.11
I don't even know if
you know what you just read.
00:36:19.14\00:36:21.98
This is huge, this is like a...
00:36:22.01\00:36:24.91
This is like a setup.
00:36:24.95\00:36:27.58
I don't know if got
it, did you catch that?
00:36:27.62\00:36:29.58
The very ones that
initially agree with the beast
00:36:29.62\00:36:34.42
is the very ones
that turn on that system
00:36:34.46\00:36:38.23
and now begins to
orchestrate its demise.
00:36:38.26\00:36:41.93
The very ones
that look to the system
00:36:41.96\00:36:44.63
to create a
coalition are the very ones
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.87
that will go against it
00:36:46.90\00:36:48.80
when it is revealed
for what it really is.
00:36:48.84\00:36:51.24
God is gonna reveal the system.
00:36:51.27\00:36:52.71
Revelation 18 is huge
00:36:52.74\00:36:55.08
when it comes to the
revealing of the system,
00:36:55.11\00:36:57.85
but the Bible makes it clear,
00:36:57.88\00:36:59.45
let's go and put the answer
there in Revelation Chapter,
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.72
and I think this is
question number what?
00:37:01.75\00:37:03.08
Fifteen. Question number 15.
00:37:03.12\00:37:04.79
How will the
harlot of Revelation
00:37:04.82\00:37:06.35
meet its end?
00:37:06.39\00:37:07.72
Let's look at that, the
ten horns which you saw,
00:37:17.07\00:37:20.04
the ten horns,
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.40
the kings that unite
with her will bring her down,
00:37:21.44\00:37:26.61
the ten horns which
you saw on the beast,
00:37:26.64\00:37:30.25
these will hate the harlot.
00:37:30.28\00:37:32.98
Now, for right
now, they're together.
00:37:33.01\00:37:35.62
This is huge, that's why I said,
00:37:35.65\00:37:36.99
"I don't know if you
just know what you read,"
00:37:37.02\00:37:38.45
because a moment ago,
00:37:38.49\00:37:40.26
the woman was sitting on a beast
00:37:40.29\00:37:41.92
with seven heads and ten horns.
00:37:41.96\00:37:43.73
She was riding around
on her spiritual motorcade,
00:37:43.76\00:37:47.76
she had all the
support of the beast
00:37:47.80\00:37:49.13
with seven heads and ten horns
00:37:49.16\00:37:50.50
but all of a sudden,
00:37:50.53\00:37:51.87
the reason why it's such a
turn is look at the next verse.
00:37:51.90\00:37:55.34
Look at, what does it
say, for God in verse 17,
00:37:55.37\00:37:57.97
"For God has put it," where?
00:37:58.01\00:38:01.08
"Into their hearts
to fulfill His purpose."
00:38:01.11\00:38:05.38
That's an inside job.
00:38:05.41\00:38:07.22
God's gonna say, "Okay,
00:38:07.25\00:38:09.52
this system of
Babylon is going to think
00:38:09.55\00:38:11.35
that it's at his
supreme level of success."
00:38:11.39\00:38:14.72
And the very ones that give it
political and spiritual support
00:38:14.76\00:38:19.59
are gonna be the very ones
00:38:19.63\00:38:20.96
when it is
revealed for what it is,"
00:38:21.00\00:38:22.76
and that's where
Revelation 18 is gonna come in.
00:38:22.80\00:38:24.83
We're gonna see how
that's gonna happen.
00:38:24.87\00:38:26.33
I'm not gonna
run ahead of myself
00:38:26.37\00:38:27.70
because Revelation 18 is
another picture of Babylon.
00:38:27.74\00:38:31.07
We're gonna see in detail
00:38:31.11\00:38:32.77
what exactly happens for
those who are giving her support
00:38:32.81\00:38:37.45
to all of a sudden
back off and then create,
00:38:37.48\00:38:40.12
and then cause
her to be destroyed.
00:38:40.15\00:38:42.55
What it actually
means, in essence,
00:38:42.58\00:38:45.12
it's not just
they'll be involved
00:38:45.15\00:38:46.96
in her destruction
but more specifically,
00:38:46.99\00:38:49.29
they're gonna
withdraw their support.
00:38:49.32\00:38:51.99
That's really
what's gonna happen.
00:38:52.03\00:38:53.36
They gonna back
away from the woman.
00:38:53.40\00:38:54.96
They gonna say, "Wait
a minute, this is not,
00:38:55.00\00:38:59.00
this is other than
what we thought it was."
00:38:59.03\00:39:02.30
And you'll see in just a
moment where we head with this
00:39:02.34\00:39:04.31
because right now,
00:39:04.34\00:39:07.51
I wanna be kind but I have to,
00:39:07.54\00:39:09.11
I have to insert
something in here.
00:39:09.14\00:39:11.35
Right now there are
political and religious powers
00:39:11.38\00:39:13.75
that have power over
kings and leaders of the earth.
00:39:13.78\00:39:17.05
The Roman Catholic
hierarchy has power,
00:39:17.09\00:39:21.09
both political and religious
in most corners of the earth.
00:39:21.12\00:39:27.46
It's amazing that in America,
00:39:27.50\00:39:28.83
I think its
maybe later this year
00:39:28.86\00:39:30.20
or I'm not exactly sure,
00:39:30.23\00:39:31.70
maybe later this
year or next year,
00:39:31.73\00:39:33.07
this year,
00:39:33.10\00:39:34.44
where there's gonna be
for the very first time
00:39:34.47\00:39:35.87
in the history of
the United States,
00:39:35.90\00:39:37.84
the Vatican leader
is gonna be speaking
00:39:37.87\00:39:39.91
at the United Nations.
00:39:39.94\00:39:42.51
Speaking to who?
00:39:42.54\00:39:43.88
Nations, kindreds,
tongues, and people.
00:39:43.91\00:39:48.42
So this
Babylonian system has a head,
00:39:48.45\00:39:51.65
but it's not by itself,
00:39:51.69\00:39:53.62
and what we gonna
find in just a moment here
00:39:53.66\00:39:55.16
as we continue
in the lesson study,
00:39:55.19\00:39:57.79
is not only does he get
the support of the kings
00:39:57.83\00:40:00.36
of the earth and
of the whole world
00:40:00.40\00:40:01.76
and the people of the
earth because right now,
00:40:01.80\00:40:04.30
with this present leader
in Rome and I wanna go ahead,
00:40:04.33\00:40:06.57
I wanna go ahead
00:40:06.60\00:40:07.94
and modify this
by simply saying,
00:40:07.97\00:40:09.77
if I were to just point,
00:40:09.80\00:40:11.14
if I were just to
point to Roman Catholicism,
00:40:11.17\00:40:13.24
I would be endorsing
00:40:13.27\00:40:14.61
every other
religion of the world.
00:40:14.64\00:40:16.71
But what you'll discover
in this study is any system
00:40:16.75\00:40:19.81
that is not built on
the truth of God's Word
00:40:19.85\00:40:22.98
may not be at the
head of the system
00:40:23.02\00:40:25.82
but is a part of the system.
00:40:25.85\00:40:27.32
I told you moment ago
00:40:27.36\00:40:28.69
that the woman
in Revelation 12:17,
00:40:28.72\00:40:31.66
she's the woman and the devil
is not only going after her
00:40:31.69\00:40:35.36
but also the
remnant of her seed,
00:40:35.40\00:40:37.03
her children.
00:40:37.07\00:40:38.57
This woman also
is not by herself,
00:40:38.60\00:40:40.67
she has also support.
00:40:40.70\00:40:43.37
Don't wanna go ahead of myself,
00:40:43.41\00:40:44.74
but you'll see
it in just a moment.
00:40:44.77\00:40:46.11
Suffice to say,
what am I saying.
00:40:46.14\00:40:48.34
There are
movements around the world
00:40:48.38\00:40:50.88
that through the Dark Ages,
00:40:50.91\00:40:52.85
have come into prominence,
00:40:52.88\00:40:54.55
have come into,
have risen into power,
00:40:54.58\00:40:57.12
both
politically and religiously,
00:40:57.15\00:40:59.25
and many of the things
that they teach and believe
00:40:59.29\00:41:01.76
have come out
of a corrupt system
00:41:01.79\00:41:04.69
described in the
Bible as Spiritual Babylon.
00:41:04.73\00:41:09.13
Pause right there
and keep that taught
00:41:09.16\00:41:10.50
in your mind as we go on.
00:41:10.53\00:41:12.20
Let's go to the
very next question.
00:41:12.23\00:41:14.37
Number what?
00:41:14.40\00:41:15.94
Number 16, number 16.
00:41:15.97\00:41:18.64
This is one of those broadcast
00:41:18.67\00:41:20.11
that you'll have to
rewind later on and go back
00:41:20.14\00:41:22.78
so it could soak in
because I'll tell you,
00:41:22.81\00:41:25.51
it is so concentrated
00:41:25.55\00:41:27.62
that you don't get it
on the first time around.
00:41:27.65\00:41:29.82
Not everyone, all right?
00:41:29.85\00:41:31.92
Here's the
question for number 16.
00:41:31.95\00:41:33.92
Who does the Bible
tell us the harlot woman is?
00:41:33.96\00:41:37.39
Revelation 17:18.
00:41:42.86\00:41:46.50
Revelation 17:18,
00:41:46.53\00:41:51.14
all right.
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.38
Okay.
00:41:53.41\00:41:55.01
Wow!
00:41:55.04\00:41:56.38
Some viewers, some of you,
00:41:56.41\00:41:57.75
all of sudden your
eyes are gonna come
00:41:57.78\00:41:59.11
at a such sharp focus.
00:41:59.15\00:42:00.68
By the way this program
is called A Sharper Focus.
00:42:00.72\00:42:02.98
We 're taking you
gradually, gradually,
00:42:03.02\00:42:05.12
so your camera
lenses are getting
00:42:05.15\00:42:06.96
more and more and more focus
00:42:06.99\00:42:08.89
and it's gonna get to the place
00:42:08.92\00:42:10.26
where I don't even
have to tell you the answer
00:42:10.29\00:42:12.46
because you're gonna say,
00:42:12.49\00:42:13.83
I got it, I got it, it clicks.
00:42:13.86\00:42:16.80
Revelation 17:18,
here's where the answer is.
00:42:16.83\00:42:19.73
Are you ready?
00:42:19.77\00:42:21.10
Here we go.
00:42:21.14\00:42:22.47
"The woman whom you saw
00:42:22.50\00:42:24.81
is that great," what?
00:42:24.84\00:42:27.94
"City which reigns over
the kings of the earth."
00:42:27.98\00:42:33.31
Now, can it be any clearer?
00:42:33.35\00:42:36.48
Can I get an amen somewhere?
00:42:36.52\00:42:37.85
Amen.
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.22
Can the Bible be any clearer?
00:42:39.25\00:42:42.66
What city reigns over
00:42:42.69\00:42:47.20
the kings of the earth?
00:42:47.23\00:42:49.66
It is as clear as
the nose on my face,
00:42:49.70\00:42:52.30
well in my case,
the ears on the head,
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.60
okay, 'cause that's even clearer
00:42:54.64\00:42:56.67
than the nose on my face.
00:42:56.71\00:42:58.41
The city of, the Vatican City,
00:42:58.44\00:43:00.88
when you follow the
history of Vatican City,
00:43:00.91\00:43:03.01
it does not have its
roots in anything Christian.
00:43:03.04\00:43:06.48
It was a pagan center
and all those images now
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.98
that they contribute
to Mary and baby Jesus
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.95
were Mithra and Tammuz,
00:43:12.99\00:43:15.92
all these false
Greek gods and pagan gods,
00:43:15.96\00:43:20.96
It's the pantheon,
00:43:21.00\00:43:23.06
the whole shape of
that is symbolizing
00:43:23.10\00:43:26.23
the symbol of the sun.
00:43:26.27\00:43:27.94
It's a system
of corrupt worship,
00:43:27.97\00:43:30.71
and the kings of the
earth and of the whole world,
00:43:30.74\00:43:33.58
look at that great city
as a place that has authority
00:43:33.61\00:43:37.25
and power unlike any
other city in the world.
00:43:37.28\00:43:40.45
You know, as a matter of
fact, when certain events occur,
00:43:40.48\00:43:44.29
you never see it on television
00:43:44.32\00:43:45.65
when they are choosing
another Baptist leader.
00:43:45.69\00:43:47.52
Have you ever see that?
00:43:47.56\00:43:48.89
Wherein Southern
Baptist Convention
00:43:48.92\00:43:50.86
to see whose
gonna be the next leader
00:43:50.89\00:43:52.36
of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
00:43:52.39\00:43:53.73
Does it ever make the news?
00:43:53.76\00:43:55.10
No.
00:43:55.13\00:43:56.93
The next, Pentecostal leader,
00:43:56.97\00:43:58.60
we're gonna see who's
gonna be the next president
00:43:58.63\00:44:00.24
of the
Pentecostal assemblies of God.
00:44:00.27\00:44:03.14
Never makes the news.
00:44:03.17\00:44:05.11
But if Rome, but if a
feather moves in Rome,
00:44:05.14\00:44:08.24
we're going to,
00:44:08.28\00:44:09.61
we're breaking
our news right now,
00:44:09.64\00:44:10.98
we're going to Vatican City.
00:44:11.01\00:44:12.35
And I tell you
there is no adoration,
00:44:17.49\00:44:18.95
no place on earth where
people have greater adoration,
00:44:18.99\00:44:22.02
and some people have
expressed that it's like being
00:44:22.06\00:44:24.26
in the presence of God Himself.
00:44:24.29\00:44:27.06
I'll tell you, I am
trying to hold back my horses
00:44:27.10\00:44:30.00
but you keep,
you keep tuning in,
00:44:30.03\00:44:32.73
you'll see that we are gonna get
00:44:32.77\00:44:34.10
to the place on this program
00:44:34.14\00:44:35.50
where it has to be sharp,
00:44:35.54\00:44:37.17
it has to be clear
because the message of Babylon
00:44:37.21\00:44:41.18
as we get into Revelation 18,
00:44:41.21\00:44:42.68
we talked about
that some earlier,
00:44:42.71\00:44:44.38
the message of Revelation is,
00:44:44.41\00:44:46.01
"Come out of her," who?
00:44:46.05\00:44:48.02
"My people."
00:44:48.05\00:44:49.48
Now I say this as a young
man whose predominant family
00:44:49.52\00:44:53.32
are members of the
Roman Catholic Church,
00:44:53.36\00:44:55.46
but I'm gonna say this
again, it's not just that,
00:44:55.49\00:44:59.46
that's the least of it,
00:44:59.49\00:45:00.90
it is not the
people, it is the what?
00:45:00.93\00:45:03.70
System.
00:45:03.73\00:45:05.07
John 10:16 is
the evidence I have.
00:45:05.10\00:45:07.14
John 10:16, Jesus says,
00:45:07.17\00:45:09.00
"Other sheep I have
that are not of this fold."
00:45:09.04\00:45:12.57
So God's people are everywhere.
00:45:12.61\00:45:15.71
In every walk of
life, in every denomination,
00:45:15.74\00:45:18.51
God has His people there.
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.42
What's the
purpose of this message
00:45:20.45\00:45:21.92
God has sent to
some of His people?
00:45:21.95\00:45:24.22
"If you are not where
you're supposed to be,
00:45:24.25\00:45:25.62
I want you to get out of there."
00:45:25.65\00:45:27.39
And the message of Babylon is,
"I'm gonna bring Babylon down,
00:45:27.42\00:45:30.86
but I'm gonna call you
out before I bring it down."
00:45:30.89\00:45:33.19
Isn't that good news?
00:45:33.23\00:45:34.56
Yeah. That's the beauty of it.
00:45:34.60\00:45:36.06
God is not a hater of people,
00:45:36.10\00:45:38.27
He does not support darkness
00:45:38.30\00:45:41.24
and wherever
darkness is and Satan reigns,
00:45:41.27\00:45:44.57
God wants His
people out of that,
00:45:44.61\00:45:46.37
understand that clearly.
00:45:46.41\00:45:47.78
All right.
00:45:47.81\00:45:49.14
Let's go to question number 17.
00:45:49.18\00:45:51.35
So the answer is, number 16.
00:45:51.38\00:45:54.05
Who does the Bible
tell us the harlot woman is?
00:45:54.08\00:45:57.05
That great city that reigns
over the kings of the earth,
00:45:57.09\00:46:01.19
so much so...
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.66
Just look at the news,
just put it in the internet,
00:46:03.69\00:46:06.56
the great city,
greatest city on earth,
00:46:06.59\00:46:08.83
it'll pop up.
00:46:08.86\00:46:12.07
Nope more great
influential, political,
00:46:12.10\00:46:15.30
religious center
other than the Vatican City.
00:46:15.34\00:46:18.81
Okay number 17,
here we are, number 17.
00:46:18.84\00:46:23.18
How does the Bible describe
00:46:23.21\00:46:25.21
the harlot as not being alone?
00:46:25.25\00:46:29.38
Get the "the" out of there.
00:46:29.42\00:46:31.05
You know I type very fast.
00:46:31.09\00:46:32.99
How does the Bible describe
the harlot as not being alone?
00:46:33.02\00:46:37.19
She is not alone.
00:46:37.23\00:46:39.49
You may say, but pastor
we did cover Revelation 17:5.
00:46:39.53\00:46:42.50
Yes, we did.
00:46:42.53\00:46:43.87
That was the over sweeping,
00:46:43.90\00:46:45.23
now we're gonna start
pulling some components out
00:46:45.27\00:46:47.40
that we did not
pull out the first time.
00:46:47.44\00:46:49.64
Revelation 17:5.
00:46:49.67\00:46:52.14
How does the Bible describe
the harlot as not being alone?
00:46:52.17\00:46:57.65
Okay, look a
Revelation17:5 and it says,
00:46:57.68\00:47:00.62
or reads as follows,
00:47:00.65\00:47:01.98
"On her forehead
a name was written:"
00:47:04.72\00:47:10.23
Let's read this together,
00:47:10.26\00:47:12.56
"MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT."
00:47:12.59\00:47:15.80
Together,
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.17
"THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.53
AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
00:47:19.57\00:47:22.94
How does the Bible describe
the harlot is not being alone?
00:47:22.97\00:47:26.17
She is called the what?
00:47:26.21\00:47:27.98
The mother, the mother,
another title, another title,
00:47:28.01\00:47:32.65
that connects
itself to the Vatican.
00:47:32.68\00:47:34.38
The Vatican unashamedly refers
to itself as the mother church.
00:47:34.42\00:47:39.05
That's unequivocal,
undeniable, you can't even,
00:47:39.09\00:47:43.69
you can't even wash that away.
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.86
Read even The Convert's
00:47:45.89\00:47:47.23
Catechism of Catholic Doctrines,
00:47:47.26\00:47:49.16
the 1995 edition,
00:47:49.20\00:47:50.63
the recent one that was revised
by the Pope John Paul II.
00:47:50.67\00:47:54.20
There is an entire section
called the mother church,
00:47:54.24\00:47:57.01
undeniable but according
to what the Bible says,
00:47:57.04\00:48:01.54
if you are mother,
00:48:01.58\00:48:02.91
that means you have what?
00:48:02.94\00:48:04.55
You got children
and in this case,
00:48:04.58\00:48:07.22
since she is the
mother of harlots,
00:48:07.25\00:48:10.69
there are other, there
are other women that are,
00:48:10.72\00:48:13.56
there are other
pockets of apostasy
00:48:13.59\00:48:16.96
in the system of Babylon.
00:48:16.99\00:48:18.83
There are other,
00:48:18.86\00:48:20.20
this is a very
unpopular message by the way.
00:48:20.23\00:48:21.90
You're not gonna hear
this at lot of places.
00:48:21.93\00:48:24.10
Tune to the television
for the next five years
00:48:24.13\00:48:26.87
and see if you hear
this any place else.
00:48:26.90\00:48:28.54
This is a message that's dying,
00:48:28.57\00:48:29.90
but I'm resurrecting Revelation.
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.27
Amen somebody?
00:48:31.31\00:48:32.64
Amen!
00:48:32.67\00:48:34.01
'Cause this is
here for a reason,
00:48:34.04\00:48:35.44
so if somebody is
gonna blow the trumpet,
00:48:35.48\00:48:37.38
you are in the right station,
00:48:37.41\00:48:38.75
this is where you gonna get it,
00:48:38.78\00:48:40.12
sharp and clear
for the glory of God.
00:48:40.15\00:48:43.85
The mother has harlots,
00:48:43.89\00:48:45.95
so she's not just in
the business of deception
00:48:45.99\00:48:48.99
by herself
00:48:49.02\00:48:50.43
but since she
has harlot daughters,
00:48:50.46\00:48:53.73
wherever you go,
00:48:53.76\00:48:55.33
you'll find the same
features that the mother has.
00:48:55.36\00:48:58.63
We're gonna talk about that,
00:48:58.67\00:49:00.34
not gonna cover
tonight but we're gonna say,
00:49:00.37\00:49:02.87
"Well, how could you
find these features."
00:49:02.90\00:49:04.94
And know that even
though you're not in the head,
00:49:04.97\00:49:08.54
you gotta get away
from the daughters too,
00:49:08.58\00:49:11.55
powerful context.
00:49:11.58\00:49:13.15
So let's go to
verse, question number 18.
00:49:13.18\00:49:16.25
Look at how the
Bible describes this.
00:49:16.28\00:49:18.72
Look at how the
Bible describes this.
00:49:18.75\00:49:20.29
Number 18.
00:49:28.16\00:49:31.83
What condition
does the Bible tell us
00:49:31.87\00:49:35.44
will exist in the last days?
00:49:35.47\00:49:38.07
And by the way, Isaiah,
there's a motif in Isaiah.
00:49:38.11\00:49:42.01
The word motif
means, there is a constant,
00:49:42.04\00:49:44.45
you know, last days,
last days, last days,
00:49:44.48\00:49:47.95
last days throughout Isaiah
00:49:47.98\00:49:50.25
you'll find the
motif of the last days.
00:49:50.29\00:49:53.15
Talking about taking
away the gold and the jewels,
00:49:53.19\00:49:55.72
talking about
what's gonna occur.
00:49:55.76\00:49:57.43
There's another
condition the Bible describes
00:49:57.46\00:49:59.26
that will exist in the last days
00:49:59.29\00:50:01.16
and this is a
very telling picture.
00:50:01.20\00:50:03.50
Isaiah Chapter 4 and
look at this in verse 1,
00:50:03.53\00:50:08.27
the condition,
00:50:08.30\00:50:09.64
the condition of not just
a mother but the daughters.
00:50:09.67\00:50:13.44
Here it is.
00:50:13.48\00:50:14.81
Are you ready for it?
00:50:14.84\00:50:16.18
Here we go, "And in that day,"
the Bible says, "seven women,"
00:50:16.21\00:50:20.92
how many women?
00:50:20.95\00:50:22.28
Seven.
00:50:22.32\00:50:23.65
"Seven women shall
take hold of one man,"
00:50:23.69\00:50:26.92
how many men?
00:50:26.96\00:50:28.29
"One man, saying, 'We
will eat our own food,"
00:50:28.32\00:50:33.66
King James Version
says our own bread,
00:50:33.70\00:50:36.36
"and wear our own apparel,
00:50:36.40\00:50:39.67
only," that's all I want,
00:50:39.70\00:50:41.74
"only let us be
called by your," what?
00:50:41.77\00:50:45.04
"Name,
00:50:45.07\00:50:46.41
to take away our reproach."
00:50:46.44\00:50:49.24
Now, there's something
that Jesus said in Matthew 24.
00:50:49.28\00:50:52.85
Well, matter of
fact, in the commandments,
00:50:52.88\00:50:54.72
"Thou shall not take the
name of the Lord thy God," what?
00:50:54.75\00:50:59.65
"In vain."
00:50:59.69\00:51:01.02
What does that mean?
00:51:01.06\00:51:02.39
They just want His name.
00:51:02.42\00:51:03.79
And what does it mean
to take His name in vain?
00:51:03.83\00:51:05.29
That means you name His
name but that's all you want,
00:51:05.33\00:51:10.27
you have your own food,
that means your own teachings,
00:51:10.30\00:51:13.50
you have your own righteousness,
00:51:13.54\00:51:15.84
that means your own apparel,
00:51:15.87\00:51:17.37
but all you want is the name,
and let me broaden this today.
00:51:17.41\00:51:21.21
You gotta be
asleep if you haven't seen
00:51:21.24\00:51:23.31
the impact on
Christianity in these last days.
00:51:23.35\00:51:26.48
There are so many things
termed Christian nowadays
00:51:26.51\00:51:28.72
that Christ is not
connected to it at all.
00:51:28.75\00:51:30.95
Every now and then,
00:51:30.99\00:51:32.32
people send me
videos and I'll tell you,
00:51:32.35\00:51:33.86
I've seen some of the
most vulgar worship services,
00:51:33.89\00:51:36.93
some of the most
profane worship services,
00:51:36.96\00:51:39.59
campaigned and supported
by the pastors themselves.
00:51:39.63\00:51:43.03
People in church
look sometimes worst
00:51:43.06\00:51:45.23
than in some of the
clubs I used to be in the past.
00:51:45.27\00:51:48.10
The dancing, and the music,
00:51:48.14\00:51:49.47
and the messages
that are straight
00:51:49.50\00:51:52.71
not from God's Word
00:51:52.74\00:51:54.58
but the thing I wanna
temper all that by saying is,
00:51:54.61\00:51:56.71
the Lord looks
00:51:56.75\00:51:58.08
at all of that
confusion and He says,"
00:51:58.11\00:52:01.18
I still have people in
there that I need to get out."
00:52:01.22\00:52:03.59
Amen?
00:52:03.62\00:52:04.95
Amen!
00:52:04.99\00:52:06.32
He said, "I gotta
get them out of there.
00:52:06.35\00:52:07.69
I've got people in
there that love me,
00:52:07.72\00:52:11.03
that right now they haven't seen
00:52:11.06\00:52:14.70
what I want to show them."
00:52:14.73\00:52:16.23
That's why this message
is so vitally important.
00:52:16.26\00:52:18.23
Do you know what?
00:52:18.27\00:52:19.60
Say it again.
00:52:19.63\00:52:20.97
Come out of her.
00:52:21.00\00:52:22.34
Yeah, "Come out of her,
My people," Revelation 18:4,
00:52:22.37\00:52:24.77
"Come out of her, My people."
00:52:24.81\00:52:26.44
If that was not
included in the Bible,
00:52:26.47\00:52:29.48
it would almost appear
as though the Lord wanted
00:52:29.51\00:52:31.38
to destroy people no
matter where they were,
00:52:31.41\00:52:33.52
but He's in essence
saying," Oh, I can't do that,
00:52:33.55\00:52:36.08
destruction is going to come
00:52:36.12\00:52:37.59
but I have to gather
all my people to Me,"
00:52:37.62\00:52:40.16
and I am saying,"
00:52:40.19\00:52:41.52
Get out of there,
get out of there,"
00:52:41.56\00:52:43.09
if it's not in harmony
with the God's commandments.
00:52:43.12\00:52:44.89
And we're gonna put a
list of things together,
00:52:44.93\00:52:46.36
so you'll know that
where you are is not
00:52:46.39\00:52:48.36
where God wants
you to be, right?
00:52:48.40\00:52:51.27
Okay, so the
answer to that one is,
00:52:51.30\00:52:55.90
the seven women and the
answer that you'll put down,
00:52:55.94\00:52:59.87
what condition
does the Bible tell us
00:52:59.91\00:53:01.34
will exist in the last days?
00:53:01.38\00:53:03.45
All they want is
the name Christian.
00:53:03.48\00:53:05.61
I want you to put that down,
00:53:05.65\00:53:06.98
all they want is
the name Christian.
00:53:07.02\00:53:10.09
That's all that they want.
00:53:10.12\00:53:11.85
Just give me the name Christian.
00:53:11.89\00:53:13.25
And today there are
things that are termed Christian
00:53:13.29\00:53:15.22
that have nothing
to do with Christian,
00:53:15.26\00:53:17.06
Christianity at all.
00:53:17.09\00:53:18.43
I remember years ago,
00:53:18.46\00:53:19.79
I went to a
Christian bookstore and I saw,
00:53:19.83\00:53:21.20
they had a rack in
the Christian book store
00:53:21.23\00:53:23.00
and at the top of the rack,
00:53:23.03\00:53:24.37
there was a title,
fiction, and I thought,
00:53:24.40\00:53:27.54
I thought to myself,
00:53:27.57\00:53:29.00
what does a
Christian bookstore...
00:53:29.04\00:53:31.04
Why are they selling fiction?
00:53:31.07\00:53:33.01
And in the fiction section,
00:53:33.04\00:53:34.38
they have the
Left Behind Series,
00:53:34.41\00:53:35.74
I knew that was fiction.
00:53:35.78\00:53:37.11
There's still
more than 75 million,
00:53:37.15\00:53:39.21
it's like we can't
get enough Left Behind
00:53:39.25\00:53:41.45
and they come up
with another version
00:53:41.48\00:53:42.82
of Left Behind
with Nicholas Cage,
00:53:42.85\00:53:44.79
trying to get people to go back
00:53:44.82\00:53:46.15
to resurrect
this false doctrine.
00:53:46.19\00:53:47.66
So fiction,
00:53:47.69\00:53:49.02
why do we go to
Christian bookstores
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.93
to buy fiction?
00:53:50.96\00:53:52.66
Another word for
fiction is a lie.
00:53:52.69\00:53:55.73
Why do you go to a
Christian bookstore
00:53:55.76\00:53:57.43
to buy stuff that's not true?
00:53:57.47\00:53:59.13
You know what?
00:53:59.17\00:54:00.50
You could read stuff
that's not true for so long
00:54:00.54\00:54:01.97
that in your mind
00:54:02.00\00:54:03.34
you start connecting
and adding truth to it,
00:54:03.37\00:54:04.97
and that's exactly
00:54:05.01\00:54:06.34
what has
happened in Christianity.
00:54:06.37\00:54:07.71
When the movie
Left Behind came out,
00:54:07.74\00:54:09.28
my wife and I
lived in California.
00:54:09.31\00:54:11.38
It was like Christians all
of a sudden found something
00:54:11.41\00:54:13.21
that was lost for
thousands of years.
00:54:13.25\00:54:15.18
They went out in the streets
00:54:15.22\00:54:16.69
passing out fliers
and holding up posters,
00:54:16.72\00:54:18.42
come and watch
the movie Left Behind,
00:54:18.45\00:54:20.69
and the writers
of the very book,
00:54:20.72\00:54:23.12
Tim LaHaye and Jerry
Jenkins on the very back
00:54:23.16\00:54:25.39
in tiny little four
point letters wrote,
00:54:25.43\00:54:28.06
fiction, yet on the front,
00:54:28.10\00:54:30.50
Left Behind in big 28
point letters but in the back,
00:54:30.53\00:54:34.10
fiction, and it's been imbibed,
00:54:34.14\00:54:37.27
and we'll talk about
that because one of the things
00:54:37.31\00:54:39.34
we said about Babylon is...
00:54:39.37\00:54:42.38
I don't wanna
jump ahead of myself,
00:54:42.41\00:54:43.75
we're gonna get to
that in just a moment.
00:54:43.78\00:54:45.11
I'll say this, if we
don't get to it tonight,
00:54:45.15\00:54:46.92
I have to say this
and even if we get to it,
00:54:46.95\00:54:48.52
I have to make
the point later on.
00:54:48.55\00:54:50.52
One of the features of Babylon
00:54:50.55\00:54:52.02
is that the people
that are there are drunk.
00:54:52.05\00:54:54.56
That's right.
00:54:54.59\00:54:55.99
Another word for
drunk is intoxicated.
00:54:56.02\00:55:01.23
And I'll tell you,
00:55:01.26\00:55:02.90
a lot of things have happened
00:55:02.93\00:55:04.27
under the
condition of intoxication
00:55:04.30\00:55:07.00
that the next morning,
00:55:07.04\00:55:08.37
you know, people used to say,
00:55:08.40\00:55:10.21
I used to be in the party world,
00:55:10.24\00:55:11.57
you know, a lot of
my friends used to say,
00:55:11.61\00:55:13.51
"I don't
remember what happened."
00:55:13.54\00:55:16.14
'Cause they are sober now.
00:55:16.18\00:55:18.05
And the Lord, this
is a sobering message,
00:55:18.08\00:55:21.42
God wants His
people to sober up,
00:55:21.45\00:55:24.12
so sometimes they give them
00:55:24.15\00:55:25.52
the strongest
thing to get them sober,
00:55:25.55\00:55:28.72
to get that
alcohol out of their system
00:55:28.76\00:55:30.49
and it counteracts the
thing that has intoxicated them.
00:55:30.53\00:55:34.83
This message is entitled,
00:55:34.86\00:55:36.87
is designed by God to counteract
00:55:36.90\00:55:39.03
whatever that is causing
His people to be intoxicated.
00:55:39.07\00:55:42.90
Go to Matthew 4:4,
00:55:42.94\00:55:44.27
let's try to get another
one in before the time is up.
00:55:44.31\00:55:47.21
Matthew 4:4,
let's break this down.
00:55:47.24\00:55:51.61
What is bread
compared to in the Bible?
00:55:51.65\00:55:54.22
What is bread
compared to in the Bible?
00:55:54.25\00:55:56.35
Here's the answer very quickly,
00:55:56.38\00:55:57.72
it's on the screen for
those of you who are watching.
00:55:57.75\00:55:59.85
The Bible says, "It is written,
00:55:59.89\00:56:01.66
'Man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:56:01.69\00:56:04.93
but by," what?
00:56:04.96\00:56:06.29
"Every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.'"
00:56:06.33\00:56:09.73
Bread is compared to what?
00:56:09.76\00:56:12.37
The Word of God.
00:56:12.40\00:56:14.77
Jesus is the living bread.
00:56:14.80\00:56:16.74
He rained down bread to
feed the children of Israel
00:56:16.77\00:56:19.97
and bread is often a
comparison to Jesus Himself.
00:56:20.01\00:56:24.95
He is the living bread.
00:56:24.98\00:56:26.55
He is the unleavened bread.
00:56:26.58\00:56:28.58
His body was broken,
00:56:28.62\00:56:29.95
the broken bread in
the communion service.
00:56:29.98\00:56:31.92
But in this context,
00:56:31.95\00:56:33.36
bread is compared
to the Word of God.
00:56:33.39\00:56:36.32
So if the woman says,
we will eat our own bread,
00:56:36.36\00:56:41.03
meaning we will
have our own teachings.
00:56:41.06\00:56:43.90
And there are many teachings
00:56:43.93\00:56:45.27
that you cannot
find in the Bible.
00:56:45.30\00:56:48.00
I know I'm not gonna
get to the next part,
00:56:48.04\00:56:49.37
so I got to just give
you the story as we wind up.
00:56:49.40\00:56:52.37
Young man said to me as I
met a pastor not too long ago,
00:56:52.41\00:56:55.88
we were talking
about a particular topic
00:56:55.91\00:56:57.51
and I
discovered he was a pastor,
00:56:57.55\00:56:59.01
and I introduced
myself as a pastor
00:56:59.05\00:57:00.38
and we began to
compare teachings
00:57:00.42\00:57:02.35
and I said, "Oh
great, you believe that?
00:57:02.38\00:57:05.69
Oh wonderful, you believe that?
00:57:05.72\00:57:07.06
Oh great, you believe that?"
00:57:07.09\00:57:08.42
Then he brought up something
00:57:08.46\00:57:09.79
that was not
supported by the Bible,
00:57:09.82\00:57:11.19
and then he said to me, he said,
00:57:11.23\00:57:13.16
when I gave him the texts
in the Bible that clears it up.
00:57:13.19\00:57:16.33
He said, "But I know
there is a verse in the Bible
00:57:16.36\00:57:20.10
that supports my view."
00:57:20.14\00:57:21.90
And I said to him, I
met him for the first time,
00:57:21.94\00:57:24.57
I said to him,
"Don't waste your time,
00:57:24.61\00:57:26.47
you're not gonna find
it, it's not in there."
00:57:26.51\00:57:28.84
You know why?
00:57:28.88\00:57:30.21
The Bible does not support views
00:57:30.25\00:57:32.95
that are in
opposition to each other.
00:57:32.98\00:57:34.78
Amen to that. Amen.
00:57:34.82\00:57:36.22
If the Bible
says, "If you love Me,
00:57:36.25\00:57:37.59
keep My commandments,"
00:57:37.62\00:57:38.95
you're not gonna find
any other text that says,
00:57:38.99\00:57:40.76
"You don't have to
keep My commandments."
00:57:40.79\00:57:42.39
You're not gonna find it.
00:57:42.42\00:57:43.76
If the Bible says,
"Remember the Sabbath day
00:57:43.79\00:57:45.13
to keep it holy."
00:57:45.16\00:57:46.49
You're not gonna find
any other text that says,
00:57:46.53\00:57:47.86
"Forget about it."
00:57:47.90\00:57:49.23
You're not gonna find that.
00:57:49.26\00:57:50.60
So, friends,
continue praying for the Lord
00:57:50.63\00:57:51.97
to give you direction, and
definition, and understand,
00:57:52.00\00:57:54.50
what He wants you to understand
00:57:54.54\00:57:55.87
because if it
doesn't makes sense,
00:57:55.90\00:57:57.74
keep studying God's
Word because one day I know,
00:57:57.77\00:58:00.21
it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
00:58:00.24\00:58:03.08
God bless you.
00:58:03.11\00:58:04.45