PB:  Revelation 13:1.  If
you have it let me hear you say
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Amen. The Word says, “And I
stood upon the sand of the sea,
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and saw a beast rise up out of
the sea, having seven heads and
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ten horns, and upon his horns
ten crowns, and upon his heads
the name of blasphemy.
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And the beast which I saw
was like unto a leopard, and his
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feet were as the feet of a bear,
and his mouth as the mouth of a
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lion: and the dragon gave
him his power, and his seat, and
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great authority. And I saw one
of his heads as it were wounded
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to death; and his deadly wound
was healed: and all the world
wondered after the beast.
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And they worshipped the dragon
which gave power unto the beast:
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and they worshipped the beast,
saying, Who is like unto the
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beast? who is able to make war
with him?  And there was given
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unto him a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies; and
power was given unto
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him to continue forty and two
months. And he opened his mouth
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in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his
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tabernacle, and them that dwell
in heaven. And it was given unto
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him to make war with the saints,
and to overcome them: and power
was given him over all
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kindreds, and tongues, and
nations. And all that dwell upon
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the earth shall worship him,
whose names are not written in
the book of life of
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the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world. If any
man have an ear, let him hear.”
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Our subject today is entitled
“Do You See What I See?”  Now,
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God, move, move in Oakwood today
and move over the airwaves,
television, the Internet,
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so everybody who hears this
sermon, God, will after this
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sermon be able to see the same
thing.  Forgive me for my sins,
and when your appeal is made,
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I pray that your people respond,
respond to your voice.  In
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Jesus' name, Amen. When earlier
this year, we know the story, a
boy can sit in a prayer meeting
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for an hour and listen to people
pray, testify and sing, and then
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open up fire and kill nine
people because he wants to start
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a race war, do you see what
I see?  And then in reverse of
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that action, when a deranged man
can shoot a news anchor and a
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cameraman on live television in
response to this proposed race
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war, do you see what I see? 
When the Supreme Court can rule
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in favor of same-sex marriage,
parades can take place in major
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cities promoting same-sex
marriage, and then when you say
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you're an opponent of same-sex
marriage because you believe in
the biblical definition
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of a man and a woman being
married, and then you're
crucified, criticized,
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ostracized, not to mention you
become a target to human rights
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litigation, do you see what I
see?   When fires are burning in
homes in California,
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tsunami waves are wiping out
villages in the South Pacific,
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and Hurricane Joaquin is pelting
rain along the east coast from
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South Carolina to Connecticut,
producing flooding, storm surge
and destruction, prompting
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some of these states to declare
a state of emergency, do you see
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what I see? When the United
States and Cuba, a communist
nation, can restore diplomatic
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relations that were severed 40
years ago, relations that were
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negotiated in secret in Canada
and at the Vatican with the
papacy, relations that
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have led to the lifting of some
U.S. travel restrictions, fewer
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restrictions on financial
remittances, giving United
States banks access to the Cuban
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financial system and the
establishment of a U.S. embassy
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in Havana which originally
closed after Cuba became closely
allied with Russia in 1961,
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but now we're experiencing the
Cuban thaw, and the normalizing
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of relations between the United
States and Cuba, do you see what
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I see? Speaking of Russia, when
the United States and Russia
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debate, dispute and disagree
over the best way to end the
conflict in Syria, according
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to President Obama, the Bashar
Al-Assad must go, but according
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to Putin he should stay, and all
the while we debate, people are
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dying daily, fleeing Syria, do
you see what I see?  When a
26-year-old man with multiple
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weapons and rounds of ammunition
can go into a classroom at a
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south Oregon community college
and tell students, “Stand up. 
Are you a Christian?
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If you are, good, because if
you're a Christian you're about
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to see your God in just a few
seconds,” and then he shoots and
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kills nine people, do you see
what I see?    And even that's
why here at Oakwood everybody
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just doesn't need to be able to
walk everywhere.  Everyone does
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not need to be able to have
access everywhere.  All
information, like we knew years
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ago being published everywhere,
can't be done today because
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we're living in a sick
world.  Do you see what I see?
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But then, when a mere man, mere
flesh and blood, a mere human
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being, known better to us
as Pope Francis, can come to
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America and then millions--not
hundreds, not thousands, but
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millions of people can bind and
flood the streets in parades, in
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homage and in awe. I mean, think
about it.  At the G.C. session,
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that was the most Adventists
we had in one place. It was only
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70,000 of us. In Philadelphia,
there were two million people. 
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When every station on TV, ABC,
CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, can
cover coverage of his
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every move and every second,
when not just Catholics, because
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all three million of those
people were not just Catholics,
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but Protestants, Baptists,
Methodists, Presbyterians,
cogent, non-denominationals,
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non-church-going folk, even
Adventists, to call the Pope a
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great guy, the People's Pope,
the people's champ, do you see
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what I see? Time magazine
said he's the first pope to do a
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Google Hangout. He's the first
to amass over 20 million Twitter
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followers. The age of authority
has now given way to the age of
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persuasion. The former nightclub
bouncer and slum priest treats
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every encounter, whether with
saint or sinner, as an
invitation to mercy.  You're
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gay? Come home.  You're
divorced? Come home.  You've had
an abortion?  Come home.
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The pope says that the heart
of the pope expands to include
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everyone. The Bible says, “The
world wondered after the beast.”
 Do you see what I see?
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But no, we don't see it because
we're asleep.  God's remnant
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church debates and argues over
the ability to essentially grant
world regions the capacity
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to make a decision on how to
best spread the gospel in their
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region. While God's remnant
church issues infinite,
never-ending points of order
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on the rightness or the
wrongness of the subject of
women's ordination.
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While God's remnant church
argues about whether praise and
worship is too long,
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too loud, or too much.  While
God's remnant church argues
about carpet colors,
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nominating committee processes,
the relevancy of regional
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conferences, chastises
millennial worship methods, and
challenges the selection
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criteria for church leaders.
This fifth-generation Adventist
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cleric wants to know,
do you see what I see?
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But we don't see it.  Why? We're
asleep.  When I was a kid, I
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hated to hear my mother say
every morning, “It's time to get
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up.” In my house, I didn't hear
an alarm clock go off at six in
the morning.  But I heard
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my mother's footsteps coming
around the corner.  My mother
had these loud slippers.
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And on the hardwood floors of
our home, you could hear them,
clonk, clonk, clonk, clonk.
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In fact, a Christmas pastime of
my family, for me and my
siblings, was to each
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buy my mother a new pair of
slippers every Christmas.  If
she's watching right now,
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she's probably laughing because
she knows it's true.  Each year
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we would buy her a new pair of
slippers, hoping they would be
softer and more silent than the
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ones she had before.  Every
year, my mother, for Christmas,
was guaranteed three pairs
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of slippers--one from me, one
from my brother, and one from my
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sister. To this day, Dr.
Belleau, I detest slippers.  In
my house, when you come,
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we have socks that we give
people when they come through
the door, not slippers,
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because there's something
psychological in my mind about
slippers that bothers me,
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because all I can remember
is, it's time to wake up.
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But you know what?  I didn't
want to wake up.  I wanted to
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stay asleep. Because to stay
asleep was comfy.  To stay
asleep was comfortable.
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To stay asleep was relaxing.  To
stay asleep was easy.  And so it
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is in spiritual matters.  To
stay asleep is comfy, it's
comfortable, it's relaxing,
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it's easy.  But in the name of
Jesus it's time to wake up.  Do
you see what I see?
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You see, whenever we talk about
the pope-Dr. Belleau, I heard
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you did an awesome job Thursday.
 Whenever we talk about the pope
and in-time events, Bible
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prophecies, or anything that is
eschatological in nature, we
mutter, here we go again.
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The pope is the beast.  Ellen
White is a prophet.  The seventh
day is the Sabbath.
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The church is God's remnant, the
time of trouble is coming, and
we're going to have
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to go into hiding.  We say it
with such cavalier feeling, and
I feel we have said it
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so much that we don't even
realize we're closer now than
when we first believed.
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Years ago, when the preacher
stood up with his Bible, he had
a Bible in one hand
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and he had the newspaper in the
other hand.  And we called that
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preaching. But now if I do that,
now if I don't hoot, if I don't
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holler, if I don't jump up and
down, if I don't start singing
while I'm preaching, we haven't
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had church. But when I preach
what I'm preaching today, I'm
now an alarmist, a conspiracy
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theorist, a heretic who has lost
his mind. Pastor Byrd, don't
tell me about sin, don't
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tell me about judgment, don't
tell me about transgression,
don't preach anything hard.
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Just give me easy.  Just give me
feel good.  Just give me
cotton-candy preaching.
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Sweet and big on the outside
and ___ on empty on the inside.
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Friends of mine, today we see
things taking place we never
thought we'd see before.
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On the news channels, the
Internet, social media, we see
turmoil and chaos in every
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place of the world.  And what
we're witnessing is the
groundwork being laid for the
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end of the world and the
coming of Jesus to take place.
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Now, people can be asleep and
laugh at me all they want.  But
let's call the roll today.
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For all those who thought
Adventists were conspiracy
theorists, let's call the roll
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today. Jesus prophesied in
Matthew 24 that there would be
wars and rumors of wars.
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In the past century we've had
World War I, World War II, we've
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had Korean war, Vietnam war,
Gulf war, Bosnia war, war on
terror in Iran, Iraq,
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Afghanistan. ISIS is out of
control, and we're on the brink
of war right now with Syria.
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Do you see what I see?
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Jesus also said in Matthew 24
that there would be famines,
earthquakes, and there
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would be pestilence in diverse
places.  We have starvation
right now in Africa.
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Fires and earthquakes in
California.  Tsunamis in the
South Pacific.  And when
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hurricane Katrina and superstorm
Sandy came to the United States
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in recent years, we thought,
man, what is this? And right now
we have hurricane Joaquin
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threatening. And then all these
natural disasters.  They're only
going to get worse as
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global warming rises and
threatens the environment.  Do
you see what I see?
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John prophesied in Revelation
6:12 that there would be a great
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earthquake followed by the sun
being black, the moon turning to
blood, and we're sitting
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around waiting for this to
happen, not realizing November
the first, 1755, the great
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Lisbon earthquake took place
where nearly four million square
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miles in Europe, America and
Africa were covered. John then
said that this earthquake was
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going to be followed by the
darkening of the sun and the
moon turning to blood.
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Exactly 25 years later, May 19,
1780, the dark day took place
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here in the U.S. No sun, no
light, just a dark day.  That
night, the moon arose, but when
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the moon became visible, it had
the appearance of blood, just
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like John said. Do you see what
I see?    But John also said in
Revelation 6:13 that there would
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be falling stars just before
Jesus' coming.  On November 13,
1833, the stars fell,
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from Canada to Mexico, from the
mid-Atlantic to the Pacific. The
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sad thing is, these events, the
dark days, the moon turning the
blood, the earthquake,
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these things were all going to
happen during the sixth seal of
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Revelation 6. What we don't
realize is, the events that have
taken place in the sixth seal,
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these three things, have already
occurred.  Which means, friends
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of mine, the only thing left is
for the things to take place in
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the seventh seal, and in the
seventh seal is the coming of
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the Lord. [Aud. reaction]   
Do you see what I see?  It was
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Ellen White, and people don't
believe in Ellen White like they
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should anymore. Oh, you all want
to say Amen, that's all right,
I'll be by myself today.
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Ellen White, you better
start believing in her writings,
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because anybody with a
third-grade education, but is
arguably the most translated
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author in the world, somebody
better recognize, she had to be
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divinely inspired to do what she
did in her writings.  Ellen
White, she prophesied and told
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us, she told us in “Life
Sketches” of the destruction
that would take place in New
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York. On February 15, 1904, she
told us, she said, When I was
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last in New York, I was in the
night season, called upon to
behold buildings rise in story
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after story toward heaven. These
buildings were warranted and
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supposed to be fireproof.  They
were erected, she said, to
glorify the owners.
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Higher and higher, she said,
these buildings rose, and in
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them the most costly material
was used. She said, “The next
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thing that passed before me was
an alarm of fire.” Men looked at
lofty and supposedly
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fireproof buildings and they
said, they are perfectly safe.
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But these buildings were
consumed as if made of pitch.
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She said the fire engines
are not going to be able to do
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anything to stop the
destruction.    Now, you can
talk about Ellen White
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all you want, but all I know
is, on 9-11, September the 11th,
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2001, I was sitting in a
business law class working on my
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MBA degree at Tennessee State
University in Nashville, when
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all of a sudden I remember the
teacher in that class say,
“Class is over, go home.”  Why?
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The mighty twin towers,
supposedly fireproof buildings.
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Because if a plane hits from the
top, the top should fall, but
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does it descend down like this?
  Things tumbling down.  Do you
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see what I see? But let's keep
calling the roll. Because I may
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never _____. There's a sexual
revolution in the land. 
Adultery. Fornication.
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Not outside of
church, in the church.
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[Aud. reaction]    Pornography.
Open marriage.  Mate-swapping.
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The sexual abuse of children.
Homosexuality.  AIDS and
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venereal diseases are at
an all-time high.  Same-sex
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marriage is legal in this land.
 Paul told us it would happen in
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the last days. II Timothy 3:1-5,
“This we know also, that in the
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last days perilous times shall
come. For men shall be lovers of
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their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers,
disobedient to parents,
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unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection,
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trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers
of those that are good,
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Traitors, heady, highminded,
lovers of pleasures more than
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lovers of God; Having a form of
godliness, but denying the power
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thereof: from such turn
away.”  Do you see what I see?
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But then there's the rise
of the papacy.  We don't even
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understand the importance and
significance of the most recent
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papal visit to the United States
and his meeting with President
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Obama. Just this past week, you
had the two most powerful men
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on earth meeting together:
the foremost leader in world
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government and the foremost
leader in church government.
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Now, let me be clear for
those watching.  I'm not here to
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argue about whether the
pope is a nice man or not.
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I am not here to denigrate,
castigate or dog out Catholics.
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That's not my job.  I have
learned over the years that you
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don't maximize yourself
by minimizing somebody else.
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Because you can't be big
as long as little has you.
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I wish I had a witness in
this place.    [Aud. reaction]
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But I'm here to preach
prophecy. And I know preaching
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prophecy doesn't make me
popular.  But you can't be
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popular and prophetic at
the same time. So Revelation 13
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says, verse 1, “And I stood upon
the sand of the sea, and saw a
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beast rise up out of the
sea, having seven heads and ten
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horns, and upon his horns ten
crowns, and upon his heads the
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name of blasphemy. And the beast
which I saw was like unto a
leopard,” everybody say leopard.
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“His feet were as the feet
of a bear,” everybody say bear,
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“and his mouth as the mouth
of a lion,” everybody say lion,
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“and the dragon gave him his
power,” say power, “his seat,”
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say seat, “and great authority.”
 What did the dragon give the
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beast? Power. Seat.  And not
just authority, great authority.
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Now, the dragon, in case
you don't know the parallel,
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represents Satan.  But also in
this instance represents pagan
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Rome. Now, when we talk about
water in Bible prophecy, we're
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talking about people, we're
talking about what, everybody?
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History is clear, that the
papacy received its power and
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authority from old pagan Rome.
Now, when we talk about a beast,
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a beast in Bible
prophecy represents a kingdom.
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It represents a what, everybody?
The continuation of the Roman
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world empire is the
Roman Catholic Church.    [Aud.
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reaction] The pope, according to
Catholics, not Pastor Byrd, but
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the pope, according to
Catholics, is Caesar's
successor.  Do you see what I
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see? Revelation 13:3, it says,
“And the beast would be wounded
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to death.” But this wound,
this deadly wound, would heal.
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It would what, everybody?  And
all the world would wonder after
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the what? Wonder after what? 
Now, in 1798, study your
history, General Berthier,
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French general of Napoleon's
army when Napoleon was trying to
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conquer the world, took the pope
captive, and the pope died in
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exile. The beast would be
wounded to death.  Many people
in our world thought
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that the pope was done.  He
would die in exile.  But the
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Bible has to be truth, that
he would receive a deadly wound,
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but that wound would have
to heal.  In the concordant of
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1929, Benito Mussolini restored
the power of the papacy.
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Just as the Bible predicted the
wound of the papacy would heal.
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The papacy is now arguably the
most influential power on earth.
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All the world wonders
after him. He's a people person.
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He's charismatic. 
He's loved. He's admired.
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He was Time magazine's Person
of the Year.  He looks good.
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The devil is not going to
come at you ugly.  The devil is
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not going to come at you with
horns, a tail, a pitchfork and a
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red suit. You all hear what I'm
saying. People travel all over
the world to see him.
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All the world wonders after the
beast.  Do you see what I see?
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Oh, but it gets more.  Go
to verse five.  The beast would
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speak great things and
blasphemies. The Bible defines
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blasphemy as being to make
yourself God.  And declaring to
have the power to forgive sin.
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The pope claims to be God on
earth.  But we're running around
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after the pope. In fact, the
pope sees himself not only as
the representative of Jesus
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Christ, but Catholics believe
he is Jesus Christ, hidden under
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the veil of ____, and that he
has the power to forgive sins. 
But let me be clear today, even
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on TV. Let me be clear.  I don't
have to go praying to the pope
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to receive forgiveness for my
sins.  I don't have to go
confess my sins to another
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man on another side of
the window and tell him all my
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business, and tell him all my
sins.  I don't have to confess
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to a pope or anybody else for my
sins.  But my Bible says that if
we confess our sins,
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Jesus is faithful and just
to forgive me of my sins and
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cleanse me from all of my
unrighteousness. Do you see what
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I see? END
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