Participants: Pr. Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000425
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00:02 Announcer: BREATH OF LIFE PRESENTS: EXPERIENCE THE POWER
00:08 WITH WALTER L. PEARSON JR. 00:12 TODAY PASTOR PEARSON'S MESSAGE IS ENTITLED 00:14 "THE LAST OF THE FAITHFUL." 00:17 (theme music) WP: REVELATION, CHAPTER 12, AND 00:29 LET'S LOOK AT THE LAST VERSE. 00:33 TONIGHT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LAST OF THE FAITHFUL, AND 00:37 HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: 00:55 WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME ? 00:57 FATHER IN HEAVEN, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS ON MY OWN. 01:03 ANYTIME IT SOUNDS GOOD, IT'S YOU. 01:07 ANYTIME IT'S NOT GOOD, IT'S ME. 01:11 ANYTIME IT MAKES SENSE, IT'S YOU. 01:14 WHENEVER IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, THAT'S ME. 01:17 SO, TONIGHT, OVERSHADOW ME. 01:20 YOU TAKE CHARGE. 01:22 YOU CONNECT EVERYTHING. 01:25 YOU LET YOUR GLORY BE SEEN. 01:28 I'M WILLING TO DISAPPEAR IF YOU WILL SIMPLY ALLOW 01:32 US TO SEE YOUR POWER. 01:35 THIS IS OUR PRAYER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 01:39 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS HAS SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE THE REMNANT 01:48 OF THE SEED OF THIS WOMAN. 01:50 NOW, LET'S BE REAL CLEAR--I'M NOT GOING TO GET ALL THAT 01:53 DEEP IN IT, BECAUSE EITHER YOU'RE THERE OR YOU'RE NOT, 01:56 BUT TRUST ME, THESE WOMEN AS SYMBOLS, REPRESENT CHURCHES. 02:04 I THOUGHT AT LEAST THE LADIES WOULD SAY "AMEN." 02:06 Ladies: AMEN. 02:08 WP: YEAH, YOU'RE KIND OF LATE, BUT WELCOME. 02:12 I'M NOT ALTOGETHER COMFORTABLE WITH THAT: 02:14 I THINK MEN OUGHT TO REPRESENT CHURCHES, BUT SOMETHING 02:17 HAPPENED: WE DIDN'T GET IN THAT ONE, SO WE'LL JUST LOOK 02:22 OTHER PLACES, BRETHREN. 02:24 BUT THIS WOMAN--YOU WILL SEE LATER WHAT HAPPENS TO HER, BUT 02:29 TRUST ME, THE WOMAN REPRESENTS PEOPLE WHO JESUS IS CALLING TO 02:36 BE HIS LAST FAITHFUL ONES. 02:41 NOW, HERE'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS SELECTION. 02:44 I BEGAN BY TELLING YOU THAT JESUS DOES NOT NEED PEOPLE 02:48 WHO EVERYBODY WOULD VOTE THE MOST RELIGIOUS. 02:54 BECAUSE YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE--HOW DOES THAT 02:59 THING GO--SOME OF THE TIME ? 03:01 WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH IT--YOU KNOW IT. 03:04 BUT GOD KNOWS WHO YOU ARE INSIDE. 03:07 MAN LOOKS ON THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE; GOD LOOKS 03:10 ON THE HEART. 03:13 SO, SOMEBODY LOOKING AT ME RIGHT NOW HAS NEVER BEEN THOUGHT 03:17 OF AS A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT I PROMISE YOU, THAT WHEN JESUS 03:23 GETS READY TO SELECT HIS LAST FAITHFUL REPRESENTATIVES, 03:30 HE WILL NOT GO ACCORDING TO WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS ABOUT YOU, 03:35 HE WILL NOT GO TO THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK HOLY--IN FACT 03:39 SOMETIMES I WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO TRY TO LOOK HOLY. 03:44 IF JESUS LIVES IN YOUR LIFE, YOU DON'T HAVE 03:46 TO TRY TO DO ANYTHING. 03:48 THE BIBLE DOESN'T SAY, "MAKE YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE MEN." 03:52 IT SAYS, "LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE." 03:55 SO IF THE LORD DWELLS IN YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ANYTHING 03:58 HAPPEN, HE JUST SHINES OUT. 04:01 BUT WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THIS--AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 04:04 YOU TO KNOW, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO EXCLUDE 04:07 THEMSELVES FROM THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORD OF GOD, BECAUSE 04:10 THEY SAY, "THAT'S NOT FOR ME; THAT'S FOR RELIGIOUS PEOPLE." 04:13 WELL, GOT NEWS FOR YOU--PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SHOCKED AT WHO 04:19 JESUS CHOOSES TO REPRESENT HIM, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK 04:24 RELIGIOUS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRESS A CERTAIN WAY--ALL YOU 04:28 GOT TO DO IS OBEY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, AND I AM BEGGING 04:32 YOU NOT TO EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THIS, BECAUSE I BELIEVE 04:37 THAT JESUS IS GOING TO CHOOSE SOME VERY ORDINARY PEOPLE. 04:42 HE'S GOING TO USE YOU TO REPRESENT HIM, AND YOU DON'T 04:47 HAVE TO PLEASE ANYBODY ELSE. 04:50 ALL YOU GOT TO WORRY ABOUT IS PLEASING HIM. 04:54 SO, LET'S BEGIN WITH THAT RECOGNITION. 04:57 HAVING DONE THAT, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 05:00 LIKE--THIS TEXT, I'M GOING TO READ IT AGAIN IN THE NIV. 05:03 IT SAYS: 05:17 SO IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DO WHAT GOD SAYS, SIMPLE--JUST OBEY HIM. 05:21 YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AN OPINION POLL; YOU DON'T HAVE 05:24 TO GO AND MEET WITH A GROUP AND SAY, "CAN I GET IN ?" 05:26 YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ANYBODY'S APPROVAL TO BE IN THIS GROUP; 05:30 ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS OBEY WHAT GOD SAYS. 05:34 IT SAYS THESE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT ME AT THE END WILL 05:36 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, AND IT SAYS THEY WILL HAVE 05:40 THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS. 05:43 IF YOU GO TO REVELATION, CHAPTER 19, AND VERSE 10, IT WILL TELL 05:47 YOU THAT THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. 05:52 NOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY CAN NARROWLY DEFINE 05:55 THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. 05:57 WHAT IT IS, IS TO TAKE WHAT THE PROPHETS SAY IN THE WORD OF GOD, 06:04 ALONG WITH ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY FIT INTO THE CATEGORY SELECTED 06:09 BY GOD, AND OBEY THE PROPHETS. 06:13 SO, IF YOU OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS, AND IF YOU ARE 06:17 WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE PROPHETS THAT GOD SENDS, YOU ARE 06:22 AUTOMATICALLY IN THE CATEGORY WHO JESUS CALLS TO REPRESENT 06:28 HIM AT THE END OF TIME. 06:30 AND I'M GOING TO STATE IT FROM THE BEGINNING. 06:32 SOMETIMES I LIKE TO KEEP SOMETHING TILL THE END TO 06:34 BE DRAMATIC; TONIGHT I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND BE DRAMATIC. 06:37 I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT IN A FEW MOMENTS--LET ME SAY 06:41 IT THAT WAY--THINGS IN THIS WORLD ARE GOING TO CHANGE ? 06:50 CAN YOU FEEL IT ? 06:52 I WILL NOT GET INTO PARTISAN POLITICS; WHAT I'M TALKING 06:56 ABOUT IS WAY BIGGER THAN THAT. 06:59 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THE TIMES AROUND US THAT LET US KNOW 07:04 THAT EVEN IF YOU'VE NEVER OPENED A BIBLE BEFORE, YOU CAN FEEL 07:08 THAT SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT NOW THAN IT USED TO BE. 07:12 I'M NOT GOING TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE WICKEDNESS OF PEOPLE. 07:15 I'M NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THE WARS AND THE RUMORS OF WARS, EVEN 07:20 THOUGH THE BIBLE SAYS THAT AT THE END OF TIME, THOSE THINGS 07:22 WOULD HAPPEN--NATION SHALL RISE AGAINST NATION--THAT 07:25 IS HAPPENING NOW MORE THAN IT'S EVER HAPPENED BEFORE. 07:28 GOD EVEN SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE STORMS IN DIVERSE PLACES. 07:31 THERE WILL BE EARTHQUAKES. 07:33 THERE WILL BE ALL KINDS OF PESTILENCES, BUT THAT'S NOT 07:36 EVEN WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 07:38 WE HAVE COME TO A TIME, NOW, WHEN YOU CAN BARELY FIND PEOPLE 07:42 WHO WANT TO RESEMBLE THE GOD OF HEAVEN IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM. 07:50 IN FACT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO BRAG--I DON'T BELIEVE IN THAT. 07:56 WHO ? WHAT IS WITH THIS CHRISTIAN THING ? 08:01 WELL, YOU STAY RIGHT ON THAT NOTE, AND YOU' GOING TO 08:04 DISCOVER SOMETHING--THAT WHEN TIMES BEGIN TO CHANGE, WHEN 08:09 PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS ARE CRUSHED, WHEN INSTITUTIONS 08:15 LOSE THEIR POWER, AND I SAY IT TO YOU WITH AUTHORITY THAT 08:19 THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED 08:23 TO TRUST IN WILL CRUMBLE. 08:27 AND I WILL SAY THIS--OUR NATION USED TO BE THE ONE THAT WOULD 08:31 SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO GO AND HELP OTHER NATIONS HAVE 08:34 ELECTIONS IN A PEACEFUL WAY. 08:41 NOW, I SUPPOSE WE OUGHT TO CALL OTHER NATIONS AND ASK 08:45 THEM TO COME AND HELP US. 08:48 BUT THAT, TOO, IS A SIGN, BECAUSE EVERY INSTITUTION THAT 08:54 IS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE POWER OF CHRIST WILL BEGIN TO SINK 09:00 OVER THE HORIZON AND YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST 09:05 WHAT YOU USED TO TRUST. 09:07 WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES IN THE WORLD. 09:10 I WON'T LINGER TOO LONG ON THAT. 09:12 WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ? 09:14 LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED IN THE WORD OF GOD. 09:17 FIRST OF ALL, YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE 09:19 WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO STUDIED THE BIBLE, WHO CAME 09:22 TO PROPHECIES THAT SAID THAT IN 2,300 DAYS, THE SANCTUARY 09:28 SHALL BE CLEANSED. 09:29 THEY STUDIED IT VERY CAREFULLY AND DISCOVERED THAT IN THE 09:31 BIBLE, WHEN IT'S A PROPHECY IT'S A DAY FOR A YEAR. 09:34 THEY SAID--OKAY, IT'S 2300 YEARS, WHERE DO WE START--THEY 09:37 STUDIED AGAIN--THEY FOUND OUT THAT WHEN IT STARTS, IT'S 457 09:41 BC--THEY WENT AROUND AND ACCOUNTED FOR THE YEAR, ZERO, 09:45 WHEN THE CHANGING--RATHER OF THE YEARS--THEN THEY GOT TO 1844. 09:51 I HAVE SOMEBODY ALREADY TO TELL ME--YOU MEAN THERE'S SOMETHING 09:53 IN THE BIBLE ABOUT 1844 ? 09:56 THAT'S A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT'S NOT LONG IN BIBLICAL HISTORY. 10:00 AND THE BIBLE HAD A PROPHECY--YOU AND I KNOW WHAT 10:02 IT SAYS, BECAUSE WE REVIEWED IT. 10:04 IN 1844 THE BIBLE DECLARES THAT JESUS, OUR HIGH PRIEST, MOVED 10:11 FROM THE HOLY PLACE TO THE MOST HOLY PLACE, AND BEGAN 10:15 THE LAST PHASE OF JUDGMENT. 10:19 ANYBODY WHO'S IN CHRIST DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY, BECAUSE IN 10:23 CHRIST, YOUR SINS ARE COVERED BY THE HIGH PRIEST'S BLOOD. 10:31 CAN YOU IMAGINE ? 10:32 IN FACT LET THAT BE OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE THE 10:34 POWER MOMENT FOR TONIGHT. 10:36 THE HIGH PRIEST, WHOSE BLOOD IS SHED FOR MY SINS--IF I'VE 10:41 GOT A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, HE CAN SAY--MY BLOOD, FATHER. 10:46 SO WHEN HE COMES ACROSS SOME IMPERFECTION IN MY LIFE, JESUS 10:51 SAYS, "I KNOW HIM, AND HE KNOWS ME, SO MY BLOOD COVERS HIM WHILE 10:59 I CONTINUE TO MAKE HIM WHAT I REPRESENT HIM TO BE." 11:02 IS THERE POWER IN THAT ? 11:04 NOW LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS. 11:07 IN REVELATION, CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 17--YOU HAVE TO GO HOME 11:10 AND CHECK ME ON THIS, BECAUSE I CAN'T READ IT ALL, BUT THE FACT 11:13 IS THAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THIS WOMAN WAS ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING 11:18 DIFFERENT--IN FACT, IT STARTS WITH THE FACT--THIS IS 11:21 REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 12, VERSES 1-6, AND THEN VERSES 13 AND 11:26 14--A THIRD OF THE ANGELS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BECAUSE 11:30 OF THIS GREAT RED DRAGON. 11:33 I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND SCARE YOU TONIGHT, BUT I COULD. 11:40 RED DRAGON GOING TO KEEP YOU UP, AND I GOT A WAY I CAN 11:46 PREACH IT, I PROMISE YOU, IF I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU 11:49 AMAZED AND IN AWE, I COULD TWIST IT AROUND, BUT NOTHING 11:53 IN THE BIBLE FRIGHTENS YOU IF YOU'RE IN CHRIST. 11:56 AND IT'S NOT DIFFICULT TO GET IN CHRIST, BECAUSE HE KNOCKS AT 12:01 YOUR DOOR AND SAYS--LET ME IN. 12:05 HOW MANY BELIEVE THAT ? 12:06 THE BIBLE SAYS SO. 12:09 SO LISTEN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING IN HERE SO 12:12 LONG AS YOU'RE JUST WILLING TO SAY--COME ON IN--AND HE WILL 12:16 MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE. 12:18 BUT THE FACT IS THAT I COULD FRIGHTEN YOU WITH THIS ONE. 12:21 THE SYMBOL IN REVELATION IS A RED DRAGON. 12:24 NOW IN THE BIBLE I CAN TELL YOU WHO THE DRAGON IS--NOT 12:29 DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT--DOESN'T TAKE ROCKET SCIENCE. 12:33 WHO DO YOU THINK THE DRAGON IS ? 12:35 AMAZING AUDIENCE, AMAZING ! 12:39 AMAZING--THE DEVIL. 12:42 SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THIS RED DRAGON SEES THAT THE WOMAN IS 12:48 ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, AND IF IT CAN DEVOUR THE CHILD--GUESS WHO 12:54 THE CHILD IS--IF THE CHURCH, AND REMEMBER THAT THE WOMAN 13:01 REPRESENTS THE CHURCH. 13:02 IF GOD'S CHURCH IS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD, 13:04 THAT CHILD IS THE SON OF GOD, JESUS, BORN OF A VIRGIN. 13:11 THE HOLY SPIRIT OVERSHADOWS THE WOMAN AS SHE IS ABOUT TO GIVE 13:14 BIRTH, SO THIS SYMBOLISM--THE WOMAN, AND LET'S IDENTIFY THE 13:19 WOMAN--THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SHE'S WEARING THE SUN--DOES 13:23 THAT GIVE YOU A HINT ? 13:25 GO SEE IF YOU CAN BUY THAT ? 13:28 THERE IS NO BOUTIQUE ANYWHERE ON EARTH WHERE YOU CAN 13:31 DRESS IN THE SUN. 13:33 BUT IF YOU ARE THE WOMAN WHO REPRESENTS GOD'S CHURCH, YOU CAN 13:37 BE DRESSED IN THE GLORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT GOSPEL, WHICH IS 13:42 THE SUN--DO YOU SEE IT ? 13:44 THEN IT SAYS THAT SHE IS STANDING ON THE MOON, WHICH 13:47 IS THE PREDICTIONS OF THE RITES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 13:51 SHE HAS A CROWN WITH 12 STARS. 13:53 IT REPRESENTS BOTH THE 12 FATHERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 13:56 TRIBES, AND THE 12 APOSTLES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. 13:59 IS THAT A WAY TO DRESS ? 14:02 I'M NEVER GOING TO PREACH ON HOW PEOPLE OUGHT TO DRESS IN 14:05 PARTICULAR, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE WOMEN IN REVELATION, YOU'LL 14:07 SEE THAT ONE OF THEM DRESSES WITH ALL KINDS OF NATURAL 14:10 THINGS, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE DAY, 14:13 WHO DOESN'T DRESS SO WELL. 14:15 BUT THIS WOMAN HAS THE APOSTLES, THE FATHERS 14:18 OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. 14:20 SHE'S STANDING ON THE MOON, THE PREDICTIONS OF THE 14:23 OLD TESTAMENT. 14:24 SHE'S CLOTHED IN THE SUN. 14:26 AND THIS WOMAN IS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD. 14:29 AND THE DRAGON SAYS I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL SHE HAS THAT CHILD, 14:36 BECAUSE IF I CAN KILL THAT CHILD, THEN HOPE IS GONE. 14:43 WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF JESUS COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED ? 14:47 YOU KNOW THERE WAS A DEATH PENALTY OUT ON ALL OF THE 14:51 CHILDREN BORN AT THAT TIME. 14:53 IF THE DEVIL COULD HAVE, HE WOULD HAVE KILLED 14:58 JESUS AS A BABY. 15:01 BUT THERE WERE ANGELS WATCHING OVER THAT CHILD. 15:07 THERE WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT'S POWER THERE. 15:10 AND SO HERE'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS--IT SAYS THAT THEN THAT 15:13 DRAGON CAME TO SPRING FORTH TO GET THE BABY--THE BIBLE SAYS 15:20 THAT THE CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP TO GOD AT HIS THRONE. 15:25 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU SEE THAT OR NOT--SOME OF 15:28 US HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT TOO MUCH TELEVISION; WE 15:29 CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING. 15:31 I CAN SEE IT. 15:32 I SEE THAT DRAGON WAITING TO GET THE BABY, BUT GOD'S 15:36 POWER IS THERE, AND SO JUST WHEN THE DRAGON--JUST WHEN THE 15:41 DEVIL THINKS THAT HE CAN TAKE THE LIFE OF THAT CHILD, THEN 15:44 HE'S CAUGHT UP--NOW THAT'S FAST MOVING TIME--BUT YOU 15:49 AND I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. 15:50 WHEN JESUS HAD GONE TO THE CROSS, WHEN HE HAD LIVED A 15:54 PERFECT LIFE AND DIED A PERFECT DEATH, THEN GOD 15:58 SAID, YOU WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE TO THIS CHILD. 16:02 I WILL BRING HIM UP WITH ME, AND SO JESUS WENT TO SIT AT THE 16:06 RIGHT HAND OF GOD, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS THERE TO 16:10 BE IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY TO BE MY HIGH PRIEST. 16:14 SO IF ANYBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE AWAY THE SAVIOR, 16:17 THEY WERE WRONG--I WOULD NEVER, I WOULD NEVER HAVE 16:21 MY INFLUENCE ON THAT SIDE, SO THE BABY WAS CAUGHT UP. 16:25 SO, HERE'S WHAT THE DRAGON DOES--THE DEVIL DOES. 16:30 HE SAYS, IF I CAN'T GET JESUS, I'LL GET HIS BELIEVERS. 16:39 CAN'T GET HIM--HE'S GONE--THEN EVERYBODY WHOEVER PROFESSES 16:46 TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST, I WILL GIVE THEM TROUBLE. 16:51 IS THERE A WITNESS ANYWHERE IN THIS ROOM ? 16:56 I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO ME--ONCE I CAME TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST, 17:01 I HAD MORE TROUBLE THEN THAN BEFORE. 17:05 AND GUESS WHAT ? 17:06 YOU KNOW THE REASON WHY YOU HAD MORE TROUBLE ? 17:08 BECAUSE BEFORE YOU WERE WALKING WITH THE DRAGON. 17:18 DRAGON DOESN'T WORRY ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE'LL 17:20 TAKE CARE OF YOU LATER. 17:22 NOBODY PLAYS WITH THE DRAGON AND LIVES. 17:25 HE WILL DESTROY YOU--BUT NOT NOW--C'MON, LET'S WALK. 17:29 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WONDERFUL 17:32 ABOUT GOING THE WAY OF SATAN, BUT SATAN IS NOT YOUR FRIEND ! 17:39 IN FACT HE COMES TO MAKE WAR WITH THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN 17:44 CHRIST, BECAUSE, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT HE KNOWS--HE WAS CAST 17:48 OUT OF HEAVEN, BUT IF YOU KEEP BELIEVING IN JESUS, YOU WILL 17:56 FINALLY LIVE IN THE PLACE WHERE HE CANNOT RETURN. 18:10 OH, I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT IT. 18:13 SOMETIMES, WHEN MY LIFE GETS A LITTLE DIFFICULT, I DO THINK 18:16 ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS ALREADY MADE HIS CHOICE--HE 18:21 CAN'T GO BACK--BUT IF WE JUST KEEP ON BELIEVING IN 18:24 JESUS, YOU AND I WILL LIVE IN THOSE RESTING PLACES. 18:30 RENT WILL NOT BE CHARGED; IT'S ALREADY BEEN PAID 18:34 BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS. 18:35 THERE WILL BE NO MORTGAGE ON THE MANSION; IT'S ALREADY 18:39 BEEN PAID, AND THERE WILL BE NOBODY TO COME AND SAY--THE 18:43 TAXES HAVE BEEN RAISED. 18:45 THERE WILL BE NO TAXES; NOT ONLY NO TAXES, NO TEARS, NO 18:49 PAIN, NO DISEASE, AND THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT IF YOU KEEP ON 18:56 BELIEVING IN JESUS, YOU'RE GOING TO GO WHERE HE'S BEEN. 19:00 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REGULAR HORRIBLE PEOPLE AND THE DEVIL 19:08 AND THOSE ONE-THIRD OF THE ANGELS--THEY KNOW WHAT 19:12 HEAVEN IS LIKE. 19:14 I DON'T KNOW--THE BIBLE SAYS--EYES SEEING, SEE NOT; 19:19 EARS HEARING, HEAR NOT, BUT THE SPIRIT REVEALS--I KNOW 19:24 YOU DIDN'T READ THAT LITTLE PART--EVER NOW AND THEN 19:27 I'M WALKING AROUND PRAYING, LORD, HELP ME. 19:29 AND HE'LL SAY--WHOO ! 19:32 AND I'LL SEE A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF WHAT HEAVEN IS LIKE. 19:35 AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T GET ON MY NERVES, BECAUSE I'M 19:38 THINKING ABOUT ANOTHER CITY. 19:43 JUST WHEN I THINK ALL IS LOST, THE SPIRIT REVEALS 19:47 TO ME WHERE I'M GOING. 19:49 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN RIDING ON THE STREET--I DON'T WANT TO TALK 19:52 SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WASHINGTON DC, EVEN THOUGH OUR TRAFFIC 19:54 IS QUITE INTERESTING. 19:58 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN RIDING ALONG AND SOMEBODY--I DON'T 20:00 KNOW WHAT GETS IN FOLKS' MINDS. 20:01 THEY START DARTING IN AND OUT IN FRONT OF YOU. 20:06 AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU'RE WAY MORE CLOSE 20:09 TO JESUS THAN I AM. 20:15 I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS, AND YOU KNOW I DRIVE A FUNNY 20:21 LOOKING TRUCK, AND I GOT WEIGHT ADVANTAGE, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN 20:26 SOME LITTLE TINY CARS COME--ZIP, ZIP, ZIP--YOU LET ME ROLL 20:31 THIS UP CLOSE TO YOU. 20:37 AND THEN I THINK ABOUT IT--I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT PERSON IS. 20:41 THEY MAY HAVE NO WHERE TO GO, THEY MAY HAVE NOTHING TO LIVE 20:45 FOR, THEIR LIFE MAY BE FULL OF NOTHING BUT TROUBLE--HERE 20:48 I AM WITH SOMEWHERE ON MY MIND, SO I JUST SLOW DOWN AND LET 20:53 THEM LET THEM DART IN AND DART OUT, BECAUSE I'VE 20:56 GOT SOMEWHERE TO GO! 21:00 SO WHEN THE DEVIL GETS ON YOUR NERVES, YOU NEED TO 21:04 REMIND YOURSELF HE HAS NOWHERE TO GO, NOWHERE GOOD, BUT IF YOU 21:09 JUST HOLD ON TO JESUS, YOU'VE GOT AN APPOINTMENT TO KEEP. 21:14 SLOW DOWN, LET HIM PLAY-IT WON'T LAST LONG. 21:20 SO WATCH THIS. 21:21 LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPHECY. 21:24 THIS IS, WELL, LET ME TURN INTO THIS, BECAUSE YOU'VE 21:26 GOT TO SEE IT. 21:27 THIS IS REVELATION, CHAPTER 12, AND LET'S GET 21:29 A PIECE OF IT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, SOMEBODY WILL 21:31 SAY--WELL, IT WASN'T IN THERE. 21:33 YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO WE JUST READ IT. 21:35 LOOK AT REVELATIONS, CHAPTER 12 AND VERSE 6: 21:50 YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE BIBLE ? 21:53 THE PROPHECY IN THERE CAN BE PROVEN BY HISTORY. 21:59 BIBLE SAYS THAT WHEN THIS WOMAN, CLOTHED IN THE SUN, STANDING 22:03 ON THE MOON, STARS OVER HER, WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE 22:06 BIRTH, WE KNOW THAT THE CHILD WAS JESUS, THE DRAGON SAID, 22:09 I'LL DEVOUR THE CHILD. 22:11 BUT BEFORE THE DRAGON COULD GET THE CHILD, GOD PULLS HIM 22:13 TO HEAVEN, WHEN HE GOES BACK TO BE WITH HIS FATHER. 22:18 AND THEN THE WOMAN, THE BIBLE SAYS, IS PERSECUTED BY THE 22:23 DRAGON, SINCE THE DRAGON COULDN'T GET OUR LEADER, JESUS, 22:27 THEN THE DRAGON SAYS I'LL GET EVERYBODY WHO BELIEVED IN HIM. 22:32 BUT THE LORD MADE A WAY FOR THE WOMAN, SO SHE WAS TAKEN TO 22:37 SPARSELY, THINLY POPULATED AREAS, AND IF YOU CHECK IT IN 22:41 HISTORY, YOU DISCOVER THAT IT WAS IN EUROPE THAT IT HAPPENED, 22:46 AND THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD PROTECTED THE WOMAN FOR ONE 22:51 THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THREE-SCORE YEARS, THAT'S 22:55 1260 YEARS, AND YOU CAN GO AND CHECK IN YOUR LIBRARY, 23:01 THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE THERE--GO MONDAY, GO SUNDAY. 23:06 YOU'LL HAVE TO GET SOME HELP TO FIND IT, BUT IF 23:08 YOU GO BACK TO HISTORY, HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL FIND. 23:12 YOU WILL FIND THAT JUST AS THE BIBLE SAID THE CHURCH FOUND 23:17 ITSELF OUT IN THE WILDERNESS DURING A TIME WHEN TO WORSHIP 23:24 JESUS BECAME DANGEROUS. 23:29 SO THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SCATTERED IN THE WOODS, AND 23:33 BEGINNING AT 538, AD 538, THE BISHOP OF ROME WAS FREED FROM 23:43 THE CONTROL OF THE OSTRAGOTHS. 23:47 WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT A RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY BEGAN 23:53 TO SUPPRESS AND OPPRESS PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN JESUS, AND 23:58 IN ORDER TO BE SAFE THEY HAD TO RUN AND HIDE. 24:02 I TELL YOU WHAT--WHAT ENCOURAGES ME ABOUT THIS--THERE ARE TIMES 24:06 WHEN I HAVE TO RUN AND HIDE, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I HIDE 24:12 WITH CHRIST THAT HE WILL PROTECT ME ANYWHERE I GO. 24:19 AND WHEN HE GETS READY, HE CAN CALL ME OUT OF HIDING, 24:27 BECAUSE GOD HANDLES IT ALL. 24:30 SO WATCH THIS--BEGINNING AT 538 AD, THIS RELIGIOUS 24:35 AUTHORITY OPPRESSED CHRISTIANS, AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT 24:40 WOULD LAST FOREVER. 24:41 THERE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT THINK THAT IF WE ARE NOT DOING WELL 24:44 NOW WE WILL NEVER DO WELL. 24:47 THOSE PEOPLE WHO, IN BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, MUST HAVE THOUGHT 24:50 THE SAME THING. 24:51 WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE ARE UNDER THREAT, SOME CHRISTIANS DON'T 24:58 HAVE ENOUGH FAITH TO HOLD ON. 25:02 BUT I'VE READ THIS BOOK FROM COVER TO COVER. 25:06 DOWN SOUTH WHERE I COME FROM, THEY SAY IT ANOTHER WAY--THEY 25:08 SAY KIVA TO KIVA--NOW I KNOW WHO ALL THE SOUTHERNERS ARE, RIGHT ? 25:14 I JUST SAW YOU REACT. 25:16 AND YOU WILL DISCOVER IN THIS BOOK, THAT WHILE GOD'S 25:19 PEOPLE CAN BE OPPRESSED, WHY THEY MAY HAVE TO RUN AND HIDE 25:24 FOR A WHILE, GOD KEEPS WATCH OVER US, AND HE WILL NEVER 25:31 LEAVE US ALONE. 25:33 Announcer: JOIN US NEXT TIME FOR MORE OF PASTOR PEARSON'S 25:36 MESSAGE ENTITLED "THE LAST OF THE FAITHFUL." 25:42 Announcer: LIFE IS FULL OF QUESTIONS. 25:44 SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO OR WHERE TO TURN. 25:46 WE HAVE DOUBTS AND FEARS AND WE WONDER WHAT IT ALL MEANS 25:49 AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THIS WORLD. 25:51 BUT THERE ARE ANSWERS, AND THERE IS HOPE WAITING FOR YOU IN GOD'S 25:54 WORD, THE BIBLE, AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO START EXPLORING 25:59 THE PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU THAN IN THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES. 26:03 IT'S THE BREATH OF LIFE GIFT OFFER THIS WEEK, AND YOUR 26:06 TICKET TO THE HEART AND SOUL OF GOD'S WORD. 26:09 THESE EASY-TO-READ AND ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STUDIES 26:11 GET TO WHAT'S ON GOD'S MIND FOR YOU, QUICKLY AND CLEARLY. 26:15 YOU'LL BE ENLIGHTENED BY STUDIES SUCH AS "IS GOD FAIR ?" 26:18 "WHEN JESUS COMES FOR YOU." 26:21 "THE SECRET OF ANSWERED PRAYER," AND "BRIDGE 26:23 TO A SATISFYING LIFE." 26:25 IF YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE, BUT DIDN'T 26:27 KNOW WHERE TO START, OR IF YOU'VE READ THE BIBLE FROM COVER 26:30 TO COVER, BUT SIMPLY YEARN FOR MORE, THEN THE DISCOVER BIBLE 26:34 GUIDES ARE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU. 26:36 THE GUIDES ARE ALSO GOOD FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS WHO 26:38 MIGHT BE SEEKING SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND HAVE QUESTIONS 26:41 OF THEIR OWN. 26:43 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER AT 1-877-BOL-OFFER. 26:47 THAT'S 1-877-265-6333, AND ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF 26:53 THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES, OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 26:56 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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