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Sermon #B662 - 2
Beasts, 2 nations, 1 Disease
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Thank you for joining
us for the conclusion of
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2 Beasts, 2 Nations, 1 Disease.
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Lets listen as Dr. Byrd  shares
the only cure for a global
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disease But we discover through
the Word of God that it's
through this the Roman Catholic
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church, it sees itself as
the mother church, the church
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universal, an extension
of the New Testament church.
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Now, you need to understand when
we talk about changing the
sacredness of God's
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Sabbath from the seventh day to
the first day of the week, you
need to understand,
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friends of mine, that the church
alone cannot enforce and make
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you do anything. The church
couldn't do it. The mother
church, the Roman Catholic
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church, couldn't do it. What
took place was in the year 321
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AD, look it up, a Roman emperor
by the name of Constantine says
that on the venerable Day of the
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Sun, let all the city workers,
let all the magistrates cease
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their labors and cease their
work in the cities in honor and
in celebration of the sun.
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On the first day of the week,
Sunday, in celebration of the
Sun God, Constantine,
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the governor, the
general, the emperor, says,
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"Let's stop working and treat
the first day of the week as a
holy day in honor of the
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Sun God." It's initially just
for people who worked in the
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cities. Later in 336 AD, it's
extended not just for the people
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in the cities, but people in
agriculture and in the fields.
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Well, why, Pastor Byrd, was
it extended to the agricultural
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people and people in the fields
15 years later? Well, it's very
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true. It wasn't done in 321 AD
because they didn't want to stop
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making their money and their
money was made in the fields.
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But in 336 AD, it's now
not just people in the cities,
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but it's people everywhere, that
on the venerable Day of the Sun,
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the first day of the week,
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in honor of the Sun God,
that you treat it as a holy day.
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Slowly, we see the sacredness
and solemnity of God's Sabbath
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day, God's day of worship,
slowly move and go from the
seventh day to the first day of
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the week. That should not
come as a surprise to anybody
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because Satan never comes
out in your face and tells you
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anything. He's sly. He's subtle.
He's cunning. Remember, that's
how he came to Adam and Eve.
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He didn't come
saying, "Here I am. I'm Satan.
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I'm the devil." No,
he didn't come like that.
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Let me remind you the devil does
not have horns coming out of his
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head. The devil is not in a red
suit. The devil does not have a
tail coming out of his caboose.
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The devil is not
carrying a pitchfork.
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But some of you, you need to
know the devil will transform
himself into an angel of light.
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Some of you live with the devil.
Some of you work with the devil.
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The devil is no
respecter of persons.
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But we see the sacredness of
God's sabbath moving from the
seventh day to the first day.
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Again, it's all about worship.
But then in the year 1517,
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there comes this great reformer
by the name of Martin Luther,
and Martin Luther says,
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"Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
There are things that the church
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is saying, the mother church,
Roman Catholic church, is saying
that we ought to be doing,
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but they're not
rooted in this Word of God.
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They're not rooted in
scripture," and so Martin Luther
came up with the term entitled
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"Sola Scriptura", which
means the scriptures and the
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scriptures alone, because if it
ain't in the word, it doesn't
deserve to be heard to the law
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and to the testimony.
I don't care who it is.
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If they speak not according to
this word, it is because there
is no light in them.
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Martin Luther says, "You're
making people do things, mother
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church, that are not in the Word
of God." One thing, the treasure
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of the church, a German by the
name of Johann Tetzel,
T-E-T-Z-E-L, he was the
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treasurer, and because they
wanted to build a new sanctuary,
build a new temple, understand,
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that they began to tell people
that in orde to receive
forgiveness of sin,
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you had to pay indulgences. You
had to pay money to receive
forgiveness of sin.
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Martin Luther says, "Wait a
minute, that's not in the Word
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of God." We don't have to pay
money to ask for forgiveness of
sin or be granted forgiveness of
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sin." Martin Luther said, "Jesus
already paid it all. All to Him
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I owe sin had left the crimson
stain, but he washed it white as
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snow. Why am I paying to receive
forgiveness of sin?" What about
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purgatory? Some, in the mother
church, said there's an
intermediate state between
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heaven and hell. The
Bible doesn't talk about any
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purgatory. Revelation 22 teaches
your holy, holy still. Unholy,
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unholy still. What about praying
to another man in a window to
receive confession?
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I don't have to do that. I can
boldly go to Jesus Christ. State
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of the dead. Well, when a
person dies, they go straight to
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heaven. Well, the Bible teaches
in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and 17,
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"For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven with a
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shout, with the voice of the
archangel, and with the trump of
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God, and the dead in
Christ shall rise first:
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then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up
together with them in the
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clouds, to meet the Lord in
the air: and so shall we ever be
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with the Lord." If individuals
went straight to heaven at their
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earthly death, who would Jesus
be coming back to get at His
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second coming? Mother church,
universal church, Roman Catholic
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church, was teaching and making
people do things that had
nothing to do with the Word of
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God. Martin Luther says, "We're
going to protest against this."
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In 1517, at the Church in
Wittenberg, W-I-T-T-E-N-B-E-R-G,
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in Germany, Martin Luther
nails 95 Theses to the door,
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95 statements of protest
to the door of that church in
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Wittenberg, protesting against
the abuses of the Roman Catholic
church. As a result of that,
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we have what we call
the Protestant Reformation.
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That makes sense because we
have Protestant Reformation,
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and with that
Protestant Reformation,
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the Protestant people are
protesting against the abuses of
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the mother church. My only wish
was I wish that I would have
been living in 1517
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because I want to say it to
Brother Luther. "Brother Luther,
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I'm with you. I agree with
you. But what about the Sabbath?
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What about God's day of worship
that he told us to remember?"
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Now, someone is watching and
someone is saying, "Well,
pastor, it's just a day.
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What difference does a day
make?" Well, let me ask you.
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Let's ask Adam and Eve
what difference does fruit make?
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God said, "Don't eat the fruit
of the tree of knowledge of good
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and evil. If you eat it, you
will die." The fruit looked
good. The fruit, I'm sure,
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tasted good. But God said,
"Don't touch it. Don't eat it
lest you die." God says what he
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means, and he means what he
says, and this is all about who
we're going to give our worship
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to. Today, I've come not
to [inaudible] at the pope.
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I am not trying to attack the
Roman Catholic church or Roman
Catholic Christians.
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Many Catholics are
kind and loving people,
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but I'm talking about a
religious system that will
oppose God's law and change his
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law. I'm talking about
prophecy that must come to pass.
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This sermon is not
an attack on the pope,
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but this sermon is an attack on
Satan for the liar that he is.
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Don't let Satan deceive you. If
he can deceive a third of the
angels, he will deceive you.
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If he would deceive Adam
and Eve, he will deceive you.
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But I'm not going
to let Satan deceive me
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because true worshipers must
worship God in spirit and in
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truth. You see, everything
God has is true. Satan has a
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counterfeit. God has his mark
and Satan has his mark, too. But
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we're so asleep, we don't even
see the parallels between the
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beast and Christ, and the fact
that this enemy power, this
beast, the antithesis, it is the
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antithesis, the opposite of
Jesus Christ and Jesus'
activity. What am I talking
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about? Just as Jesus began his
ministry coming out of the water
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at baptism, the beast began its
ministry coming out of the sea.
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Jesus is described in John
14:9 as one with the Father,
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the beast is described
as one with the dragon.
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Just as Jesus received
authority from the Father,
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the beast received
authority from the dragon.
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Both Christ and the beast
wear crowns on their heads.
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Both Christ and the beast
have swords. Both Christ and the
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beast have horns. The 42 months
where the beast would have
power, the time, times, dividing
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of time, it is the beast's
activities that equate to 3 1/2
years of Jesus' ministry.
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Both Jesus and the beast
would receive a death blow.
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Jesus would have to go to
Calvary, the pope would die in
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exile, and then both of them
later would come back to life
and rise to even greater
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authority. Both Christ and the
beast are worshiped after their
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wound is healed. Both have
followers with inscriptions upon
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their foreheads, the exclamation
who is like the beast brings to
mind the name of Michael the
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Archangel which
means "who is like God".
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Both Christ and the beast
exercise global authority over
every tribe, tongue, and nation,
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and they both want our worship.
Who are you going to give your
worship to? God or Satan?
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Choose this day whom you're
going to serve. But as for me
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and my house, we're going to
serve the Lord. Now, remember,
the church can't force you to do
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anything, but
the government can.
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The Roman Catholic church could
not force and enforce worship on
the first day of the week
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back in the day, but the
government, under Constantine,
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the emperor, did. Just like
there was a union of church and
state in 321 and 336 AD,
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there is soon coming a union
of church and state in the last
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days. What am I talking about?
Revelation 13 speaks of two
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beasts. The first beast is
Revelation 13:1 through 10,
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and the second beast is
Revelation 13:11 through 17.
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The Bible says that this second
beast comes out of the earth
with two horns like a lamb
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but speaks like a dragon.
Remember now, a beast represents
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a kingdom. The earth is not
water. Water represents people.
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The second beast, the Bible
says, does not come out of the
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water, the second beast does not
come out of people, but the
second beast comes out of the
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earth. The earth represents a
sparsely populated area with a
small number of people.
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Now, let me ask you this.
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What nation with superpower
rolls up out of the earth from a
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sparsely populated area after
the division of Western Europe
and the papacy had to go into
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exile, remember, in 1798? What
kingdom was rising at that time?
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What nation was rising at that
time? Think about it. It was the
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United States. The United States
declared its independence in
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1776. The United States
voted its constitution in 1787.
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The United States adopted
the Bill of Rights in 1791,
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and the United States was
clearly recognized as a world
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power in 1798, the same time the
first beast the pope was going
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into exile. All of
this timing fits America.
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No other power or nation
could possibly qualify as this
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lamb-like beast,
but there's some more.
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The Bible says that this second
beast, this kingdom, has two
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horns. Horns, according to
Daniel 7:24, it means kings, but
according to Revelation 13:11,
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these horns have no crowns. No
crown means no king. Notice, the
United States has no king,
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but rather a
democratic form of government.
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The two horns mean this
government is rooted in two
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things: republicanism and
Protestantism. A republic is a
kingdom without a king.
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Protestantism is a church
without a pope. The United
States has no king and no pope.
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The beast is lamb-like
because it appears docile.
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It promotes peace, it appears
peaceful, but yet speaks like a
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dragon. Who is the most powerful
country in the world that
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promotes peace, and when it
speaks, everybody listens? The
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United States. Who is the most
influential country in the
world? The United States.
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When the United States speaks,
like it or not, everybody
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listens. But look at what the
second beast does, verse number
12 of Revelation 13,
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"And he exerciseth all the power
of the first beast before him,
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and causeth the earth and them
which dwell therein to worship
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the first beast,
whose deadly wounds heal."
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Now, remember, the church can't
enforce the day of worship, but
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government can. The first beast
can't enforce anything but the
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second beast can. Now, this
whole thing, remember, is about
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worship. The second beast forces
people to worship the first
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beast. If the first beast
promotes worship on the first
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day of the week, the Bible is
telling us that there is coming
a day very soon that the second
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beast, the United States, will
force us into worship on the
first day of the week paying
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homage to the first beast.
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Now, presently, you need to
understand that first-day
observance is not being enforced
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by law. It's only going
to happen when the issues are
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clearly drawn between the
commandments of God and the
declarations of men.
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America will become a
persecuting power that will
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force people by law to obey
God's commands just like papal
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Rome. Again, the church cannot
force you to do anything but the
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government can. The church of
old couldn't do it, but the
government of Constantine could.
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Today, who are the most
influential powers on the Earth?
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The president of the
United States and the papacy.
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When there is a
union of the two, look out.
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As the moral fiber of our
country continues to fall, as
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wars and rumors of wars grow
stronger, as civil unrest
continues with crime on every
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hand, as pestilences like
hurricanes and tornadoes,
earthquakes, coronavirus,
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and other viruses steadily
increase, as our economic system
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is decimated right before our
eyes, the state of the
government will believe that
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there is a need for greater
spirituality. This may not
necessarily come from the
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politicians themselves, but the
catalyst for this outcry may
very well be the people, the
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voters, because at
the end of the day,
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politicians just want to be
elected so they would do
whatever they have to do to
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please the people, the voters.
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That's why, friends of
mine, I'm going to say this,
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you better be careful
of the religious right.
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many of these politicians today
have all skeletons in their
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closets. But today, I'm speaking
to the inconsistencies of people
in general who will
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push their own self-serving
agenda to get what they want.
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Because of the moral
decline in our country,
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the United States will make an
image to the beast by
legislating religious practices.
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It will pass laws regarding
worship and it will force people
to obey them or face death.
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Not now, but in the future.
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Although the motives of these
actions like you can't buy
certain things on Sunday
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mornings before a certain time
or pray in public school,
although these things may seem
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positive, anything forced with
regard to worship is always bad.
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Now, don't misunderstand me
because somebody will run out of
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here and say, "Well, we are
forced shelter-in-place
restrictions right now." But
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don't get it twisted. Shelter
in place is about your health,
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that's one thing. Your worship
to God is another thing. In our
worship, God never forces us to
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do anything. He always gives us
the power of choice, but the
chapter closes with verses 16
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and 17. And he causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor,
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free and bond, to receive a mark
in their right hand, or in their
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foreheads: and that no man might
buy or sell, save he that had
the mark, verse 18,
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or the name of the beast,
or the number of his name."
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Individuals will not be able to
buy or sell unless they have the
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mark of the beast. But, Pastor
Byrd, how can that be? You had
me till you got there. Notice,
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my friends, how we're
moving to a cashless society.
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Today, people rarely carry cash.
Everybody has a debit card.
Everybody has a credit card.
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You purchase your gas, your
food, your clothes, you even go
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to McDonald's and you purchase
your Big Mac, your fries with a
card. But not only that,
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we now have GPS, Global
Positioning Systems everywhere.
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We have GPS monitoring in our
cars, our phones, everywhere.
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I even have it on my phone now
with my family. I know where my
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wife is, where my daughters
are, every minute of the day.
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You can track down
anyone, anywhere, at any time.
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The ability of the government to
identify individuals through the
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use of cards and numbers give
them immediate access to your
personal records, bank accounts,
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and location which means they
can stop any desire you have for
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purchases. When the
religious issues become clear,
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people are forced and will
be forced to choose whom they're
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going to worship. Either the
image of the mark of the beast
or God's law in his seventh-day
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sabbath, then those who choose
men's way over God's way will
not be worshiping God,
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but worshiping the beast.
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America looks like a lamb,
but it will soon speak like a
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dragon. It will soon make people
worship the first beast. We have
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two beasts. The first beast
is papal Rome, and Rome is in
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Italy. The second beast is
the United States. 2 beasts, 2
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nations, and I don't know today
if it's coincidence or not,
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I don't know if
it's happenstance or not,
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but isn't it interesting that
although COVID-19, although the
coronavirus began in China,
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the country with the greatest
number of cases two weeks ago
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and still the highest
number of deaths today is Italy?
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Then, the country with
the greatest number of cases
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and on pace to have the highest
number of deaths is the United
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States? Isn't it
interesting, friends of mine,
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that the first beast of
Revelation 13 is papal Rome,
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Rome is in Italy, and the second
beast of Revelation 13 is the
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United States. 2
Beasts, 2 Nations, 1 Disease.
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But today, the disease I'm
talking about is not COVID-19.
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This disease is not coronavirus.
The disease is not Ebola. It's
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not SARS. The disease is not the
swine flu. The disease is not
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the Spanish flu. But the
disease, my friends, is sin.
Satan is the author and the
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starter of sin. Sin separates us
from God. Sin is the disease
that all of us have,
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but I'm so glad today that
Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages
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of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord." We have
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two beasts. We have two nations.
We have one disease, the disease
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of sin. But unlike coronavirus,
there is a cure. There is a
vaccine. There is an antibody.
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But this cure is different.
Scientists didn't create it.
Labs didn't design it.
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Inventors couldn't patent it.
Billionaires couldn't buy it.
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Politicians couldn't legislate
it. 2,000 years ago, Jesus went
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to Calvary, he bled in his mouth
for my evil talk. He bled in his
feet for my evil walk.
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He bled in his head for my evil
thoughts. He bled in his hands
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for my evil touch, but his blood
is our cure today. What can wash
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away my sins? Nothing but the
blood of Jesus. What can make me
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whole again? Nothing but the
blood of Jesus. I know our title
is "2 Beasts, 2 Nations, 1
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Disease", but don't so much
focus on the beast that you
forget about the lamb.
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Behold the Lamb of God which
taketh away the sins of the
world. Jesus, the Lamb of God.
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Jesus, the bearer of my sins.
Jesus, the sustainer of my soul.
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Through his shed blood, we
have a cure for the disease.
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Through his shed blood, we have
a cure for sin, we have the cure
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for lying, we have the cure for
stealing, we have the cure for
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cheating, we have the cure for
gossiping, we have a cure for
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bad habits, we have a cure
for addictions. His blood is the
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cure and his blood will never
lose its power. It will never
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lose its potency. It will
never lose its effectiveness.
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[piano playing in background]
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Dr. Byrd: It will never lose its
strength. Let me tell you
something as I close.
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The Romans made one critical
mistake when they crucified
Jesus. They shed his blood.
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They should have hung him.
They should have made him drink
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poison. They should have stoned
him. They should have knocked
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him out, But they made a
mistake, that they shed his
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blood. His blood flowed down and
had a revival over death, hell,
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and the grave. When you think
about the mistakes that you have
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made, when you think about the
sins that you have committed,
and the fact that you're still
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here, it ought to make you shout
that there's still power in the
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blood. Would you be free from
the burden of sin? There's power
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in the blood. Without the blood,
there is no cure from sin.
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Without the blood, there is no
forgiveness from sin. It wasn't
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Jesus' broken body that
brought about my salvation.
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It wasn't the strifes that he
received in Pilate's Judgement
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Hall. It wasn't even the cross
itself. If a cross could save
me, anybody could've died on it.
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If stripes could save me, any
prisoner could've ignored them.
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If a broken body could save me,
I could claim any accident
victim as my savior.
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If any of these things could
save me, I could save myself,
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and take glory in my own
sacrifice. But friends of mine,
it wasn't any of these things.
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It was the blood. The
blood of the perfect sacrifice.
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The blood of the Lamb of God. It
was the blood of Jesus that
saves me, and nothing else.
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We've got two beasts. We've
got two nations. We've got one
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disease. We're living in
perilous times. Things aren't
going to get better.
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They're going to get worse.
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But I'm so glad today that we
have a cure, and the cure is the
blood of Jesus Christ.
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I plead the blood on every
man, every woman, every boy,
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every girl that's watching
right now. Playtime is over.
00:24:47.82\00:24:52.89
Playing church is over.
Playing spirituality is over.
00:24:52.92\00:24:57.53
Playing religion is over.
Jesus Christ is soon to come.
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I don't fight for
victory. I fight from victory.
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I fight from the cross, and
his blood is the cure for you.
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The blood is the cure for me
today. His blood would never,
ever lose its power.
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Join me as we sing this chorus,
the blood that Jesus shed for
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me. The... Choir: The blood...
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Dr. Byrd: That
Jesus shed for me...
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Choir: ...that
Jesus shed for me...
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Dr. Byrd:
...way back on Calvary.
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Choir: ...way back on Calvary.
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