Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
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I want to thank
you for joining us.
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Today, we will be concluding
a four-part series entitled
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"Trust in the
Sheer Word of Prophecy."
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During this
series we have studied
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why was Bible prophecy given,
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who can show the dream,
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the four beasts
and a little horn.
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And again today,
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we're
concluding with seven heads
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and ten horns.
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No doubt, Pastor Kenny Shelton
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will be taking us
to the Book of Daniel
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and Revelation again,
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we'll look at Daniel Chapter
7, Revelation Chapter 13,
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where both Daniel and
John were given visions
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of a great and terrible
beast that also spoke blasphemy.
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This terrible
beast would persecute
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God's children
while claiming to have
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the attributes of God.
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This terrible
beast has been a terror
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for God's people
throughout the past,
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especially during the Dark
Ages of this world's history.
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And it will, listen closely,
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it will again be instrumental
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in bringing about
religious persecution
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during the final time of trouble
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right before the return
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of Jesus Christ to get His bride
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and to take us home.
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Seven heads and ten horns,
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I'm certain will
contain pertinent information
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that we all should
know, we all should memorize,
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so that we will be
able to identify this beast
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and to keep from being
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a part of its
religious propaganda.
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I look forward and
I hope you do as well
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to what Pastor Kenny
will be presenting today
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under the
inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
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seven heads and ten horns.
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But first let's go back to 3ABN
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and listen to an amazing
rendition of a song entitled,
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"People Need the
Lord," played by Mary Grace.
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Welcome to Behold the Lamb,
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we're glad that
you've joined us,
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you know, it's
an exciting study.
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So, we want to make
sure you get your Bible,
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pencil and paper, jot
down some of these things.
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Now we're going to be
moving rather quickly along.
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So, if we want to make sure that
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you have time to
study for yourself,
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the Bible says, study to
show thyself approved unto God.
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So, it's not just
what an individual
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might be
saying, but you'd write,
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you're writing
these things down,
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and then you're
going to go study
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these a little bit later
on, because we're going to be
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talking about seven
heads and ten horns.
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Revelation Chapter 13.
This is the fourth part.
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And before we have prayer,
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I might mention
it's still difficult
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if you come in on the third
or the fourth part of a series,
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we're doing a four-part series.
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And so sometimes,
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I think lady
wrote the other day,
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said, well, just
like you were talking
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just to a certain
little group of people here,
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well, because you get in
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on the third or the fourth part,
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it's, you know,
you missed first,
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second, or maybe third.
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And so, each one
builds one up on the other.
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So sometimes it's a
little more difficult
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and it seems like maybe
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that people may
not understand it
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and, but anyway, as
we do all four parts,
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I think it'll come together
and there's a reason for it.
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But we're going to pray again,
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the Holy Spirit will
lead guide in our hearts,
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in our lives,
open our minds, right?
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We want our minds open
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to receive that
which God has for us.
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Revelation Chapter 13
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is one of the most
powerful chapters in the Bible
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and gives so much information
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that we need in the
hour that we're living.
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So, we need the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Let's pray together, shall we?
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Loving Father in heaven,
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again we thank
You for the privilege
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that we have to be
able to get into Your Word.
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But, Lord, we realized
as we look into ourselves,
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we have nothing with
good which to give Thy people,
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so we rely upon the Holy Spirit
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that You'll open
hearts and minds and ears
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and we'll be able to hear that
which you have in store for us.
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Help us to realize that
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these things that
we'll be talking about today
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not only apply
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before they
apply today, especially
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for the end time people.
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Bless us now, we pray
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with the power
of Thy Holy Spirit.
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Teach us, Lord, we pray,
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in Jesus' name we pray
and for His sake, amen.
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You have your Bible,
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make sure to
turn to Revelation 13,
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we'll be going that.
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But now what I want to do
is just kind of remind you
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of what we've been essentially,
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if you tuned in for
the first time today,
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you'll say, I don't understand
where all this is going.
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This is the fourth part of
the series that we're doing.
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We did the first part,
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we did why was
Bible prophecy given.
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Now why would you...
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We're going to go over
there in just a minute,
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why Bible prophecy was given.
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We did number
two, lesson number two,
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who can show the dream
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and we covered Daniel Chapter 2.
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And then the third part
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we've done was the four
beasts and the little horn.
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So, we pray that
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we've established
a little horn power
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and who that
little horn power is,
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and what that little horn
power is doing to the world
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and will continue to
do until Jesus comes.
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It's very important that
we put these things together,
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because most people
don't want to hear this message
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that will be given today
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or some of the
things that we will go over,
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because they'll say,
well, we shouldn't be
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talking about this thing,
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we might hurt
someone's feelings.
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God has put it in His Word
and if He's put it in His Word,
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He wants us to give
and to warn the world
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who is being
deceived by this man of sin.
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Our fourth part today,
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seven heads and ten
horns, Revelation Chapter 13.
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Now, if I'll just go
over each one of these,
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I just mentioned the first part.
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Why was Bible prophecy given?
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Simple answer, we
could put on here.
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Absolutely, as
God wants us to know
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what's coming upon this world.
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He's going to warn the
world before it takes place.
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And you know, as it, we
have a duty as a Christian,
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as a follower of Jesus Christ
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is to warn the world
of what's taking place,
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so we can open our eyes
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and see what's
happening right now,
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and then look and say,
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this is getting ready to happen.
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That's Bible prophecy, isn't it?
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We need to look
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and say these
things are about to happen.
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They're happening now.
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And they will continue to go
right on just exactly the way
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the Bible says
whether we like it
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or whether we don't.
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This is what
we're looking at today.
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And it's very, some
people say very, very hurtful.
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Remember, for
every truth that God has,
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the devil has what?
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He has a counterfeit.
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So, God set up a true church
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and the enemy came
on and what did he do?
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Somebody say it. He
set up a false church.
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And the Bible
says the whole world
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will end up wandering
after the false church,
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except for a little small group
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that we will look
at here in a moment.
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So, remember, the
devil is out to deceive,
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kill and to destroy, and
he's not going to be happy.
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But what did he do?
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While we realize that
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he tried to during
the Dark Ages to do what?
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To kill out the Christians.
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Anybody that
said, I'm a Christian,
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I love Jesus, he
sought to kill him.
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Fifty to hundred
million Christians were killed
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during the Dark Age
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or the reign of
this little horn power
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that we've already
established in here.
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And God warns us about
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in giving the
three angels' message
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of Revelation 14.
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The last message of
warning to go to the world
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is to warn the world
about this beast power.
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So, should we be
doing it or should we not?
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We should be doing it.
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Because God said the majority
of the world will wander
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after the beast and
they are those, what?
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Revelation 13:8.
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We'll read it in a moment,
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whose names are not written
in the Lamb's book of life.
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Should that concern us today?
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That concerns me
because it says there are those
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who names are not written
in the Lamb's book of life.
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That doesn't mean
you're going to be saved
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and does it.
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If our name is not in
the Lamb's book of life,
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we will not be saved.
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Profess what
you want to profess.
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Say I'm a Christian,
I belong to this church
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or that church or
whatever it might be.
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I go to church every
week, I'm a Christian.
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Jesus said, He's going to be
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and you're going to
be known by your fruits.
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If you love Me,
keep My commandments,
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if you love Me, do as
I have set the example.
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And are we doing that today?
Why Bible prophecy is given?
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So, before it takes place,
we are to warn the people.
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Two, who can show the
dream, you remember that
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Daniel Chapter
2, Nebuchadnezzar,
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God gave Nebuchadnezzar a, what?
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A dream of a metal man,
the history of this world.
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What, I'm just like
addled at different times
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is why are we not hearing
more about this, why aren't,
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sure all
churches thing about look,
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there's a history
of the world, 605 BC,
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Nebuchadnezzar,
until the coming of Jesus,
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a simple history of the world.
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God said, I'm going to set it up
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and then, what?
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As it comes to pass,
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then your faith
will be increased.
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There's a little bit here
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that has not come
to fruition just yet,
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but it will, but
look at all the other,
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just exactly the way God said,
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Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
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pagan Rome, and
then what you have here,
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the ten toes,
Europe and then, what?
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You got papal,
naturally papal Rome.
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And so we need to
look at these issues
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here that God gave this
dream to Nebuchadnezzar,
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to what, so that
we would see the rise
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and the fall of nations.
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Think about it.
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And then that will help
us to say we are in the toes,
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the toenails, of
the coming of Jesus.
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History has
proven this to be true.
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Not just say, don't say,
well, that's some denomination,
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that's some, history shows that
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what I'm talking
about is the gospel truth.
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If more people would talk about
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it in the pulpit or
wherever it might be,
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and they kept saying,
we are in the toenails,
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you see of this metal man,
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we're right at
the very end of time.
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And the next
thing we know the stones
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are going to hit that
image, ain't that right?
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And boom.
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And then God
sets His kingdom up.
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That should tell us,
what? He's soon to come.
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So, we and we need to be ready.
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So that's why we're
looking at this power here
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that's taking the
world captive right now.
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It's working right
now behind closed doors.
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It's working in
darkness right now
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to continue to deceive.
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And God says we need to
open, put some light on this,
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that the man of
sin may be, what?
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He may be revealed
before Jesus shall come.
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That's part of the job that God
has given to last day people.
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And anybody can be
part of the last day people,
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we just need to read the book.
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And we need to be studying
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the Book of
Daniel and Revelation
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like never before
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and putting that
together the way God said.
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So, we did look
at the third part.
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We looked at was four
beasts and the little horn
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of Daniel Chapter
7, you remember that?
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Four beasts came in, where?
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Remember out of the
earth, they represent the same
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four world powers
in Daniel Chapter 2.
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Why is God repeating?
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Do we ever need
anything repeated?
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Well, have mercy,
so most of you forgot
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we needed something repeated,
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we need things
repeat, right, things go over,
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God gives them over.
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So, and then in
Daniel 8, He goes through
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some of the same
powers again, does He not?
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Sure, He does.
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So that we can comprehend
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and then go into
Revelation 13 and we will today,
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God's going over
some of these powers
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combined together
to say God's people
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need to watch this power
for what is getting ready
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to do and He's doing,
has done in times past,
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will continue to do it
and the whole world, you see,
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will wander after and
we don't want that, do we?
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We don't want to,
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we want to make, give a warning.
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But listen, when
you give a warning,
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you get yourself in trouble.
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You can get yourself in trouble
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because in
times in past history,
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those who tried,
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I was reading this week
about a lot of our reformers.
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Man our reformers in Wycliffe
and Jerome and, you know,
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Luther and all these men here.
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Man, they just said exactly
what they had on their heart
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that the Holy Spirit
impressed them to give.
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I mean, they just let it out,
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knowing that
their life could be,
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you know, cut close,
just like that to an end,
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come to an end real close.
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Now, how many of us
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would love Jesus
enough to do that?
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As we looked at
Daniel Chapter 7,
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notice these are
quick identifying marks
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of this little horn power.
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The only reason
I spent four time,
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you try to come up with say now
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why spend four different hours
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on the subject
here of why prophecy
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or Daniel Chapter
2, Daniel Chapter 7,
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Revelation 13.
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It's so that once
again, we can be reminded that
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we have a job to
do as God's people.
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We have a job to do,
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as I mentioned before
Revelation Chapter 14,
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is to give the
three angels' message,
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the warning to the world
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and one of them is
against the warning
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against the mark of, what?
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The mark of the beast.
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We've established
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who the beast is, is the papacy,
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there's no doubt about it.
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History proves that.
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All we have to do is
read a little bit, right?
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And study the Word of
God, so we understand.
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So, we have to be
careful and say, what?
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We need to avoid
the mark of this beast.
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Something that this
beast stands for that
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the whole world will
wander after in amazement that
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this says this that notice
this little horn power came up,
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he was different
from all the others,
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you remember.
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Identifying marks, remember?
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When he came up,
there was ten toes, right,
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representing ten kingdoms.
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When he came up,
he uprooted three.
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We're talking about the papacy.
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Now you would know that
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you would understand very easily
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if when he
uprooted three of those
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who that little horn would be.
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He was stouter than
all the rest of them,
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that mean he was very religious,
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and a, what?
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Political power.
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Is the papacy,
political and religious today?
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They are in everything
that's going on in the world,
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whether it's political,
whether it's religious,
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they are involved
with it, why, what cause?
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He says, you know,
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they need to be
involved in these things.
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Religious and
political history tells us
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this power is
papal Rome, no doubt.
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It even says how long?
He says it will rise in 538.
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That's when the
last three went down.
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He would last 1260
years and a deadly wound.
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That was 1798. Was
there a deadly wound?
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Exactly.
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Listen, this is
important because again,
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we have to make
sure we identify,
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we don't want to
point the finger at some,
00:17:28.44\00:17:30.15
finger at
somebody and say you're
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and maybe they wouldn't be.
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We want to make sure that
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it's right based
upon the Word of God
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and then do what is right
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that God says we
are to do this, right?
00:17:38.09\00:17:41.02
It's talking about
son of perdition here,
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he's going to have
to be revealed, right?
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Before Jesus shall
come, that means unmask.
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Why?
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Because the enemy
has set up this power.
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And the enemy, notice this,
00:17:52.17\00:17:53.67
gave him his power, his
seat and great authority.
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We need to make sure we have
that really clear in our mind.
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So, this power that came up,
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the little horn,
political and religious,
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and lasted 1260 years,
then there'd be a deadly wound.
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What would he do?
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He would persecute
and kill God's people,
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did he do that? Absolutely.
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Said he would make
war with the saints.
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These are identifying
marks that you can't miss.
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He said he will
speak great words
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against the Most High.
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I hope we have
time to get into that,
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the Most High.
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He would think, listen
to change times and, what?
00:18:23.77\00:18:27.17
The papacy would
think to change times
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and laws referring to
the seventh day Sabbath
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to the first day of the week.
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And they boldly put it in
print over and over and over.
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No one can change God's law
00:18:38.21\00:18:40.08
but this man of sin
says, I would ascend,
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I will sit as it
were, you see above God,
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I'll be like the Most
High and I'll prove that
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I am because I will change
God's Ten Commandment law.
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I'll take Him out of
the fourth commandment,
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and I'll put myself in there,
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then we'll change all
the other, you remember.
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They changed
the Ten Commandments
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with a second is
you should not bow down
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and worship,
you know, the idols.
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What did they do with that one?
00:19:00.54\00:19:02.10
Since they bow down
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and worship
idols, they took it out,
00:19:03.51\00:19:05.64
divided the tenth one
and shoved them all up.
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So, the seventh day
Sabbath is the third one,
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all the others are out of place.
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He thinks he's God.
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He's put himself
in the place of God.
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So, what God
wants us to expose that
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so people can look
at it realistically
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and not be fooled.
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And another identifying mark,
he claims to forgive, what?
00:19:22.22\00:19:25.99
This power that
we're talking about
00:19:26.03\00:19:27.36
claims to forgive sin on earth.
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Is there any other?
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If you just had
that one identify mark,
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it's the only one, right?
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It's only Christian,
you call it Christian,
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I have a hard time even
doing that to be honest.
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It's not that
people we're talking about,
00:19:39.87\00:19:41.58
it's that organization
that the enemy is behind.
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They claim what?
00:19:44.41\00:19:45.75
That man claims to
forgive sin on earth.
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We ended with this statement.
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Listen, we've got dozens
and dozens of these statements.
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And we realized if you
are faithful to the end,
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there is a price
that you will pay.
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I'm not ignorant,
00:20:00.00\00:20:01.56
may I use that
word enough to realize
00:20:01.60\00:20:03.33
that what I say up
here will not come back?
00:20:03.37\00:20:05.63
If I live long
enough, it will come back.
00:20:05.67\00:20:09.54
Did you get it? Yeah.
Has it through the ages.
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It has, anyone
that stood for truth.
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I'm telling you,
the devil is out to kill
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and steal just like we read.
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Here's what we
end of the part three.
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This is from a book called
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Plain Talk about Protestantism
of Today, page 213.
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It says here,
who do we reverence
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by keeping Sunday?
00:20:30.69\00:20:32.19
Again, not trying to
hurt anything or anybody.
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Who do we
reverence by keeping Sunday?
00:20:34.40\00:20:36.33
Here's what the Catholic
Church says about themselves.
00:20:36.36\00:20:38.90
It was the Catholic Church,
00:20:38.93\00:20:40.80
which has
transferred the rest of Sunday
00:20:40.84\00:20:42.74
in remembrance
00:20:42.77\00:20:44.11
of the resurrection of our Lord.
00:20:44.14\00:20:46.27
Therefore, the observance
of Sunday by Protestant,
00:20:46.31\00:20:49.68
is anybody here Protestant?
00:20:49.71\00:20:53.68
Now, evidently there's not.
00:20:53.72\00:20:55.75
Do we even realize
what Protestant even means?
00:20:55.78\00:21:00.96
That means you
protest, yeah, protest what?
00:21:00.99\00:21:03.59
Not only err, you
protest Catholicism.
00:21:03.63\00:21:07.43
What is all these reformers
do during the Dark Ages?
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.90
They were reformers
and they protested what?
00:21:09.93\00:21:12.53
Catholicism.
00:21:12.57\00:21:14.60
They were burned at the stake
00:21:14.64\00:21:15.97
for doing what I'm
talking about today.
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They were killed
and fed to the lions.
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For what exactly is
going on right here right now.
00:21:22.24\00:21:26.51
Man, we need to get this,
00:21:26.55\00:21:27.88
this is life and death
issue that we're talking about.
00:21:27.92\00:21:30.79
It's not a playground thing.
00:21:30.82\00:21:33.36
This is more than,
Brother Mark, a band-aid.
00:21:33.39\00:21:37.39
I want to take the Holy Spirit,
the power of the living God
00:21:37.43\00:21:40.30
in our hearts and our
life to be able to stand.
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Notice this, therefore,
observance of Sunday by
00:21:42.60\00:21:45.83
Protestants is homage
they pay in spite of themselves
00:21:45.87\00:21:50.27
to the authority of
the Catholic Church.
00:21:50.31\00:21:53.14
See, most people
have never heard that.
00:21:53.17\00:21:54.84
So, they don't know.
00:21:54.88\00:21:56.24
God doesn't hold you accountable
00:21:56.28\00:21:57.61
for what you don't know.
00:21:57.65\00:21:58.98
God loves you.
00:21:59.01\00:22:00.35
Yeah, you may be serving
with best of your ability
00:22:00.38\00:22:02.15
all of your life,
God understands that,
00:22:02.18\00:22:04.19
and you're in a good
relationship with Him
00:22:04.22\00:22:05.99
until you hear what truth is
00:22:06.02\00:22:07.36
and then what are
you going to do with it.
00:22:07.39\00:22:08.96
Does that make sense?
00:22:08.99\00:22:11.33
See, in my ignorance,
not knowing God has...
00:22:11.36\00:22:14.56
I'm gonna say He put up
with me because I didn't know.
00:22:14.60\00:22:17.50
But once I
understand what truth is,
00:22:17.53\00:22:19.43
then all of a
sudden I become, what?
00:22:19.47\00:22:21.64
Accountable to Him
00:22:21.67\00:22:23.00
that knoweth to do
good and doeth not to Him.
00:22:23.04\00:22:25.27
To Him is what?
00:22:25.31\00:22:26.74
To Him is sin, to Him
that knoweth to do good
00:22:26.78\00:22:30.11
and then you do
it not, it's sin.
00:22:30.15\00:22:32.31
Don't give us this old business.
00:22:32.35\00:22:33.72
Well, this is the way my dad did
00:22:33.75\00:22:35.28
and my grandma, we
all went through that,
00:22:35.32\00:22:36.79
we all have moms and
dads and grannies, we love.
00:22:36.82\00:22:39.72
Is that right?
Is that fair enough,
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.29
but God does not
hold them accountable
00:22:41.32\00:22:43.69
for what they
understood as truth.
00:22:43.73\00:22:46.29
Whatever, they may never heard
00:22:46.33\00:22:47.96
of a Sabbath
keeping the commandments.
00:22:48.00\00:22:49.53
They may never have heard that,
but they did the best they knew
00:22:49.56\00:22:52.07
how to do and
that's good with God.
00:22:52.10\00:22:54.10
But now the day
comes when that's changing.
00:22:54.14\00:22:57.14
God said He's going to reveal,
00:22:57.17\00:22:58.51
He's going to give us
these beautiful truths.
00:22:58.54\00:23:01.04
And so, we're looking at it,
00:23:01.08\00:23:02.41
we don't want to pay homage
in spite of ourselves, right?
00:23:02.44\00:23:06.38
To the Roman Church.
We don't want to do that.
00:23:06.41\00:23:08.08
And you say how to do it?
00:23:08.12\00:23:09.45
If we're going
to church on the day
00:23:09.48\00:23:10.82
that they made
00:23:10.85\00:23:12.19
and said it was
holy and it's not.
00:23:12.22\00:23:13.56
Man can't make anything holy.
00:23:13.59\00:23:15.12
Revelation 13 quickly,
00:23:15.16\00:23:16.49
oh, I've just got so wound
up on all this other stuff.
00:23:16.52\00:23:19.93
Somebody pray for me.
00:23:19.96\00:23:23.13
Yeah, we, I mean
this, this is powerful.
00:23:23.16\00:23:26.27
Notice right here,
00:23:26.30\00:23:27.64
the scripture in
Revelation 13 begin with 1.
00:23:27.67\00:23:30.87
It's like, we
just have to read it.
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.48
And remember,
Revelation Chapter 13,
00:23:33.51\00:23:36.04
you have the first 10 verses
00:23:36.08\00:23:38.81
that identifies that the papacy.
00:23:38.85\00:23:41.48
And then when verses 11
through 18 of Revelation 13
00:23:41.52\00:23:45.85
is the United
States in Bible prophecy
00:23:45.89\00:23:48.69
because United
States in Bible prophecy,
00:23:48.72\00:23:50.83
the United States
makes an image to the beast.
00:23:50.86\00:23:53.80
That means
there'll be a Sunday law.
00:23:53.83\00:23:55.40
I'm just gonna, I'm
just gonna let it go.
00:23:55.43\00:23:57.50
Just let it go.
00:23:57.53\00:23:59.80
And that's what
people will write in and say,
00:23:59.83\00:24:01.17
well, you just talk like
00:24:01.20\00:24:02.54
you're talking to
a bunch of people.
00:24:02.57\00:24:03.91
Well, you haven't heard
parts one, two and three.
00:24:03.94\00:24:07.04
You may need those.
00:24:07.08\00:24:08.41
But we see here that
00:24:08.44\00:24:09.78
the Bible is talking about here.
00:24:09.81\00:24:11.15
John said here, he said,
00:24:11.18\00:24:12.51
I stood up on the
sand of the, what?
00:24:12.55\00:24:14.95
I stood on the sand to
see, I'm putting my glasses on.
00:24:14.98\00:24:16.75
I have a hard time
seeing. Somebody pray for me.
00:24:16.79\00:24:22.52
And I do mean that,
right? It's important.
00:24:22.56\00:24:25.79
He said, "I stood
upon the sand of the sea,
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.60
I saw a beast do," what?
00:24:27.63\00:24:30.07
"Rise up out of the sea,
00:24:30.10\00:24:31.97
having seven
heads and ten horns."
00:24:32.00\00:24:33.80
What's the subject?
Seven heads and ten horns.
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.60
Notice this, "And upon his head,
00:24:36.64\00:24:39.01
the name of blasphemy."
00:24:39.04\00:24:40.38
God is telling us
already about this beast power.
00:24:40.41\00:24:42.91
We'll go in and
we'll discuss them
00:24:42.94\00:24:44.45
as we have time,
00:24:44.48\00:24:45.81
but let's put this
thing together, shall we?
00:24:45.85\00:24:47.65
Verse 2, notice this.
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.18
"And the beast which I saw,"
00:24:49.22\00:24:51.89
notice this,
"was unto a leopard,
00:24:51.92\00:24:55.59
his feet were like
the feet of a bear,
00:24:55.62\00:24:57.63
his mouth as the
mouth of a lion."
00:24:57.66\00:24:59.36
Is there some symbolism
that we studied before?
00:24:59.39\00:25:02.70
Absolutely.
00:25:02.73\00:25:04.07
But notice what John
says, I saw this here.
00:25:04.10\00:25:05.93
Now notice here's that,
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.30
"And the dragon
gave him his power,
00:25:07.34\00:25:10.61
and his seat, his throne,"
00:25:10.64\00:25:13.07
thank you, "and
great authority."
00:25:13.11\00:25:15.14
Hope we have time to
cover some more on that.
00:25:15.18\00:25:18.31
I mean, that's his
power. Now, who did what here?
00:25:18.35\00:25:22.38
The dragon gave him his...
00:25:22.42\00:25:25.15
The dragon gave him his power,
00:25:25.19\00:25:28.12
and his seat, and
the great authority.
00:25:28.16\00:25:30.36
Who is the dragon?
How do we know that?
00:25:30.39\00:25:34.86
How do I, oh, yeah,
you want better than that?
00:25:34.90\00:25:36.93
Revelation 12:9,
00:25:36.97\00:25:38.87
it talks about
the dragon, right?
00:25:38.90\00:25:40.24
The old devil, Satan.
00:25:40.27\00:25:41.80
It makes it a fact,
the Satan gave this power
00:25:41.84\00:25:44.81
its seat and
its great authority.
00:25:44.84\00:25:47.94
Now, why would the world
want to wander after that then?
00:25:47.98\00:25:51.51
Because they're not studying.
00:25:51.55\00:25:53.35
They don't want to know this,
00:25:53.38\00:25:54.95
because they're
happy where they're at.
00:25:54.98\00:25:57.09
They don't want
to make any changes.
00:25:57.12\00:25:58.92
Most people that I
meet and talk to nowadays
00:25:58.95\00:26:00.72
they really don't want
any changes in their life.
00:26:00.76\00:26:02.99
They don't want
to hear about any,
00:26:03.02\00:26:04.39
and they don't want to hear
00:26:04.43\00:26:05.76
what you have to
say about it either.
00:26:05.79\00:26:07.30
They don't have
time to hear about
00:26:07.33\00:26:08.66
because they're busy
in things of this world.
00:26:08.70\00:26:11.30
But one of these days
they will beg and plead,
00:26:11.33\00:26:14.24
I say for the Word of
God and it will not be,
00:26:14.27\00:26:16.87
that they'll
not hear it anymore.
00:26:16.91\00:26:19.47
Yeah, gain the
whole world he said here,
00:26:19.51\00:26:20.84
but lose your own soul.
00:26:20.88\00:26:22.54
It's not worth
it. It's not worth it.
00:26:22.58\00:26:25.75
The Bible is
very clear about this.
00:26:25.78\00:26:27.25
And again, if we have correctly
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.52
and we have
because of the history,
00:26:29.55\00:26:31.69
and because of the Bible
that says who this beast is,
00:26:31.72\00:26:35.02
and the devil
gave him his power,
00:26:35.06\00:26:37.36
his seat, the
dragon and great authority.
00:26:37.39\00:26:40.70
Again, true
church, the false church,
00:26:40.73\00:26:43.40
true church follows Christ plan.
00:26:43.43\00:26:45.27
Isn't that right?
00:26:45.30\00:26:46.63
Whatever Jesus
taught, how He lived.
00:26:46.67\00:26:48.14
That's what we do. You're safe.
00:26:48.17\00:26:51.07
But now the enemy has come by
00:26:51.11\00:26:52.44
and he's counterfeited
every one of the truth.
00:26:52.47\00:26:55.04
Why? Because the Bible was what?
00:26:55.08\00:26:57.31
Bible was chained to
the walls, you remember?
00:26:57.35\00:27:00.05
In fact, in the Dark
Ages, they were not allowed.
00:27:00.08\00:27:02.15
Only the priest and the
pope could read the Bible
00:27:02.18\00:27:04.29
and they told the people, what?
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.25
What they wanted
them to hear. Yes, yeah.
00:27:06.29\00:27:11.59
When you went to school,
grade school, different things,
00:27:11.63\00:27:13.40
you were taught
what they wanted you.
00:27:13.43\00:27:15.56
They didn't want you
reading for yourself.
00:27:15.60\00:27:17.43
And the Bible plainly says,
00:27:17.47\00:27:18.80
study to show
thyself approved unto God.
00:27:18.83\00:27:22.37
So, we see the beast
here, verse 3 quickly.
00:27:22.40\00:27:24.41
"I saw one of its," what?
00:27:24.44\00:27:27.18
"Heads as it
were wounded to death,
00:27:27.21\00:27:30.05
the deadly wound was healed."
00:27:30.08\00:27:31.41
What did we just talk
about in the beginning?
00:27:31.45\00:27:33.52
There'd be a deadly
wound that would be given, why?
00:27:33.55\00:27:35.78
538, 1798, 1260 years,
00:27:35.82\00:27:39.29
same as 42 months, same
as three and a half years.
00:27:39.32\00:27:42.19
All you have to
do is take a year,
00:27:42.22\00:27:43.56
12 months and 30 days
each one and every time
00:27:43.59\00:27:46.26
you'll see three and a half,
42 months, 1200, it's 1260.
00:27:46.29\00:27:52.23
They're all the same
because God is repeating
00:27:52.27\00:27:54.80
in Revelation
Chapter, I think it's what?
00:27:54.84\00:27:56.91
It's 11, you know,
00:27:56.94\00:27:58.37
you'll find two
different applications there.
00:27:58.41\00:28:00.14
Revelation Chapter 12,
you'll see Revelation 13.
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.54
You will see this application.
00:28:02.58\00:28:04.81
If you're jotting it
down, jot down Revelation 11:2.
00:28:04.85\00:28:08.52
In Revelation
11:3, jot those down.
00:28:08.55\00:28:11.05
Revelation 12:6,
00:28:11.09\00:28:12.89
jot it down and see
what it's talking about.
00:28:12.92\00:28:14.69
And then you look
at Daniel Chapter,
00:28:14.72\00:28:17.03
I think it's
7:25, Revelation 12:14,
00:28:17.06\00:28:20.90
these things all come into play.
00:28:20.93\00:28:22.70
This is how you
put line upon line,
00:28:22.73\00:28:24.23
precept upon precept,
00:28:24.27\00:28:25.60
here a little
and there a little.
00:28:25.63\00:28:28.07
The deadly wound.
00:28:28.10\00:28:29.44
But here's,
here's the thing, what?
00:28:29.47\00:28:30.81
The deadly wound was
healed. Oh, my, listen to this.
00:28:30.84\00:28:34.78
John saw the
deadly wound being healed.
00:28:34.81\00:28:38.21
And then the world
wandered after the beast.
00:28:38.25\00:28:40.98
They were wandering
00:28:41.02\00:28:42.35
after something that
the beast had instituted.
00:28:42.38\00:28:45.39
They may not
realize they're wandering
00:28:45.42\00:28:46.86
as it were
following after the beast
00:28:46.89\00:28:48.86
because they don't know, why?
00:28:48.89\00:28:50.83
Because Sunday
instituted at least 1000 years,
00:28:50.86\00:28:53.29
1500 before there
ever was a Protestant.
00:28:53.33\00:28:56.06
No one wants to protest.
00:28:56.10\00:28:58.60
And you go back in history,
00:28:58.63\00:28:59.97
and you can
read all these things
00:29:00.00\00:29:01.34
for yourself and you can see it.
00:29:01.37\00:29:02.70
Notice it.
00:29:02.74\00:29:04.07
And here we get
down to the nitty gritty.
00:29:04.11\00:29:05.44
Well, you say,
well, I'm not sure,
00:29:05.47\00:29:06.81
Revelation 13:4 says this,
"And they worshipped," what?
00:29:06.84\00:29:11.31
"The dragon." Oh,
they worshipped what?
00:29:11.35\00:29:14.68
It didn't say
they worship the beast
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.05
even though, first of all,
00:29:16.08\00:29:17.42
they said they
worshipped the dragon.
00:29:17.45\00:29:19.02
Who's the dragon? It's Satan.
00:29:19.05\00:29:22.82
They worshipped Satan.
00:29:22.86\00:29:24.43
Remember, just before that
00:29:24.46\00:29:25.79
the Bible said there in verse 3,
00:29:25.83\00:29:27.96
the world wander after the...
00:29:28.00\00:29:30.67
In other words, they
followed after the beast.
00:29:30.70\00:29:33.77
They accepted something
00:29:33.80\00:29:35.14
that they thought
maybe was Christian.
00:29:35.17\00:29:37.44
They didn't know any difference.
00:29:37.47\00:29:40.01
Wow.
00:29:40.04\00:29:41.38
And so, they worship,
see, this is something
00:29:41.41\00:29:43.01
we need to pay
attention to, do we not?
00:29:43.04\00:29:45.41
I mean, how, you
can read this to people.
00:29:45.45\00:29:48.68
And they don't,
like it doesn't faze them
00:29:48.72\00:29:50.92
when it says, "They
worshipped the dragon."
00:29:50.95\00:29:53.66
This has to do with
who we give allegiance to
00:29:53.69\00:29:56.12
and who we worship, does it not?
00:29:56.16\00:29:58.03
"And they worshipped the devil,"
00:29:58.06\00:29:59.69
that's what it says,
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.10
"which gave power to the beast,"
00:30:01.13\00:30:03.80
once again, and they what?
00:30:03.83\00:30:07.47
"And they worshipped the beast,
00:30:07.50\00:30:08.84
saying, who is
like unto the beast?
00:30:08.87\00:30:10.91
Who is able to
make war with him?
00:30:10.94\00:30:13.27
And there was given unto him
00:30:13.31\00:30:14.64
a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemy,
00:30:14.68\00:30:17.08
powers given to him
to continue," how long?
00:30:17.11\00:30:20.42
"Forty two months."
Is what it's talking.
00:30:20.45\00:30:21.78
See, God is going
over the same thing again
00:30:21.82\00:30:23.79
and saying, look,
here's this beast power,
00:30:23.82\00:30:25.79
here's what's going to happen,
00:30:25.82\00:30:27.16
it's going to
last exactly this long,
00:30:27.19\00:30:28.52
the deadly wound
is going to be good,
00:30:28.56\00:30:29.89
the deadly wound
is going to be healed.
00:30:29.92\00:30:31.36
And all the
world's going to wander
00:30:31.39\00:30:32.73
after this beastly power
00:30:32.76\00:30:34.36
or something that
was instituted by them.
00:30:34.40\00:30:36.63
And remember, if
the devil is a deceiver,
00:30:36.67\00:30:38.57
he's not bold enough to come out
00:30:38.60\00:30:39.97
and say, I did it.
00:30:40.00\00:30:41.34
He used his
powers, nations, a church.
00:30:41.37\00:30:44.74
Where do you think the
devil is working right now?
00:30:44.77\00:30:46.41
Can somebody help me?
00:30:46.44\00:30:47.78
Is he working outside?
Well, you'd say, yeah, he is.
00:30:47.81\00:30:49.88
But what is he joined?
He's joined the church.
00:30:49.91\00:30:54.55
He's joined the church.
00:30:54.58\00:30:57.12
Yeah, he joined the church.
He's a member of the church.
00:30:57.15\00:30:59.42
Don't let him be a member
of your church, kick him out.
00:30:59.45\00:31:02.66
Disfellowship him. Right?
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.29
He should have no place
in your church where you go.
00:31:05.33\00:31:08.80
And when false
doctrine and teaching comes in,
00:31:08.83\00:31:11.20
that's where that enemy
comes right on in with that.
00:31:11.23\00:31:14.10
Remember, if it's not
a true teaching of God,
00:31:14.14\00:31:16.34
then it is a
teaching of the devil.
00:31:16.37\00:31:18.87
Man, can you look
up all kinds of dozens
00:31:18.91\00:31:21.08
and dozens of false teaching.
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.68
Man, we need that,
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.05
we need to get
in the Word of God.
00:31:24.08\00:31:25.48
Notice this, verse 6,
00:31:25.51\00:31:28.45
"He opened his
mouth," to do what?
00:31:28.48\00:31:30.62
"To blaspheme against
God, to blaspheme his name,
00:31:30.65\00:31:34.32
and his tabernacle,
and them that dwell."
00:31:34.36\00:31:36.49
Notice this, we're reading
just a moment about blasphemy.
00:31:36.52\00:31:40.00
But even more than that,
00:31:40.03\00:31:41.36
notice that the devil
is going to set himself up
00:31:41.40\00:31:43.60
in the place of
God in God's temple.
00:31:43.63\00:31:46.00
He's going to try to do it.
00:31:46.03\00:31:47.57
And the world's
letting him do it
00:31:47.60\00:31:48.94
because we
don't protest anymore.
00:31:48.97\00:31:50.67
We don't protest err.
00:31:50.71\00:31:52.27
It's a, well we, well,
00:31:52.31\00:31:53.84
if that's what you
believe it's all right.
00:31:53.88\00:31:55.34
Well, everybody just believes
what they want to believe.
00:31:55.38\00:31:57.81
No, we need to believe
00:31:57.85\00:31:59.18
what God has said in
His Word, ain't that right?
00:31:59.21\00:32:01.28
Every one of us has that,
00:32:01.32\00:32:02.65
how many people
are on the planet?
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.02
Close to seven
billion, six and a half billion?
00:32:04.05\00:32:06.29
Can somebody help
me? About that many?
00:32:06.32\00:32:08.42
You realize you
put everybody together
00:32:08.46\00:32:09.96
if you could do that, billion,
00:32:09.99\00:32:11.33
everybody has a
different thought
00:32:11.36\00:32:12.69
about everything.
00:32:12.73\00:32:14.06
Just about.
00:32:14.10\00:32:15.66
Isn't that a lot
of different thoughts?
00:32:15.70\00:32:17.37
We don't need the
thoughts of all of us,
00:32:17.40\00:32:18.73
we need the, what?
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.10
The mind of Christ.
00:32:20.14\00:32:21.47
And He reveals
that to us in His Word.
00:32:21.50\00:32:24.07
Notice he blaspheme against God.
00:32:24.11\00:32:26.68
Now remember talking about
forgiveness of sin, verse 7.
00:32:26.71\00:32:29.08
"And it was given unto him
to make war with the saints."
00:32:29.11\00:32:32.08
We know that,
we talked about it.
00:32:32.11\00:32:33.45
"He overcame them,
00:32:33.48\00:32:34.85
power was given him over
all kindreds, and," what?
00:32:34.88\00:32:38.69
"Power was given to kindreds,
and tongues, and nations."
00:32:38.72\00:32:41.72
The whole world did it.
00:32:41.76\00:32:43.59
And all of the world
wandered after the beast,
00:32:43.63\00:32:45.09
we're getting ready to
read it there in verse 8.
00:32:45.13\00:32:47.03
"And all that dwell
on the earth," how many?
00:32:47.06\00:32:50.33
I know I'm going
fast. I need to calm down.
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.67
I'm just gonna have
to calm down, somebody.
00:32:52.70\00:32:56.04
Well, people can't understand
when I get going jabbering.
00:32:56.07\00:33:00.41
You know why?
00:33:00.44\00:33:01.78
Because you're fighting
against the clock all the time.
00:33:01.81\00:33:04.48
Because you've
had plenty of time,
00:33:04.51\00:33:06.05
who could cover this,
00:33:06.08\00:33:07.42
each verse
should be taken an hour
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.08
just to get a simple
idea of what's going on,
00:33:09.12\00:33:11.52
let alone try
to cover ten verses
00:33:11.55\00:33:13.46
that are critical
to the people of God
00:33:13.49\00:33:15.52
here in these last days.
00:33:15.56\00:33:16.89
I really believe that.
00:33:16.93\00:33:18.49
They're critical to,
if we understand it, why?
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.93
Here's the verse, because,
00:33:20.96\00:33:22.30
"All that dwell on
the earth shall," what?
00:33:22.33\00:33:26.17
Follow after him,
worship, what is the word again?
00:33:26.20\00:33:29.74
Worship, it has to
do with who we worship.
00:33:29.77\00:33:34.01
We either worship the dragon.
00:33:34.04\00:33:35.48
Do you see this
here? Or we worship God?
00:33:35.51\00:33:38.31
That's what he's
talking about here.
00:33:38.35\00:33:39.85
"And whose names
are not written," where?
00:33:39.88\00:33:42.45
"In the book of
life of the Lamb slain
00:33:42.48\00:33:44.12
from the
foundation of the world."
00:33:44.15\00:33:45.49
Verse 9.
00:33:45.52\00:33:46.86
"If any man has an ear,"
00:33:46.89\00:33:48.22
I'm challenging
you with it right now.
00:33:48.26\00:33:49.59
"If any man has an
ear, let him, let him hear."
00:33:49.62\00:33:54.00
Verse 10. Now
this is last verse.
00:33:54.03\00:33:55.73
"He that leadeth into
captivity," shall what?
00:33:55.76\00:33:59.53
Talking about this power.
00:33:59.57\00:34:00.90
He's led a lot, he's
led a lot into captivity.
00:34:00.94\00:34:02.90
And he's also going
to be led in captivity,
00:34:02.94\00:34:05.04
he that killeth with a sword
must be killed with a sword.
00:34:05.07\00:34:08.34
Here is the patience
and the faith of the saints.
00:34:08.38\00:34:12.41
The God saying,
here's the patience,
00:34:12.45\00:34:13.78
there's going to
be a small group.
00:34:13.82\00:34:15.98
They're not going to
be loved in the world,
00:34:16.02\00:34:17.45
they're going to be
blamed for everything
00:34:17.49\00:34:18.82
that's going on in the world,
00:34:18.85\00:34:20.19
that's going on even
right now that as we're talking.
00:34:20.22\00:34:23.49
Eventually the
finger will be pointed.
00:34:23.53\00:34:25.43
Was that, what
happened with Jesus?
00:34:25.46\00:34:26.93
That what happened to disciples?
00:34:26.96\00:34:28.30
The true followers of Christ,
the true followers of Christ,
00:34:28.33\00:34:31.63
everybody went like this.
00:34:31.67\00:34:35.47
If you're a true
follower, but you know,
00:34:35.50\00:34:37.41
the sad part of
most of this right here
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.07
is those who profess to
be true followers of Christ,
00:34:39.11\00:34:41.74
when the hammer goes down,
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.41
when the going
gets tough, right?
00:34:43.45\00:34:45.65
When the laws of
the land are passed,
00:34:45.68\00:34:47.72
when people start to snicker
and laugh at you and saying,
00:34:47.75\00:34:50.15
you're an
oddball, you're a freak.
00:34:50.19\00:34:51.75
It's okay to say that
one? Yeah, most will do.
00:34:51.79\00:34:55.52
Most will just tone it down
and run off and hide somewhere.
00:34:55.56\00:34:59.79
Majority of those who
profess to love the truth
00:34:59.83\00:35:03.70
and the Word of God,
when the pressure is applied
00:35:03.73\00:35:06.87
or someone said today
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.24
you cannot come
to this church again,
00:35:08.27\00:35:09.60
the doors are gonna be locked,
00:35:09.64\00:35:10.97
don't you dare come
to this church again.
00:35:11.01\00:35:12.34
If you do, we're
going to arrest you.
00:35:12.37\00:35:13.71
How many of us would show up?
00:35:13.74\00:35:16.54
All it has to do is rain a drop
or two and most don't show up.
00:35:16.58\00:35:19.85
Well, is anybody
following that thinking?
00:35:19.88\00:35:25.72
I thought it was going to.
00:35:25.75\00:35:29.22
I'm not trying
to pick on anybody,
00:35:29.26\00:35:30.59
I'm just simply saying
we thought it might storm,
00:35:30.63\00:35:32.26
we thought that.
00:35:32.29\00:35:34.20
If I'm feeling
well, I'll show up.
00:35:34.23\00:35:38.00
Don't count on being sick.
00:35:38.03\00:35:41.27
John, did we get that? Okay.
00:35:41.30\00:35:45.71
All you have to do
is to say something
00:35:45.74\00:35:47.44
that the enemy hears, right?
00:35:47.48\00:35:50.28
If my tires are
up in the morning,
00:35:50.31\00:35:52.35
I'll go to church.
00:35:52.38\00:35:53.78
Well, you probably have a
flat tire the next morning.
00:35:53.82\00:35:58.75
That's all you
have to do is if I'm,
00:35:58.79\00:36:00.26
and I've tried to,
00:36:00.29\00:36:01.62
we've all been involved in that,
00:36:01.66\00:36:03.32
but we just don't need to be.
00:36:03.36\00:36:05.76
What we say is
by the grace of God,
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.86
I will be there.
00:36:07.90\00:36:09.90
If I have to
walk, I'll be there.
00:36:09.93\00:36:12.03
You see, there's a difference.
00:36:12.07\00:36:13.40
Rather than say, well,
00:36:13.44\00:36:14.77
if my car starts in the morning,
00:36:14.80\00:36:16.97
we probably all said,
but just think about it.
00:36:17.01\00:36:18.74
That's just an excuse.
00:36:18.77\00:36:20.64
Your car will start if
God wants you to be there,
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.54
He'll start the car for you.
00:36:22.58\00:36:24.18
The tires will be up,
I'm just simply saying is,
00:36:24.21\00:36:26.25
well, we say by
the grace of God,
00:36:26.28\00:36:27.82
I'm going to be there.
00:36:27.85\00:36:30.25
This is what God wants to
hear from His people here today.
00:36:30.29\00:36:33.15
Now think about these things
with me for just a moment.
00:36:33.19\00:36:36.06
What did John see here?
00:36:36.09\00:36:37.86
We got maybe
less than 20 minutes.
00:36:37.89\00:36:39.69
Whoa, right.
Revelation 13:1-10 is powerful.
00:36:39.73\00:36:43.43
He saw a beast rising out
of, let's cover real quick.
00:36:43.47\00:36:45.80
He saw a beast
rise out of the, what?
00:36:45.83\00:36:48.40
The sea. What does that mean?
00:36:48.44\00:36:49.97
A beast. Yeah, people.
00:36:50.01\00:36:52.94
A beast is symbolic,
00:36:52.97\00:36:54.98
we'll talk about
in Bible prophecy
00:36:55.01\00:36:56.91
it means a power,
it means a kingdom.
00:36:56.95\00:36:59.58
It means a political
power, it can mean a nation.
00:36:59.61\00:37:02.88
So, we're looking here
that John said, I saw this,
00:37:02.92\00:37:05.72
this power coming
up out of the sea,
00:37:05.75\00:37:08.92
and the sea, Revelation 17:15.
00:37:08.96\00:37:11.63
There are peoples and
multitudes and nation,
00:37:11.66\00:37:14.10
it's talking about
over in Europe right now
00:37:14.13\00:37:15.66
because we're in that timeframe.
00:37:15.70\00:37:17.80
Talking about
heavy populated area,
00:37:17.83\00:37:19.93
John saw this
beast power coming up
00:37:19.97\00:37:22.14
in a heavy populated area.
00:37:22.17\00:37:23.61
United States was not
00:37:23.64\00:37:24.97
in the heavy
populated area at that time.
00:37:25.01\00:37:26.47
Are you with me?
00:37:26.51\00:37:28.91
So, we know where it was at
00:37:28.94\00:37:30.28
and we know what
was going on in Europe.
00:37:30.31\00:37:31.85
We know most over there
00:37:31.88\00:37:33.21
with the papacy what's going on.
00:37:33.25\00:37:34.95
And we know the reformers
00:37:34.98\00:37:36.32
and what took place
during the Dark Ages,
00:37:36.35\00:37:37.95
it helps us to understand.
00:37:37.99\00:37:39.39
Now, if you're saying,
00:37:39.42\00:37:40.76
I'm not sure about these nation,
00:37:40.79\00:37:43.73
it means kings, it
could mean a kingdom.
00:37:43.76\00:37:47.30
Daniel 7:17, write that one down
00:37:47.33\00:37:50.43
because it refers to
this beast as a king.
00:37:50.47\00:37:53.90
And in Daniel 7:23,
00:37:53.94\00:37:56.94
it talks about I
saw this kingdom.
00:37:56.97\00:37:59.61
So, we realize,
we can be sure that
00:37:59.64\00:38:01.08
we understand this kingdom,
00:38:01.11\00:38:02.44
this power that came up
in a heavy populated area.
00:38:02.48\00:38:06.82
John saw this beast,
00:38:06.85\00:38:09.52
and he was
intrigued by this beast.
00:38:09.55\00:38:11.92
It came up out of a
heavy multitude of people.
00:38:11.95\00:38:15.06
It had to be, as I
mentioned, it had to be where?
00:38:15.09\00:38:17.33
It had to be in Europe,
it had to come from Europe.
00:38:17.36\00:38:20.20
Now as we look on,
the beast had seven heads.
00:38:20.23\00:38:23.06
What a freaky looking beast.
00:38:23.10\00:38:25.23
I've never seen
one with two head,
00:38:25.27\00:38:26.94
let alone seven.
00:38:26.97\00:38:29.77
Now remember, we're
talking in symbolism.
00:38:29.80\00:38:31.27
And so, people read
that sometime they go,
00:38:31.31\00:38:32.77
oh, we could
never figure that out.
00:38:32.81\00:38:34.28
Let's just let it go.
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.01
Beast power had
seven heads like,
00:38:36.04\00:38:38.81
now notice this, like a dragon.
00:38:38.85\00:38:41.38
Now think about it.
00:38:41.42\00:38:42.75
In Revelation
Chapter 12, let's just do
00:38:42.78\00:38:44.19
a little
comparison here quickly.
00:38:44.22\00:38:45.59
Revelation 12:3.
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.62
I'll just read it for you,
00:38:47.66\00:38:48.99
you notice what
Revelation 12:3 says.
00:38:49.02\00:38:51.13
"And there appeared
another wonder in heaven."
00:38:51.16\00:38:54.20
Now remember,
Revelation Chapter 12
00:38:54.23\00:38:56.23
identifies
God's last day church.
00:38:56.26\00:38:59.77
Did you get it? His pure church.
00:38:59.80\00:39:01.97
The woman in white.
00:39:02.00\00:39:03.34
And then compares
it to Revelation 17
00:39:03.37\00:39:05.21
of the harlot on this beast,
00:39:05.24\00:39:07.58
you remember
scarlet colored red beast.
00:39:07.61\00:39:10.78
Here's what the Bible said.
00:39:10.81\00:39:12.15
He said there,
00:39:12.18\00:39:13.52
"And there appeared
another wonder in heaven,
00:39:13.55\00:39:14.88
and behold a red,"
notice it, "great red dragon."
00:39:14.92\00:39:18.49
Notice this red
dragon. Dragon represents whom?
00:39:18.52\00:39:21.92
The devil, symbolism
here, we're looking here.
00:39:21.96\00:39:23.79
Notice, "And this dragon
00:39:23.83\00:39:25.16
had seven heads
and had ten horns,
00:39:25.19\00:39:28.33
and he had seven
crowns on this head."
00:39:28.36\00:39:31.40
Notice this, in
Revelation 17:3 says,
00:39:31.43\00:39:34.64
John said, "I saw this woman..."
00:39:34.67\00:39:38.77
John said what?
"I saw this woman..."
00:39:38.81\00:39:41.54
What is a woman
in Bible prophecy?
00:39:41.58\00:39:44.01
It represents the
church, is it not?
00:39:44.05\00:39:46.08
A lot of study,
you can do on that.
00:39:46.11\00:39:47.92
But here I saw this,
00:39:47.95\00:39:49.28
"The woman sit upon a
scarlet colored beast,
00:39:49.32\00:39:52.25
full of the name of blasphemy,
00:39:52.29\00:39:54.29
it had seven
heads and ten," what?
00:39:54.32\00:39:56.62
"Horns."
00:39:56.66\00:39:58.69
John said, I saw
in Revelation 17 what?
00:39:58.73\00:40:01.96
He said, I saw the
great whore. Did you get it?
00:40:02.00\00:40:04.87
I saw mystical
Babylon here, the great.
00:40:04.90\00:40:08.04
Revelation 17:5,
she has always been
00:40:08.07\00:40:11.07
against God's people.
00:40:11.11\00:40:12.67
Remember, the
dragon is the devil.
00:40:12.71\00:40:15.41
And so, everything
the devil has done,
00:40:15.44\00:40:16.85
he's done his very best
to stamp out God's faithful.
00:40:16.88\00:40:21.68
Has he not?
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.05
From the very beginning
of time with Adam and Eve,
00:40:23.08\00:40:25.02
didn't where he started?
00:40:25.05\00:40:26.55
Stamp him out. The
world will be mine.
00:40:26.59\00:40:30.76
Praise God, you know, for
Calvary, ain't that right?
00:40:30.79\00:40:32.69
Thank God for Jesus.
00:40:32.73\00:40:34.63
That goes another chance
00:40:34.66\00:40:36.00
because the world was lost
because Adam and Eve chose.
00:40:36.03\00:40:39.27
She was deceived, he
chose, they sinned against God.
00:40:39.30\00:40:43.14
Now, don't ever
think for a moment,
00:40:43.17\00:40:45.04
and I'll just throw
this in if you don't mind,
00:40:45.07\00:40:46.91
throw it back
out if you want to.
00:40:46.94\00:40:49.14
Don't ever think that, well,
00:40:49.18\00:40:50.51
I've just got one
little issue in life
00:40:50.55\00:40:52.08
and God understands it.
00:40:52.11\00:40:54.42
It's going to be all right.
00:40:54.45\00:40:56.55
Adam and Eve were taken
from their home, were they not?
00:40:56.58\00:40:59.82
They were kicked
out because of what?
00:40:59.85\00:41:02.76
Twenty five
thousand sins or one?
00:41:02.79\00:41:07.50
Just one. Just one.
00:41:07.53\00:41:11.03
Moses. How about Moses?
00:41:11.07\00:41:13.64
Here faithful man of God.
00:41:13.67\00:41:15.04
I would have screamed
and pulled out little hair
00:41:15.07\00:41:16.57
I've got out if
I was in his shoes.
00:41:16.60\00:41:19.01
Are you still with me?
00:41:19.04\00:41:20.84
I had to put up
with the people, you see,
00:41:20.88\00:41:23.24
and trying to be God's leader
00:41:23.28\00:41:24.61
and all the
people was turned on him
00:41:24.65\00:41:25.98
and what you bring us out here
00:41:26.01\00:41:27.35
that we're gonna die
and boom, boom, boom.
00:41:27.38\00:41:28.95
Moses just did what?
00:41:28.98\00:41:30.32
One time, God
said speak to the rock
00:41:30.35\00:41:32.32
and Moses did
something different, didn't he?
00:41:32.35\00:41:34.59
What he did? He struck the rock.
00:41:34.62\00:41:36.36
Who is the rock?
You don't strike Jesus.
00:41:36.39\00:41:41.50
He struck the rock
and then the Lord said,
00:41:41.53\00:41:42.86
okay, it's time for...
00:41:42.90\00:41:44.80
I told you to speak to rock.
00:41:44.83\00:41:46.17
See, it makes a
difference with God,
00:41:46.20\00:41:47.54
a word makes a difference.
00:41:47.57\00:41:50.84
And so, He called
Moses upon the mountain,
00:41:50.87\00:41:52.84
there he died.
00:41:52.87\00:41:55.38
But it seemed like to put up
with all that he put up with,
00:41:55.41\00:41:57.58
it may just, almost
make an excuse was okay
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.65
because he's frustrated.
00:41:59.68\00:42:01.32
Time and time again
00:42:01.35\00:42:02.68
they had been fed
railroad cars of food every day.
00:42:02.72\00:42:07.46
Did you get it? Railroad cars.
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.89
Millions of gallons of
water every day in the desert
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.53
where there was no water,
00:42:12.56\00:42:13.90
God supplied
them, ain't that right?
00:42:13.93\00:42:16.33
Manna from heaven. Every
day God was there, right?
00:42:16.36\00:42:20.04
Every day God was there
00:42:20.07\00:42:21.40
with that cloud
to cover His people
00:42:21.44\00:42:23.17
because they're so hot.
00:42:23.20\00:42:24.54
Every night there was a
pillar of fire around them
00:42:24.57\00:42:26.57
to keep them a
little bit warmer.
00:42:26.61\00:42:28.68
God was with His people,
00:42:28.71\00:42:30.85
but He will not
tolerate sin from you
00:42:30.88\00:42:33.31
or from me or anyone else.
00:42:33.35\00:42:34.82
And we think heaven
is going to be our home.
00:42:34.85\00:42:36.79
It's a time we're living in
is the hour of God's judgment.
00:42:36.82\00:42:39.49
It's a time to
get right with whom?
00:42:39.52\00:42:41.36
With God.
00:42:41.39\00:42:42.72
It's time as it were,
00:42:42.76\00:42:44.09
so that our sins
can be blotted out.
00:42:44.13\00:42:45.46
Send them into
the most holy place
00:42:45.49\00:42:47.13
where Jesus is at right now,
00:42:47.16\00:42:48.66
mediating as our name comes up.
00:42:48.70\00:42:51.33
We can't make excuses to say,
well, God, no, yeah, He knows
00:42:51.37\00:42:54.30
but He can't do
anything about it
00:42:54.34\00:42:55.94
until we bring it to Him.
00:42:55.97\00:42:57.57
Man, we're looking at
this power, this beast,
00:42:57.61\00:42:59.44
this seven heads and ten horns.
00:42:59.47\00:43:01.38
He saw this
woman mystical Babylon,
00:43:01.41\00:43:03.65
always against God's people.
00:43:03.68\00:43:05.25
And notice what she does?
00:43:05.28\00:43:06.61
The Bible said here
she sits, did you get it?
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.85
Here she sits, meaning,
00:43:09.88\00:43:11.52
if somebody, this woman
is sitting on this beast
00:43:11.55\00:43:13.86
with the heads and the crowns,
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.52
she sits on that
beast, mean she's in control.
00:43:15.56\00:43:19.29
The beast power,
papacy, you're still with me?
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.70
Still, and the
devil is using that right,
00:43:21.73\00:43:23.67
the dragon they
said gave him power,
00:43:23.70\00:43:25.10
seat and authority,
sits as a queen as it were,
00:43:25.13\00:43:28.00
she's in, she's a head of man,
00:43:28.04\00:43:30.77
she's a head of
as it were religion,
00:43:30.81\00:43:32.81
the civil government,
church and state together.
00:43:32.84\00:43:35.48
Verse 18, read that
when you have an opportunity,
00:43:35.51\00:43:38.01
but she's full on these
heads are written blasphemy.
00:43:38.05\00:43:41.72
So, we can identify, so
we need not make a mistake.
00:43:41.75\00:43:44.92
We just read one
verse quickly for, in Mark.
00:43:44.95\00:43:48.59
We know that Mark
Chapter 2, I believe 27.
00:43:48.62\00:43:52.23
Now notice, your blasphemy
covers a pretty broad area,
00:43:52.26\00:43:55.80
realize somebody,
listen blasphemy is in a,
00:43:55.83\00:43:59.43
the principal is
claiming their prerogatives
00:43:59.47\00:44:02.24
that belong to God.
00:44:02.27\00:44:04.14
Does that make sense?
00:44:04.17\00:44:05.51
Claiming the prerogatives
that belong to God alone
00:44:05.54\00:44:07.68
so the beast power
of the papacy claims
00:44:07.71\00:44:10.31
those same things even higher.
00:44:10.35\00:44:12.65
God is below them. Interesting.
00:44:12.68\00:44:15.35
But notice what the
Bible said about blasphemy.
00:44:15.38\00:44:18.79
I assume verse
27, it's not the one?
00:44:18.82\00:44:21.62
No, 2:7.
00:44:21.66\00:44:23.63
Now remember, Jesus was,
00:44:23.66\00:44:24.99
Jesus was working
here with some folks.
00:44:25.03\00:44:27.16
And he said, "There
were certain scribes,"
00:44:27.20\00:44:28.76
verse 6, "sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts."
00:44:28.80\00:44:32.20
Verse 7, Mark 2 says
00:44:32.23\00:44:34.30
and they looked at
Jesus, as they said,
00:44:34.34\00:44:35.87
"Why does this man
thus speak blasphemy?
00:44:35.90\00:44:39.81
Who can forgive
sins but God only?"
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.51
So, this power then would
be claiming to forgive, what?
00:44:42.54\00:44:45.55
Sins on this earth.
00:44:45.58\00:44:47.72
There's only one power
00:44:47.75\00:44:49.12
that I know of that
claims to forgive sins on earth.
00:44:49.15\00:44:52.42
That's why they
have their confessional.
00:44:52.45\00:44:53.86
That's how they
have their masters
00:44:53.89\00:44:55.42
and all the
stuff that they have.
00:44:55.46\00:45:00.16
No, absolutely not.
00:45:00.20\00:45:01.83
So, we don't go to a man
to ask for forgiveness of sin.
00:45:01.86\00:45:04.80
God is identifying this power
00:45:04.83\00:45:06.63
again and again
and again and again,
00:45:06.67\00:45:09.04
so that we're not deceived.
00:45:09.07\00:45:11.21
If man, if man goes to man,
if I go to Brother Mark here,
00:45:11.24\00:45:14.11
and I'm
confessing my sins to him,
00:45:14.14\00:45:15.84
man, I've still got him.
00:45:15.88\00:45:17.48
He can't forgive me,
00:45:17.51\00:45:18.85
I can't forgive him of anything.
00:45:18.88\00:45:20.45
There's only one
that can do that.
00:45:20.48\00:45:22.05
There's only one
mediator between God and man,
00:45:22.08\00:45:24.15
and that is Jesus
Christ, isn't that right?
00:45:24.19\00:45:27.36
He's only one that we go to
Him and we confess our sins.
00:45:27.39\00:45:30.23
And he's like, whoa,
00:45:30.26\00:45:31.59
He's faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:45:31.63\00:45:33.93
and cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
00:45:33.96\00:45:36.53
Here, this harlot as it
were, this prostitute, what?
00:45:36.56\00:45:40.24
Prostituting the spirits
00:45:40.27\00:45:41.60
as well the
Gospel of Jesus Christ,
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.30
coming up with all
these false doctrines
00:45:43.34\00:45:45.04
and false teaching
that people say, well,
00:45:45.07\00:45:47.08
we don't want to talk about
00:45:47.11\00:45:48.44
because we want
everything to be in common.
00:45:48.48\00:45:52.51
God help us if
that's our thinking.
00:45:52.55\00:45:55.18
We love to have
things, we love to get along,
00:45:55.22\00:45:57.19
we like to thank you,
00:45:57.22\00:45:58.55
but what is, we said,
well, we're all in unity now.
00:45:58.59\00:46:00.86
There's not a church
in the world that's all,
00:46:00.89\00:46:02.39
everybody's all in unity,
00:46:02.42\00:46:03.76
they may say, they'll
say what we agree on, right?
00:46:03.79\00:46:06.56
We'll talk
about these, we agree.
00:46:06.59\00:46:08.73
The things that we disagree on,
we don't make an issue, right?
00:46:08.76\00:46:12.97
This all, you know,
common, everything in common.
00:46:13.00\00:46:17.37
The enemy wants to make
you think along that line.
00:46:17.41\00:46:21.91
Let's read another verse
that we got there in Mark 7,
00:46:21.94\00:46:24.61
turn over with me
to Mark 7 quickly,
00:46:24.65\00:46:25.98
we read it again.
00:46:26.01\00:46:27.35
Mark 7:22. Mark 7:22.
00:46:27.38\00:46:31.82
The Bible said,
it's talking about
00:46:31.85\00:46:34.26
"Thieves and covetousness,
00:46:34.29\00:46:35.82
wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness and evil eye
00:46:35.86\00:46:39.43
and blasphemy."
00:46:39.46\00:46:41.46
Did you get it?
"Pride and foolishness.
00:46:41.50\00:46:44.07
All these evil
things come from within,
00:46:44.10\00:46:47.77
and defile the man."
00:46:47.80\00:46:49.84
What defiles the man?
00:46:49.87\00:46:51.37
Blasphemy, thieving, written,
00:46:51.41\00:46:52.81
you know all
this wickedness here.
00:46:52.84\00:46:54.74
God is just identifying
00:46:54.78\00:46:56.11
that somebody who's
saying I can forgive your sin.
00:46:56.14\00:46:58.55
That's evil. That
comes from the enemy.
00:46:58.58\00:47:01.72
It's all evil.
00:47:01.75\00:47:03.08
It's what the Bible says,
the names of the seven heads.
00:47:03.12\00:47:06.45
Names indicate,
remember, a character.
00:47:06.49\00:47:09.39
In the Bible, you know,
00:47:09.42\00:47:10.76
the name when
somebody was, had a name,
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.83
it meant something back then,
00:47:12.86\00:47:14.20
we just pull one out of the sky
00:47:14.23\00:47:15.56
sometime now for our children.
00:47:15.60\00:47:16.97
But everybody had a name
back that it meant something,
00:47:17.00\00:47:19.10
did it not?
00:47:19.13\00:47:20.47
It had a meaning to it.
00:47:20.50\00:47:21.84
And so now as we look at
that indicates the character.
00:47:21.87\00:47:25.41
Verse 2 in Revelation 13,
back quickly, Revelation 13,
00:47:25.44\00:47:28.94
we're not gonna be
able to finish by any means,
00:47:28.98\00:47:30.75
but we'll do the best we can.
00:47:30.78\00:47:32.71
Revelation Chapter
13. I'm going back there.
00:47:32.75\00:47:35.28
You can go back
there with me if you will.
00:47:35.32\00:47:38.19
Remember what
verse 2, we read those,
00:47:38.22\00:47:39.62
now we're trying to go over them
00:47:39.65\00:47:40.99
and cover them
a little bit here.
00:47:41.02\00:47:42.36
Verse 2, Revelation 13:2 says,
00:47:42.39\00:47:44.69
"And the beast
00:47:44.73\00:47:46.06
which I saw was
like unto," what?
00:47:46.09\00:47:48.13
"I was like unto a leopard."
00:47:48.16\00:47:49.56
Now notice this,
00:47:49.60\00:47:50.93
"His feet were
like the feet of a bear,
00:47:50.97\00:47:52.40
mouth of the mouth of a," what?
00:47:52.43\00:47:53.77
"Of a lion."
00:47:53.80\00:47:55.14
So, you had a leopard,
00:47:55.17\00:47:56.50
you had a bear
and you had a, what?
00:47:56.54\00:47:57.87
Of a lion.
00:47:57.91\00:47:59.24
That takes us back
to Daniel Chapter 7,
00:47:59.27\00:48:01.68
you notice where Daniel said.
00:48:01.71\00:48:03.58
First, he said
it was like a lion
00:48:03.61\00:48:05.51
and then he said
it's like a bear.
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.32
And the third
was like a leopard.
00:48:07.35\00:48:09.62
So, we had Daniel
was looking forward,
00:48:09.65\00:48:11.49
and John was looking, what?
00:48:11.52\00:48:12.85
Backward.
00:48:12.89\00:48:14.22
That's why he
listed them as such.
00:48:14.26\00:48:15.59
But you notice, this
power is going to have
00:48:15.62\00:48:16.96
the characteristics of
three of these, Babylon,
00:48:16.99\00:48:20.83
Medo-Persia and Greece.
00:48:20.86\00:48:23.06
Think of all the paganism
that was involved in this era.
00:48:23.10\00:48:25.57
But this power, this beast,
00:48:25.60\00:48:27.57
the papacy would
get other teaching
00:48:27.60\00:48:29.47
and doctrine from this,
this pagan, the pagan powers.
00:48:29.50\00:48:33.48
So, the beast had
physical characteristics
00:48:33.51\00:48:37.05
from all three.
00:48:37.08\00:48:38.41
Notice, who gave the
beast power once again?
00:48:38.45\00:48:42.05
The dragon is what it says.
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.12
Now remember, the
dragon first represents Satan,
00:48:44.15\00:48:46.96
there's no doubt about it.
00:48:46.99\00:48:48.76
But secondarily, in secondary
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.63
it represents the Roman Emperor,
00:48:50.66\00:48:53.06
notice this, or empire.
00:48:53.09\00:48:54.96
Now what happened
to the Roman Empire?
00:48:55.00\00:48:57.90
Remember, it was
divided into, right, ten,
00:48:57.93\00:49:00.04
then the little horn
came up and who took control.
00:49:00.07\00:49:02.54
Notice this, the power
coming up after Roman Empire,
00:49:02.57\00:49:06.14
which received the power
00:49:06.17\00:49:07.88
from the dragon
now receives his power,
00:49:07.91\00:49:11.41
his seat, and
his great authority
00:49:11.45\00:49:14.12
is clearly papal Rome.
00:49:14.15\00:49:16.52
Did you get it?
00:49:16.55\00:49:17.89
It's clearly papal
Rome because it says,
00:49:17.92\00:49:20.42
it receives his power
from the same source here.
00:49:20.46\00:49:24.23
More you say,
well, I'm not sure that
00:49:24.26\00:49:25.59
that the papacy is
the one that followed it.
00:49:25.63\00:49:27.26
Let me just read
something from history,
00:49:27.30\00:49:29.06
the rise of the Medieval Church
in 1900, page 150 says this.
00:49:29.10\00:49:33.17
Out of the ruins
of political Rome
00:49:33.20\00:49:36.14
arose the great
moral empire in the giant
00:49:36.17\00:49:39.11
form of the Roman Church.
00:49:39.14\00:49:41.04
See, history even tells us
00:49:41.08\00:49:42.54
this is the
power that came up that
00:49:42.58\00:49:44.55
we need to be aware of,
I mean, really aware of.
00:49:44.58\00:49:48.18
Behind all of this, remember,
00:49:48.22\00:49:49.98
Satan is seeking to
destroy God's Church.
00:49:50.02\00:49:54.19
He tried during, we talked about
00:49:54.22\00:49:55.82
the Dark Ages, has he not?
00:49:55.86\00:49:57.53
Persecuting and
killing, that didn't work.
00:49:57.56\00:50:00.43
So, he changed his battle plan.
00:50:00.46\00:50:02.23
You think the
devil doesn't have plan?
00:50:02.26\00:50:03.90
And we talked about that,
00:50:03.93\00:50:05.30
his battle plan was
he changed his system
00:50:05.33\00:50:07.24
of thinking that I
will join in with him.
00:50:07.27\00:50:09.74
I'm going to work, he's
saying through paganism.
00:50:09.77\00:50:12.64
Now that didn't work
very well, either enough.
00:50:12.67\00:50:15.11
So, he began to
work in the church.
00:50:15.14\00:50:17.91
And he brought all of this
and to disguise his identity.
00:50:17.95\00:50:22.38
See, I'm in the church now,
00:50:22.42\00:50:23.75
well, I go to
church, I go to church.
00:50:23.79\00:50:25.82
The devil does, you know,
I think he used to fear that
00:50:25.85\00:50:27.92
when you say you're a Christian
or you talk about the cross.
00:50:27.96\00:50:31.19
He doesn't fear that anymore
unless it changes your life,
00:50:31.23\00:50:34.56
did you get it?
00:50:34.60\00:50:35.93
If the cross of Calvary changes
your life, the enemy is afraid.
00:50:35.96\00:50:40.67
He didn't like you
if you didn't say Bible,
00:50:40.70\00:50:42.04
he didn't like
for you to say Jesus.
00:50:42.07\00:50:44.51
But why, you can
say Jesus all you want
00:50:44.54\00:50:46.31
as far as he's concerned,
00:50:46.34\00:50:47.68
he may get behind
you and say Jesus himself
00:50:47.71\00:50:49.48
if it doesn't change
you, but if it changes you,
00:50:49.51\00:50:52.08
he doesn't like it.
00:50:52.11\00:50:54.58
And the truth should change us.
00:50:54.62\00:50:56.92
Notice his seat, Revelation 13,
00:50:56.95\00:51:00.22
his seat and his
throne is read in some Bibles,
00:51:00.26\00:51:02.79
the Pope's ascended to
the throne of the Caesars.
00:51:02.82\00:51:07.30
So, we know beyond
a shadow of a doubt.
00:51:07.33\00:51:09.26
Now another word for throne,
00:51:09.30\00:51:10.73
let's just look at it
quickly before time runs out.
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.87
Another word for throne
in the Greek is cathedra,
00:51:12.90\00:51:18.27
another what?
00:51:18.31\00:51:19.64
Cathedra.
00:51:19.67\00:51:21.44
The Latin siege,
S-E-D-E-S in English is see,
00:51:21.48\00:51:26.61
the holy, what?
00:51:26.65\00:51:28.05
See, notice this.
00:51:28.08\00:51:29.58
The throne, the cathedra
is located in the cathedral.
00:51:29.62\00:51:34.62
Is somebody with me?
00:51:34.66\00:51:36.39
The city which the throne
is located is called the Sedes.
00:51:36.42\00:51:40.73
You get it?
00:51:40.76\00:51:42.10
The ultimate in the
Sedes, notice this, in the,
00:51:42.13\00:51:44.83
we're talking
about in Catholicism
00:51:44.87\00:51:47.14
is we know is the Holy Sedes,
00:51:47.17\00:51:49.34
the city where
the Popes are seated
00:51:49.37\00:51:53.11
and is located were?
00:51:53.14\00:51:54.48
In the city of Rome.
00:51:54.51\00:51:56.41
The Bible tells us
exactly what's going to happen,
00:51:56.44\00:51:58.25
who's going to take the place
00:51:58.28\00:51:59.61
and where they're going
to sit and all about it here.
00:51:59.65\00:52:01.55
It becomes very clear
00:52:01.58\00:52:02.92
as we study and
read these things,
00:52:02.95\00:52:04.35
the Holy Sedes.
00:52:04.39\00:52:05.89
He had great power and
great authority over people
00:52:05.92\00:52:10.06
and nations and religion,
00:52:10.09\00:52:12.29
but they say the deadly
wound would be given to this.
00:52:12.33\00:52:15.20
We went over the
deadly wound, the political.
00:52:15.23\00:52:18.47
That was the
political power of the papacy,
00:52:18.50\00:52:20.74
it came to an end in 1798.
00:52:20.77\00:52:23.91
And you know what?
00:52:23.94\00:52:25.27
When it was
restored, this is history.
00:52:25.31\00:52:26.64
I wish I'd brought
those pictures I had there,
00:52:26.68\00:52:28.28
I could show you the
picture of the actual signing.
00:52:28.31\00:52:31.15
You see of the Lateran
Treaty, you read that in 1929.
00:52:31.18\00:52:34.68
What happened?
00:52:34.72\00:52:36.05
The Lateran Treaty
1929, the papacy was restored,
00:52:36.08\00:52:38.92
you notice that,
00:52:38.95\00:52:40.29
restored the
temporal power to the Pope,
00:52:40.32\00:52:42.66
and the rule of Vatican
City was given back to him.
00:52:42.69\00:52:45.06
I get pictures of that.
00:52:45.09\00:52:46.43
It's there for
history, we can look at,
00:52:46.46\00:52:48.10
just exactly what the
Bible said that it would,
00:52:48.13\00:52:51.00
the deadly wound would be healed
00:52:51.03\00:52:52.73
and all the world
would wander after the beast.
00:52:52.77\00:52:56.04
But you know what?
00:52:56.07\00:52:57.41
Before we end with this time,
the prophet sees much more that
00:52:57.44\00:53:00.34
we talked about
there in verse 8.
00:53:00.38\00:53:02.94
It sickens him
because he sees all the world
00:53:02.98\00:53:05.31
wandering after
this beast power,
00:53:05.35\00:53:08.18
except the faithful
few, just a faithful few.
00:53:08.22\00:53:13.19
Because the Bible
said he caused us,
00:53:13.22\00:53:14.56
you remember that, all,
00:53:14.59\00:53:16.02
them which dwell to
worship the first beast,
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.39
whose deadly wound
was healed in verse 12,
00:53:18.43\00:53:20.73
as Revelation 13:11, 12.
00:53:20.76\00:53:22.46
He causes all
laws that are passed,
00:53:22.50\00:53:26.07
but there is a little group,
00:53:26.10\00:53:27.64
and I'm going to read
you that group right now
00:53:27.67\00:53:29.14
and just kind
of bust your bubble
00:53:29.17\00:53:30.51
maybe just a little
bit, if you don't mind.
00:53:30.54\00:53:32.71
But it's very, very clear
because there is a little group
00:53:32.74\00:53:36.51
because all the world's
going to wander after him
00:53:36.54\00:53:38.05
but there's one group here.
00:53:38.08\00:53:39.51
It doesn't give a
name of that necessarily,
00:53:39.55\00:53:41.05
but it says this,
00:53:41.08\00:53:42.42
Revelation 12:17,
everybody knows it.
00:53:42.45\00:53:44.15
It says, "And the
dragon," who's the dragon?
00:53:44.19\00:53:46.55
The devil was angry,
00:53:46.59\00:53:47.92
"wroth with the
woman," the church,
00:53:47.96\00:53:50.23
"and went to make war
with the remnant of her,"
00:53:50.26\00:53:52.93
the remnant,
the last little part
00:53:52.96\00:53:54.70
of the remnant of her seed,
00:53:54.73\00:53:56.06
"which keep the
commandments of God,
00:53:56.10\00:53:58.67
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:53:58.70\00:54:01.10
Spirit of
Prophecy in the church.
00:54:01.14\00:54:02.80
Two identify marks
of God's last day church
00:54:02.84\00:54:05.34
that will stand
victorious against the enemy.
00:54:05.37\00:54:08.44
To give, what?
00:54:08.48\00:54:09.81
Give the message
of, certainly a warning
00:54:09.84\00:54:11.18
of Revelation Chapter
14 is very, very clear.
00:54:11.21\00:54:14.12
Remember the warning here
00:54:14.15\00:54:15.48
that we need to be
reading and studying every day.
00:54:15.52\00:54:17.85
Right here I'm just
going to give you the last one
00:54:17.89\00:54:19.25
here in Revelation 14:9, 10.
00:54:19.29\00:54:22.62
"And the third
angel followed them,
00:54:22.66\00:54:24.36
saying with a loud voice,
if any man worship," the what?
00:54:24.39\00:54:28.36
"The beast and his image,
00:54:28.40\00:54:30.07
receive the
mark in his forehead,
00:54:30.10\00:54:31.70
or in his hand,
the same shall drink
00:54:31.73\00:54:33.77
of the wine of the wrath of God,
00:54:33.80\00:54:35.47
that's poured out, what,
in the cup of his indignation,
00:54:35.50\00:54:38.11
he shall be tormented with fire
00:54:38.14\00:54:39.64
and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels,
00:54:39.67\00:54:41.94
and in the
presence of the Lamb."
00:54:41.98\00:54:43.81
God gives a specific warning
00:54:43.85\00:54:46.38
about those who will
follow after this power.
00:54:46.41\00:54:48.65
Our whole study has to
deal with make sure that
00:54:48.68\00:54:50.79
we've identified
beyond a shadow of a doubt
00:54:50.82\00:54:53.42
this beast power,
00:54:53.46\00:54:54.79
which is the papacy,
the Roman Catholic Church,
00:54:54.82\00:54:57.73
again, not individuals,
am I talking, talking about.
00:54:57.76\00:55:00.66
I'm talking about
00:55:00.70\00:55:02.03
the organization that
the dragon gave him, what?
00:55:02.06\00:55:04.97
His power, his seat
and great authority.
00:55:05.00\00:55:07.37
The enemy has raised it all up,
and why all the false teachings
00:55:07.40\00:55:10.87
and doctrines
has went on, you see,
00:55:10.91\00:55:12.61
and the world has
been taken captive by this.
00:55:12.64\00:55:15.91
And God said
there'll be a little group
00:55:15.94\00:55:17.28
in the last days that
will expose this man of sin.
00:55:17.31\00:55:19.95
Will you be one of those today?
00:55:19.98\00:55:21.38
Will I be one by
the grace of God?
00:55:21.42\00:55:23.25
I pray that I am.
00:55:23.28\00:55:24.62
I'm gonna have a
quick prayer right now
00:55:24.65\00:55:25.99
before we close right
now and ask God to bless
00:55:26.02\00:55:27.92
those who maybe this
is the hit home to them.
00:55:27.96\00:55:29.29
Let's pray.
00:55:29.32\00:55:30.66
Father in heaven, we thank
You for Your precious spirit.
00:55:30.69\00:55:33.23
We realize that message
is very difficult, very hard,
00:55:33.26\00:55:36.06
and maybe hurtful for some,
00:55:36.10\00:55:37.43
Lord, we're not
trying to be hurtful.
00:55:37.47\00:55:38.80
We want to present the truth
00:55:38.83\00:55:40.17
because You have commissioned us
00:55:40.20\00:55:41.54
to do that the last day people.
00:55:41.57\00:55:42.90
Bless us, we pray to this.
00:55:42.94\00:55:44.27
And thank You for those
that made that decision.
00:55:44.31\00:55:45.87
In Jesus name, amen.
00:55:45.91\00:55:48.64
Remember, stay
in the Word of God,
00:55:48.68\00:55:50.68
get into if you
still have questions,
00:55:50.71\00:55:52.25
be sure and give us a
call here at Behold the Lamb,
00:55:52.28\00:55:53.75
we'll do what we can.
00:55:53.78\00:55:55.12
We love you and
appreciate you and thank you.
00:55:55.15\00:55:56.48
And we'll see you next time.
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Hello and welcome back.
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How wonderful
that God left for us
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in the Bible identifying marks
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of a beast power
that works deceptively,
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against most all that
is truth and righteousness.
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We must do our
part, however, friends,
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to study to show
ourselves approved unto God
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just as we read
in 2 Timothy 2:15.
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Without the study of God's Word,
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without making His word
our absolute moral guide
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and instruction
book, we will be deceived.
00:56:27.88\00:56:31.09
I thank the Lord for
people like Pastor Kenny Shelton
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and others who have devoted
literally hours upon hours
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and years of study and prayer
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in order to rightly
divide the Word of God
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and to present it in a fashion
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that is easy for each of
us to grasp and understand.
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That's a calling
answered and praise God
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for the many
watchmen on the walls
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that continue to
sound the warnings
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for each of us to heed.
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I believe that
this four-part series
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has warnings in
there that we need to heed.
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And I hope that
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you'll want to order this series
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"Trust in the
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and have it for
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All you have to do is call us
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We're offering it to you
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Our phone
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Time or you may write
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You may also order
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Friends, we look
forward to hearing from you.
00:57:44.69\00:57:47.06
And until next time,
may our precious Lord
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continue to richly
bless you and yours.
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