Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our loving Father,
we thank you so much
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for Your Word, which is a sure
guide in a world of confusion
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and rebellion. We ask for
the guidance of Your Holy Spirit
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as we study that great
prophecy of Revelation 12.
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We ask that You will teach
us and give us understanding
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that we might be
willing to follow Your will.
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We thank you, Lord,
for hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in
Jesus' name, Amen.
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We want to begin our
study today by reviewing
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what we studied in our last
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lecture. If you remember,
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we studied the prophecy
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of Daniel chapter 2.
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You remember that king
Nebuchadnezzar had this dream
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and in the dream he
saw a gigantic image.
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The head of the
image was of gold.
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The breast and the
arms were of silver.
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The belly was of bronze.
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The legs were of iron, and
the feet were of iron and clay.
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And then Nebuchadnezzar
saw a gigantic stone
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come from heaven and
smite the image on its feet
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and broke the
image into smithereens.
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And then that
stone became a mountain
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which filled the whole earth.
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Now I'm going to
review the sequence of nations
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which are mentioned
in Daniel chapter 2.
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The head of gold represents
the kingdom of Babylon
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which governed
from the year 605 BC
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till the year 539 BC.
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The breast and arms of
silver represent the kingdom
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of Medo-Persia which
governed from 539 BC to 331 BC.
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The belly of bronze
represents the kingdom of Greece
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which ruled from the year
331 BC till the year 168 BC.
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The fourth kingdom of
iron represented by the legs
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represents the
iron monarchy of Rome.
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In other words,
the Roman Empire.
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And of course the feet
of iron and clay, ten toes,
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represent the
divisions of Western Europe.
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But you'll notice that the
divisions of Western Europe
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are a continuation of
Rome because the feet have iron
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just like the legs have iron
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but this is a
different kind of Rome.
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It is a continuation of
Rome because it's the same iron
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as the legs, but it is
a different kind of Rome
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because it is a mixed Rome.
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And we studied in our
last lecture that the clay
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represents the church.
In other words, after the
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Roman Empire was
split up you had a period
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where church and
state were joined together.
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And actually, that
condition lasts until
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the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
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Now the kingdom that we're
especially going to focus on
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on our study today is the fourth
kingdom of Daniel chapter 2.
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We're going to be quite
a bit of time in the image
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the portion that has to
do with the legs of iron.
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Now we need to
look at some background
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before we actually get into the
study of Revelation chapter 12.
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Go with me once
again to Genesis chapter 3
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and verse 15... that
verse which has guided us
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in the study in this seminar.
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Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15.
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Very well-known verse.
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God is speaking to
the serpent, and He says:
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Four key elements in this verse.
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Number one: enmity.
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Number two: a serpent.
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Number three: a woman.
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And number four: seed.
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Now we're going to find that
this verse is in the background
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of Revelation chapter 12.
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I want you to
notice that in Genesis 3:15
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though there is warfare between
the woman and the serpent
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the real warfare is
between the Seed of the woman
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and the serpent. Because
the last part of the verse says
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"He... " the
Seed of the woman...
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"will bruise your head... " That
is, the head of the serpent...
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"and the serpent
will bruise His heel. "
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The war is between the Seed
of the woman and the serpent
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even though there is also
warfare between the serpent
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and the woman.
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Now we've also studied in
our seminar that the devil
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tried to keep Jesus from coming
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all throughout
the Old Testament.
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We had a whole lecture on
all of the episodes of the
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Old Testament which illustrate
how Satan tried to keep the Seed
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from coming. He did it
by trying to kill the Seed
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and then he also did it by
trying to corrupt the holy line
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from which the Seed would come.
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But folks, the devil was
not able to interrupt the plans
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of God. In the fullness of time
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Jesus came to this world exactly
the way God had prophesied
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in Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 15.
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Now there's one more
thing that I want to notice
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by means of
introduction before we get into
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a specific study
of Revelation 12,
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and that is that this chapter
has three distinct stages.
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The first stage is
found in Revelation 12
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and verses 1 through 5.
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And that is the stage
where the dragon tries to kill
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the Seed of the woman.
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By the way, that's clearly
a reference to Genesis 3:15...
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the dragon trying to kill the
Seed that is born of the woman.
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That's the first stage.
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The second stage is found
in Revelation 12 and verse 6
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and also verses 13 through 15.
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In this stage the Child
has already escaped the grasp
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of the serpent or
the grasp of the dragon
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and so the dragon
now goes after the woman.
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And the woman flees to the
wilderness where she has her
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place prepared for
1,260 days or years.
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The third stage in this chapter
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is the final warfare of
the dragon against the seed
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of the Seed... "the
remnant of her seed"
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as it says in
Revelation 12 and verse 17.
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And so we find
three distinct stages
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of warfare in
Revelation chapter 12.
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First: the devil
against the Seed.
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Secondly: the devil or
the serpent against the woman.
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Third: the warfare of
Satan against the remnant of the
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woman's seed. And of course,
the woman's seed is Jesus.
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So the remnant of the woman's
seed would be the remnant
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of Jesus. Three distinct stages.
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I want you to remember these
stages because we're going to
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come back to them later on.
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What I want you to notice is
that in all of these 3 stages
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it is the serpent or the
dragon who is the perpetrator
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of the events
that are taking place.
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Now he uses human instruments
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but really, he
is the force behind.
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He's the one who
tries to kill the Child.
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He's the one who
persecutes the woman.
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And he is the one who
launches the final onslaught
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of warfare against the
remnant of the woman's seed.
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Now we want to examine
another Old Testament story
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which forms the backdrop
specifically to the prophecy
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of Revelation chapter 12.
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I am referring to the
story of the exodus of Israel
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from Egypt. Now you say:
"What possible relationship
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could there be
between Revelation chapter 12
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and the exodus of
Israel from Egypt? "
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Well, I believe that as
we move along in studying the
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exodus of Israel
we're going to begin to see
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some interesting parallels
to Revelation chapter 12.
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Now time does not allow us
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to read all of the
verses which describe the exodus
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of Israel from Egypt.
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In the handout that you will
receive after the lecture today
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you have all of the scripture
references with explanations
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about all that
I'm going to share.
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For now, what I want is
for you to catch the picture
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or the idea of what
happened at the exodus so that
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when we go to Revelation
chapter 12 you're able to see
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this backdrop. Now, Exodus
chapter 1, I'm going to mention
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the verses. Exodus
chapter 1 verses 13 and 14
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explains that
Israel was in cruel
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and despotic bondage.
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They had no way of
escaping themselves.
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They were slaves.
They had to serve Pharaoh
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day after day after day.
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In fact, there in
Exodus 1:13 and 14
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it uses the word "bitter"
to describe their bondage.
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And so Exodus chapter
2 and verses 23 and 25
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we find that the people
are moaning and groaning
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and crying out
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because they want a deliverer
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to be born to lead them
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out from bondage.
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Because they know that
they cannot deliver themselves
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because they are slaves.
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And it's interesting to
notice in that passage in
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Exodus 2:23-25
that they're crying out.
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I want you to remember that
word: "they're crying out. "
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They're groaning because they
want someone to deliver them
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from bondage.
Well, it just so happens
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that a deliverer
was born in Egypt.
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He was born of a woman. I
want you to remember that.
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The name of the woman
was Jochebed, his mother.
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And so we find here
a child, a man child,
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who is going to
be born of a woman
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and he is going to be
the deliverer of Israel
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from bondage when
they are crying out to God
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for deliverance. But there was
one who did not want this child
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to survive. He felt
threatened by his existence
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or by his potential existence.
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And of course the name of
that individual was Pharaoh.
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Now do you know that
in the book of Ezekiel
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chapter 29 and verse 3
Pharaoh - and by the way,
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this is in the
King James version -
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Pharaoh is called
"the great dragon. "
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I want you to remember that:
Pharaoh is called "the great
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dragon. " The New King James
says: "the great monster. "
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You know, if you read
the Greek translation of the
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Old Testament you'll find
that the word there is the word
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drákôn. And so we're
dealing not with a monster
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as such, we are
dealing with a dragon.
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So Pharaoh is
called "the great dragon. "
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And the Bible says that
Pharaoh stands next to the woman
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so to speak to
devour this child,
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this deliverer, as
soon as he is born.
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Have you read this story?
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Are you starting to catch
an interesting picture here?
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This is really the backdrop
of Revelation chapter 12.
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Now, it's interesting to notice
how Pharaoh tried to get rid
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of the deliverer.
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In Exodus chapter 1 and verse 22
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it says that Pharaoh
had all of the male children
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thrown into the Nile River.
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In other words, he had all
of the male children killed
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in the hopes of also
killing the deliverer.
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Now I must make
a parentheses here
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and explain to you that
the devil had a greater agenda
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here than just slaying Moses.
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Did you know that approximately
400 years before this
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God had given a
prophecy to Abraham?
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It's found in Genesis chapter
15 and verses 13 through 15.
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And in that
prophecy God had told Abraham
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that the children of Israel
were going to be sojourners
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in the land of
Egypt for 400 years
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but that after the 400 years
God was going to deliver them
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from Egypt and He was
going to take them to Canaan.
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Do you think the
devil carefully calculated
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when the 400 years began
and when the 400 years ended?
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Of course he did!
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The devil did not want Israel
to be delivered from bondage
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because he knew that
if Israel went to Canaan
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in Canaan the
Messiah would be born.
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And so he says: "I'm
going to nip this in the bud.
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I am going to kill the deliverer
so that Israel cannot leave
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Egypt and cannot enter Canaan,
and that way the deliverer
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will not be born. " And
folks, it is no coincidence
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that the Canaanites fought tooth
and nail for the Promised Land.
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This was not only
their attitude, it was Satan
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inspiring them to resist Israel
entering the Promised Land.
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Because the devil
knew that in that place
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the Messiah was
going to be born.
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And he knew it because God had
taken Abraham out of Ur of the
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Chaldees. And He took him
to Haran and then He took him
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to the Promised
Land. And so the devil says
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"I cannot allow a deliverer
to exist. I must kill him.
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I must nip this in the
bud and that way Israel
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will remain in bondage. "
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But it's interesting that
Moses was preserved in Egypt.
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His life was
spared. He was protected
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in the land of Egypt.
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And of course we are
told in Exodus that he became
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the great deliverer of
the children of Israel.
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In fact, the night that Israel
was delivered I want you to
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notice. This is
very interesting.
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The night that Israel
was deliverer God told them
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as a sign of their deliverance
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to sacrifice a
lamb without blemish.
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In other words, the
sign of their deliverance
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was the death of a perfect lamb.
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And when they
sacrificed that lamb
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they were delivered from bondage
to the literal Egyptians.
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Now, there's much
more that we need to say.
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Before Israel
entered the Promised Land
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Moses, the deliverer,
died on the borders of Canaan.
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The story of his death is
found in Deuteronomy chapter 34.
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And I'm not going to go
there; I just want to mention
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the verses: Deuteronomy 34:5-6.
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There are two strange
things about the death of Moses.
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Number one: we are
told in Deuteronomy 34
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that God buried Moses.
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He's the only person in
the Bible that God ever buried!
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We don't know of
anyone else who God buried...
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not even Jesus.
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Jesus wasn't
buried by His Father.
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But Moses was buried by God.
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And another interesting
detail which is very strange
00:17:36.30\00:17:38.59
is the fact that it
says there in Deuteronomy 34
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that no one knew where
his tomb was till that day.
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Very unusual because
the Jews marked the tombs
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of their heroes. They
knew exactly where Abraham was
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buried in the Cave of Machpelah.
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They knew where David
was buried in Jerusalem
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and also probably where
Daniel the prophet was buried
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because an inscription has
been found that says: "Here lies
00:18:02.68\00:18:05.63
Daniel the prophet"
recently. His body wasn't found
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but the inscription says
that Daniel was buried there.
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The Jew marked the
tombs of their heroes.
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But with Moses? God buried him
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and nobody knew
where his tomb was.
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Do you know what
happened when Moses died
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according to scripture?
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He died, he was buried,
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and when he was buried we
are told in the book of Jude
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verse 9... I
only mention the verse
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because Jude only
has one chapter...
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Jude verse 9, that there
was a battle at the gravesite
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of Moses. It says there
that Michael the Archangel
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fought with Satan
over the body of Moses.
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Now do you think they
were fighting for dead corpse?
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Do you think that
every time a person dies
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Michael the Archangel and the
devil fight over a dead body?
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Obviously not.
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By the way, that
individual - Michael,
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the Archangel - was none
less than Jesus Christ Himself.
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Now let me explain that
the Bible does not teach
00:19:16.00\00:19:19.34
that Michael the Archangel
was the first creature of God
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like some churches teach.
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We believe that Michael
the Archangel is Christ,
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but Christ is everlasting God.
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He never had a beginning.
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He is the great angel
of the resurrection...
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the great messenger
of the resurrection.
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That's the reason why in
I Thessalonians chapter 4
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we are told that the Lord
will descend with a shout.
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"The Lord Himself
will descend with a shout,
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with the voice of the Archangel
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and with the trumpet of God. "
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Notice that the Lord Himself
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utters the voice
of the Archangel.
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And so there was this battle
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over the body of Moses.
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And actually, Michael
had come to resurrect Moses.
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You say: "Now how
do you know that? "
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Well, it's very very simple.
00:20:04.07\00:20:06.32
In Matthew
chapter 17 and verse 3
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we find the episode
where Jesus was transfigured
00:20:09.99\00:20:14.26
on the Mount of Transfiguration.
00:20:14.46\00:20:16.58
And we are told there that as
Jesus was being transfigured -
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in other words, He
was glorified there -
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it says that "His
garments shone like the sun" -
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we are told that two individuals
were sent to speak with Him.
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One of them, of
course, was Elijah
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who was translated to
heaven from among the living.
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The other was Moses.
00:20:36.31\00:20:38.63
Now what was Moses doing there
1,400 years after his death?
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It must be that he resurrected.
00:20:44.71\00:20:47.07
Because if he didn't
resurrect he could not have come
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to speak to Jesus.
In other words, Moses
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died once he had
delivered Israel from Egypt.
00:20:54.61\00:20:58.10
He died; he was
buried; he resurrected
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and he ascended to heaven.
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Now let's summarize what
we've studied about Moses.
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Moses delivered literal
Israel from literal bondage
00:21:09.61\00:21:14.53
in literal Egypt. Took
them across a literal desert
00:21:14.73\00:21:18.84
to a literal land of Canaan.
00:21:19.04\00:21:21.34
They sacrificed a literal lamb.
00:21:21.54\00:21:23.79
Moses brought literal
water from a literal rock
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and literal bread from heaven.
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A literal serpent was
raised up in the literal desert
00:21:29.76\00:21:33.01
to prevent literal
death from literal poison.
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In other words, what happened
in the Old Testament was
00:21:36.91\00:21:39.75
literal and local
00:21:39.95\00:21:41.96
but it symbolized future events
00:21:42.07\00:21:44.36
which would be
spiritual and global.
00:21:44.56\00:21:47.92
In other words, we have
in this episode of Moses
00:21:48.94\00:21:51.35
a prophecy of a far-greater
event which was going to
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take place in the future
00:21:55.81\00:21:57.74
and which was foreshadowed
by this experience of Israel
00:21:57.94\00:22:01.91
leaving the land of Egypt.
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Are you clear in what
we've spoken about so far?
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You have the
backdrop of Daniel 2.
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Don't forget that: the
fourth kingdom of Daniel 2.
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That's the key right now.
00:22:16.17\00:22:17.60
Rome. The Empire of Rome.
The iron monarchy of Rome.
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That's the backdrop of which
kingdom from the Old Testament:
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the fourth kingdom of Daniel 2.
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We have the
backdrop of Genesis 3:15.
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Let me ask you: do you have
the same elements in the story
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of Moses that you
have in Genesis 3:15?
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Do you have enmity? Yes you do.
00:22:36.18\00:22:38.50
Do you have a
women? Yes... Jochebed.
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Do you have a
seed? Yes... Moses.
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Do you have the dragon
wanting to kill the seed?
00:22:44.71\00:22:48.55
Absolutely! And so really
this story of the exodus from
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Egypt is really a
re-enactment of the story
00:22:53.03\00:22:57.84
that is told in
Genesis 3 and verse 15.
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Now let's go in our
Bibles to Revelation chapter 12
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and verses 1 through 5.
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Revelation chapter
12 verses 1 through 5.
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And I'm going to
read this passage...
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I'm actually going to read
all five verses... and then
00:23:13.28\00:23:15.51
we're going to
study them more carefully.
00:23:15.72\00:23:18.50
It says here:
00:23:19.00\00:23:20.41
So do you have a Seed in
her womb? Yes. OK. verse 3:
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Question: do you have
a woman in this passage?
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Yes you do.
00:24:39.00\00:24:40.28
Do you have a dragon or
a serpent in this passage?
00:24:40.49\00:24:44.95
Yes we do.
00:24:45.25\00:24:46.50
Do you have
enmity in this passage?
00:24:46.71\00:24:49.46
Absolutely!
00:24:49.76\00:24:51.24
And do you have in this passage
00:24:51.44\00:24:53.96
a Seed which the woman is
going to bring into the world?
00:24:54.16\00:24:57.91
Yes! This is really a
development and an unfolding
00:24:58.21\00:25:03.98
of the prophecy of
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15.
00:25:04.18\00:25:08.56
And by the way, it is
also a greater amplification
00:25:08.59\00:25:12.86
on a world-wide
scale of the experience
00:25:13.16\00:25:16.81
that took place with
Moses when he delivered Israel
00:25:17.01\00:25:20.46
from the land of Egypt.
00:25:20.66\00:25:22.67
By the way, do you know that
the New Testament presents Jesus
00:25:22.87\00:25:25.70
as a new Moses or as
one greater than Moses?
00:25:25.90\00:25:29.48
Notice the book of Hebrews
chapter 3 and verses 1 and 2.
00:25:29.98\00:25:33.77
Hebrews chapter 3
and verses 1 and 2.
00:25:34.07\00:25:37.78
Here there's a comparison
between Moses and Jesus.
00:25:38.18\00:25:42.68
It says there in verse 1:
00:25:42.88\00:25:44.93
In other words, Moses was great
00:26:04.28\00:26:07.13
but Jesus is greater than Moses.
00:26:07.54\00:26:10.94
In fact, do you know that
Moses in Deuteronomy 18:15-18
00:26:11.24\00:26:16.38
predicted that a prophet
greater than himself would arise
00:26:16.58\00:26:20.20
and that Israel was
to listen to that prophet
00:26:21.00\00:26:23.95
greater than himself.
00:26:24.16\00:26:26.23
If you read Acts
chapter 3 and verses 22 to 26
00:26:26.53\00:26:30.89
you'll discover that
clearly in Acts 3:22-26
00:26:31.09\00:26:35.88
Peter identifies
Jesus as that prophet
00:26:36.08\00:26:41.45
greater than Moses.
In other words, Jesus is
00:26:41.65\00:26:44.90
going to do what Moses did
but on a much larger and greater
00:26:45.11\00:26:49.58
scale. Whereas Moses delivered
literal Israel from literal
00:26:49.78\00:26:54.41
bondage Jesus was going
to deliver the human race
00:26:54.51\00:26:57.76
from spiritual bondage to sin.
00:26:57.96\00:27:00.83
Now let's draw the parallel.
00:27:01.03\00:27:03.03
Go with me once again
to Revelation chapter 12
00:27:03.33\00:27:06.85
and verses 1 and
2. Revelation 12:1-2.
00:27:07.05\00:27:12.59
We just read those verses
but let's read them again.
00:27:12.99\00:27:15.67
You have a women here
in Revelation chapter 12
00:27:31.55\00:27:34.75
verses 1 and 2. Now
in the Old Testament
00:27:34.85\00:27:37.59
you have a literal woman
who brings Moses into the world.
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.85
But in Revelation chapter
12 the woman is symbolic.
00:27:41.15\00:27:45.34
What does the woman represent?
00:27:45.54\00:27:47.23
The woman represents the church.
00:27:47.63\00:27:51.11
The question is: which church?
00:27:51.41\00:27:53.14
The Old Testament church
or the New Testament church?
00:27:53.34\00:27:56.58
It has to be the
Old Testament church.
00:27:56.88\00:27:59.93
And you say: "How
do we know that? "
00:28:00.13\00:28:01.42
Very simple. When
John sees the woman
00:28:01.62\00:28:04.60
she is with child but
the Child has not been born.
00:28:04.80\00:28:08.09
She's crying out in pain
00:28:08.39\00:28:10.52
because she wants
this Child to be delivered.
00:28:10.72\00:28:13.43
She wants this Child
to deliver God's people
00:28:13.63\00:28:16.88
just like Israel in the
Old Testament was crying out
00:28:16.91\00:28:19.62
for deliverance. Now do you
know that in the Old Testament
00:28:19.82\00:28:23.73
Israel is
presented as the wife of God?
00:28:23.94\00:28:28.16
Notice what we find in
Jeremiah 31 and verse 32.
00:28:28.46\00:28:33.19
Jeremiah 31 and verse 32.
00:28:33.49\00:28:37.00
This is speaking about
the episode that took place
00:28:37.30\00:28:39.88
at Mt. Sinai
and it says there...
00:28:40.09\00:28:42.83
Actually, let's read
verse 31 for the context:
00:28:43.03\00:28:45.66
"Behold the days are coming
says the Lord when I will make
00:28:45.96\00:28:48.84
a new covenant
with the house of Israel
00:28:48.94\00:28:50.97
and with the house of Judah.
00:28:51.18\00:28:53.05
Not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
00:28:53.35\00:28:57.09
in the day that I took them
by the hand to lead them out of
00:28:57.29\00:29:00.37
the land of
Egypt. " Now notice this:
00:29:00.57\00:29:03.40
"My covenant which they broke
00:29:03.70\00:29:07.01
though I was a... " What?
00:29:07.11\00:29:09.07
"Though I was a
husband to them. "
00:29:09.28\00:29:12.67
So who is the
husband of this woman?
00:29:12.88\00:29:15.26
The husband of
this woman is God!
00:29:15.56\00:29:18.46
Who implanted Jesus
in the womb of Mary?
00:29:18.81\00:29:22.32
God the Father did.
00:29:22.62\00:29:25.10
Are you with me or
are you not with me?
00:29:25.40\00:29:26.91
In other words, the
woman here represents
00:29:27.21\00:29:30.40
the Old Testament
church culminating with Mary
00:29:30.60\00:29:34.72
who was a member of
that church so to speak.
00:29:34.92\00:29:38.12
By the way, in
Jeremiah 6 and verse 2
00:29:38.25\00:29:40.32
Israel is compared to a
beautiful and delicate woman.
00:29:40.52\00:29:45.73
In other words, when
you find in prophecy a woman
00:29:46.03\00:29:49.15
it represents the church.
00:29:49.35\00:29:51.81
And in the case of
Revelation chapter 12 this woman
00:29:52.01\00:29:55.01
must represent God's
church in the Old Testament
00:29:55.21\00:29:58.96
because when John sees the
woman the Child has not yet
00:29:59.16\00:30:03.48
been born.
00:30:03.78\00:30:05.58
In other words, what John
is seeing is the Old Testament
00:30:05.98\00:30:09.66
church moaning and groaning
and crying out in labor pains
00:30:09.86\00:30:15.23
because they want the Messiah
to be born into the world
00:30:15.43\00:30:18.95
to deliver the
human race from sin.
00:30:19.16\00:30:22.27
Now you say: "How do you
know that it's the Old Testament
00:30:23.23\00:30:25.06
church? " Well besides the fact
00:30:25.16\00:30:27.32
that this woman has
not had the Child yet
00:30:27.52\00:30:31.32
we have another clue that
indicates that this represents
00:30:31.52\00:30:35.43
the Old Testament church. Go
with me to Genesis chapter 37
00:30:35.63\00:30:39.85
and verses 9 and 10.
00:30:40.05\00:30:41.94
Genesis 37 and verses 9 and 10.
00:30:42.24\00:30:45.89
It's speaking here
about the sons of Jacob.
00:30:46.29\00:30:49.66
And it's very interesting to
notice a dream that Joseph had.
00:30:49.86\00:30:54.58
Notice verse 9: "Then he
dreamed still another dream
00:30:54.82\00:30:58.43
and told it to his brothers
and said: 'Look, I have dreamed
00:30:58.64\00:31:03.83
another dream, and this time
the sun, moon, and the 11 stars
00:31:03.96\00:31:09.75
bowed down to me. ' "
00:31:09.96\00:31:12.84
What are the brothers
of Joseph compared to?
00:31:14.03\00:31:17.58
They are compared to stars.
00:31:17.88\00:31:20.11
Who would the 12th star be?
00:31:20.31\00:31:22.01
It would be Joseph.
00:31:22.11\00:31:24.25
The sun would be Jacob
00:31:24.45\00:31:27.63
and the moon would be his wife.
00:31:27.83\00:31:31.66
The eleven stars would
be the brothers of Joseph
00:31:31.86\00:31:34.23
and the 12th
star would be Joseph.
00:31:34.43\00:31:36.17
So what do the
twelve stars represent?
00:31:36.37\00:31:38.79
They represent the sons of Jacob
00:31:38.99\00:31:42.74
which later became what?
They became the tribes of Israel
00:31:42.94\00:31:46.87
which is God's
Old Testament church.
00:31:46.90\00:31:50.11
Are you
following what I'm saying?
00:31:50.31\00:31:51.52
In fact, in Genesis
49 verse 28 it says that
00:31:51.72\00:31:54.74
the 12 sons of Jacob
became the 12 tribes of Israel.
00:31:54.84\00:31:59.87
Now let me ask you:
were God's people in bondage
00:32:00.82\00:32:04.89
when Jesus was about
to come to this world?
00:32:05.09\00:32:07.67
Yes they were.
In bondage to what?
00:32:08.17\00:32:10.49
Are we talking literal bondage?
I mean, were they literally
00:32:11.68\00:32:14.96
slaves of a slave master?
00:32:15.16\00:32:16.72
Absolutely not.
They were slaves to what?
00:32:16.92\00:32:19.60
Slaves to sin.
Notice John chapter 8.
00:32:19.81\00:32:23.47
John chapter 8 and
we'll read verses 34 to 36.
00:32:23.77\00:32:28.08
John 8:34-36.
00:32:28.39\00:32:30.78
Jesus is speaking to the Jews
who were expecting the Messiah
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.35
and notice what
He says in verse 34:
00:32:34.55\00:32:37.40
So were God's people
in slavery or in bondage
00:33:02.80\00:33:07.88
when Jesus came? Absolutely.
00:33:08.08\00:33:10.00
Were they crying
out for a deliverer?
00:33:10.20\00:33:12.55
Yes. They were waiting for
"the consolation of Israel"
00:33:12.76\00:33:16.69
it says in Luke
chapter 1. And then of course
00:33:16.89\00:33:20.73
Jesus is born. And
what was He born for?
00:33:20.93\00:33:24.87
Matthew chapter 1 and
verse 21 has the answer.
00:33:25.18\00:33:28.19
"You will call His name Jesus
00:33:28.49\00:33:33.31
for He shall save His
people from their... " What?
00:33:33.71\00:33:38.16
"He shall save His
people from their sins. "
00:33:38.36\00:33:42.04
Was Jesus the
Savior born into this world
00:33:42.34\00:33:45.32
to deliver His people
from spiritual bondage to sin?
00:33:45.35\00:33:49.58
Were His people groaning
and moaning, waiting for the
00:33:49.82\00:33:52.75
consolation of Israel?
Absolutely. And by the way,
00:33:52.88\00:33:55.87
Jesus is born during the
time of the legs of iron.
00:33:56.10\00:33:59.78
Don't forget that.
00:34:00.01\00:34:01.67
He's born during the
period of the fourth kingdom
00:34:01.91\00:34:04.93
of Daniel chapter 2. Now
let me ask you: when Jesus
00:34:05.06\00:34:08.34
was born was
somebody waiting for Him?
00:34:08.44\00:34:12.09
Did somebody know that
He was going to be born?
00:34:12.39\00:34:15.57
Absolutely. Notice
Revelation chapter 12
00:34:15.77\00:34:19.30
and verses 3 and 4. Are
you seeing the repetition
00:34:19.50\00:34:22.12
of the Moses
story? Revelation 12:3-4.
00:34:22.22\00:34:27.42
It says here
speaking about this dragon:
00:34:27.72\00:34:31.90
What is the name of
this individual who wanted to
00:34:56.16\00:34:58.07
devour the child? The what?
00:34:58.17\00:35:01.40
The great dragon. Do you
remember an Old Testament
00:35:01.60\00:35:04.96
individual who was
called the great dragon?
00:35:05.06\00:35:07.34
Pharaoh. Now who really
wanted the death of Jesus?
00:35:07.64\00:35:12.18
It was Satan, the great dragon.
00:35:12.48\00:35:15.89
Now who was that great dragon?
00:35:16.19\00:35:18.23
Revelation chapter 12
and verse 9 has the answer.
00:35:18.63\00:35:21.42
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 9
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.77
tells us who this dragon was.
00:35:24.07\00:35:25.63
It says: "So the
great dragon was cast out,
00:35:25.93\00:35:28.81
that serpent of old" or 'that
ancient serpent' as it says
00:35:29.01\00:35:32.44
in the King James,
"called the devil and Satan
00:35:32.54\00:35:35.28
who deceives the whole
world. He was cast to the earth
00:35:35.49\00:35:38.45
and his angels were
cast out with him. "
00:35:38.65\00:35:41.42
So who is the dragon
that stood next to the woman
00:35:41.62\00:35:44.31
to devour the Child as
soon as the Child was born?
00:35:44.51\00:35:47.12
It was the great dragon Satan
00:35:47.42\00:35:50.76
the ancient serpent, which
is a reference to Genesis 3:15.
00:35:50.96\00:35:56.66
Now how did the devil
try and destroy Jesus?
00:35:57.88\00:36:00.40
The devil wanted to
destroy Moses, didn't he?
00:36:00.70\00:36:03.11
Who did the devil use
to try and destroy Moses?
00:36:03.52\00:36:07.44
Pharaoh. See, Pharaoh was
the great dragon because he was
00:36:07.84\00:36:11.63
the instrument of
"THE great dragon. "
00:36:11.73\00:36:14.45
Let me ask you:
when Jesus was born
00:36:14.75\00:36:17.74
was there also THE great
dragon who uses a great dragon
00:36:17.94\00:36:23.08
to try and destroy Christ?
00:36:23.28\00:36:24.72
Yes. What was the
name of that individual?
00:36:24.93\00:36:27.48
He was called Herod.
00:36:27.78\00:36:30.30
Do you see that
the devil has his seed?
00:36:30.60\00:36:32.39
Are you following me
with Genesis 3 verse 15?
00:36:33.29\00:36:36.76
The devil works through
his what? Through his seed
00:36:37.16\00:36:40.33
to destroy the woman's seed.
00:36:40.43\00:36:42.30
Now notice Matthew chapter
2 and verses 13 through 15.
00:36:42.60\00:36:46.43
Matthew chapter 2
and verses 13 through 15.
00:36:46.83\00:36:51.47
Here we find the
story of how the devil tried
00:36:51.87\00:36:54.73
to destroy Jesus. He did
not do it directly himself.
00:36:54.93\00:36:57.90
He did it through an instrument
just like in the days of Moses.
00:36:58.11\00:37:00.57
It says in verse 13:
00:37:00.87\00:37:02.21
"Now when they had departed
behold an angel of the Lord
00:37:02.41\00:37:05.50
appeared to Joseph in
a dream saying: 'Arise!
00:37:05.70\00:37:08.67
Take the young child and
His mother. Flee to Egypt. ' "
00:37:08.80\00:37:12.29
Where was the life
of Jesus preserved?
00:37:14.39\00:37:16.49
In... Of course,
that's all a coincidence.
00:37:16.89\00:37:19.28
In Egypt! Where was the
life of Moses preserved?
00:37:19.59\00:37:22.70
In Egypt. And so it says: "
'Arise. Take the young child
00:37:23.00\00:37:26.95
and his mother. Flee to Egypt
00:37:27.15\00:37:28.67
and stay there
until I bring you word
00:37:28.87\00:37:32.25
for Herod will seek the
young Child to destroy Him. '
00:37:32.45\00:37:35.65
When he arose he took the
young Child and His mother
00:37:36.98\00:37:39.55
by night and departed for Egypt
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.39
and was there until the death
00:37:41.79\00:37:44.12
of Herod that it might be
00:37:44.22\00:37:45.74
fulfilled which was spoken by
00:37:45.77\00:37:47.35
the Lord through the prophet
00:37:47.45\00:37:48.64
saying: 'Out of Egypt
00:37:48.74\00:37:50.31
I called My Son. ' "
00:37:50.51\00:37:52.04
Now notice verse 16:
00:37:52.34\00:37:54.35
Is he doing the same
thing that Pharaoh did in the
00:38:16.33\00:38:19.60
Old Testament? Yes.
00:38:19.70\00:38:21.20
In the Old Testament it
was a figure but in this case
00:38:21.40\00:38:24.58
it is the fulfillment of
what we find in the story
00:38:24.78\00:38:28.47
of Moses. Incidentally,
00:38:28.67\00:38:32.23
do you know the devil tried
to kill Jesus on other occasions
00:38:32.43\00:38:35.64
during His life? He
didn't only try to kill Jesus
00:38:35.84\00:38:38.79
when Jesus was born.
00:38:38.99\00:38:40.62
Do you remember for example
one time Jesus was preaching
00:38:41.98\00:38:44.64
a sermon in Nazareth
and He said some very
00:38:44.84\00:38:46.42
politically incorrect things?
00:38:46.62\00:38:48.14
The people shoved
Him out of the synagogue
00:38:48.34\00:38:51.01
and they took Him to a precipice
and they wanted to throw Him
00:38:51.21\00:38:53.43
over the precipice. He
disappeared from their midst.
00:38:53.53\00:38:56.57
He was actually covered by
the angels so that the people
00:38:56.77\00:39:00.30
could not see Him. Who do
you suppose was behind that?
00:39:00.40\00:39:03.86
The devil. You say:
"Well, but if Jesus died
00:39:05.13\00:39:08.23
He would save us
from our sins. " Listen,
00:39:08.26\00:39:10.02
the only death that would count
was if Jesus offered His life
00:39:10.22\00:39:13.93
not if the devil took His life.
00:39:14.13\00:39:15.66
And the devil knew it.
So he says: "If I am able to
00:39:16.47\00:39:18.76
kill Him before
He gives His life
00:39:18.86\00:39:21.14
I will be successful. "
00:39:22.64\00:39:24.42
Once the devil tried
to drown Jesus in a storm.
00:39:24.72\00:39:27.13
He was sleeping in a boat.
00:39:27.43\00:39:29.07
See we don't usually read these
stories from this perspective.
00:39:29.37\00:39:31.79
We usually say: "Oh,
there was this bad storm
00:39:31.99\00:39:34.27
you know, and
Jesus calmed the storm. "
00:39:34.47\00:39:36.02
Listen, the devil knew that
Jesus was sleeping in that boat
00:39:36.23\00:39:38.66
and the devil wanted to drown
Jesus because it was not a time
00:39:38.86\00:39:41.45
of storms. Because all of the
fishing boats were on the lake.
00:39:41.55\00:39:44.92
In Galilee, fisherman
do not go out onto the lake
00:39:45.12\00:39:48.40
when it's stormy
season. They simply don't.
00:39:48.60\00:39:50.60
And so this was a
storm out of season.
00:39:50.90\00:39:53.36
On another occasion the devil
tried to have Jesus stoned.
00:39:53.76\00:39:58.27
On several occasions
people picked up stones to
00:39:58.57\00:40:00.67
stone Jesus. The
devil was behind this.
00:40:00.77\00:40:03.16
But all through the
life of Jesus God the Father
00:40:03.36\00:40:06.88
spared the life of Jesus.
00:40:07.08\00:40:09.25
The devil also tried to
defeat Jesus by infiltrating
00:40:09.65\00:40:14.13
Him with sin. Are you
seeing the same two methods
00:40:14.23\00:40:17.67
that the devil used
in the Old Testament?
00:40:17.77\00:40:19.38
Try and kill the seed
and try to corrupt the seed.
00:40:19.68\00:40:23.32
He did the same
thing with Jesus.
00:40:24.19\00:40:26.02
He tried to kill Him repeatedly
00:40:26.22\00:40:28.37
and he tried to infect
Jesus with the virus of sin.
00:40:28.67\00:40:31.87
But every time that the
devil tried to infect Jesus
00:40:32.17\00:40:35.29
with the virus of sin
Jesus said: "It is written"
00:40:35.40\00:40:39.90
and He resisted the
temptation of Satan.
00:40:40.10\00:40:43.38
The devil also tried
to get Jesus to retaliate.
00:40:44.59\00:40:48.28
You see, when Jesus is suffering
in the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:40:48.48\00:40:51.93
when He's
sweating drops of blood,
00:40:52.14\00:40:53.87
when Jesus is being
beaten in Pilate's court
00:40:54.17\00:40:58.37
and in Herod's court, the
devil is doing this because
00:40:58.57\00:41:03.05
he wants Jesus to
do one of two things.
00:41:03.26\00:41:05.18
He wants Jesus to retaliate
00:41:05.48\00:41:07.79
and thus to sin -
to deliver Himself -
00:41:07.99\00:41:10.66
or secondly he wants
Jesus to give up and to leave
00:41:10.96\00:41:15.00
and go back to heaven without
redeeming the human race.
00:41:15.10\00:41:17.79
He does not want Jesus
to go to the cross and die.
00:41:18.09\00:41:21.85
He's causing these sufferings
because he wants to bother Jesus
00:41:22.80\00:41:28.26
so much that Jesus will
retaliate or Jesus will leave
00:41:28.46\00:41:32.00
when He sees that His
disciples have forsaken Him,
00:41:32.20\00:41:34.22
that there's nobody
with Him. The devil's saying:
00:41:34.42\00:41:36.60
"What's the use of
You going through this?
00:41:36.80\00:41:38.43
Nobody's going to be
saved. Everybody's forsaken You.
00:41:38.63\00:41:41.20
Go back to heaven
where You're loved. "
00:41:41.40\00:41:43.54
But Jesus stuck with it.
00:41:44.71\00:41:47.24
And the Bible tells us that
Jesus died as the Passover Lamb.
00:41:47.74\00:41:52.98
Is that what would happen
for the deliverance of Israel
00:41:54.32\00:41:56.50
in the Old Testament?
00:41:56.60\00:41:57.96
Notice I Corinthians chapter 5.
00:41:58.06\00:42:00.00
I Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 7.
00:42:00.20\00:42:02.28
See Jesus is
repeating the history of Israel.
00:42:02.48\00:42:05.03
I Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 7.
00:42:05.33\00:42:07.81
The apostle Paul says this:
00:42:08.31\00:42:10.13
"Therefore purge
out the old leaven
00:42:10.63\00:42:13.71
that you may be a new lump
00:42:14.01\00:42:15.94
since you truly are unleavened.
00:42:16.24\00:42:18.63
For indeed, Christ our Passover
00:42:18.83\00:42:22.96
was sacrificed for us. "
00:42:23.16\00:42:26.55
And do you know what Jesus
did when He died on the cross?
00:42:26.85\00:42:29.40
Notice John chapter 12.
00:42:29.70\00:42:31.63
John chapter 12, and
let's read verses 31 to 33.
00:42:31.93\00:42:37.00
John 12 verses 31 to 33.
00:42:37.20\00:42:39.82
And I want you to
notice the tense of the verbs.
00:42:40.13\00:42:42.39
Jesus says:
00:42:42.59\00:42:43.67
What tense is that verb?
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.14
"Now the ruler of this
world will be cast out. "
00:42:55.24\00:43:00.84
Jesus has not died yet.
00:43:01.24\00:43:03.24
What was going to cast him out?
00:43:03.44\00:43:04.62
Notice... It continues
saying there in verse 32:
00:43:04.83\00:43:08.52
What was it that cast out
Satan as the king of this world?
00:43:22.13\00:43:26.51
What returned the kingdom
and the world back to Jesus?
00:43:26.81\00:43:30.55
It was the death
of Jesus on the cross.
00:43:30.79\00:43:33.12
Now we can
remember Genesis 3:15.
00:43:33.42\00:43:35.95
God said that He's going
to send a Seed to the world
00:43:36.25\00:43:38.70
and the Seed is going to
crush the serpent's head.
00:43:38.90\00:43:41.12
And just a few verses
further down in verse 21
00:43:41.52\00:43:45.28
God explains how that Seed
00:43:45.48\00:43:47.90
is going to crush
the serpent's head.
00:43:48.01\00:43:49.80
It says in Genesis 3 verse 21
00:43:50.65\00:43:52.93
that lambs were
sacrificed on that day.
00:43:53.13\00:43:56.74
And from the skins of the
00:43:57.04\00:43:59.34
sacrifice the nakedness of Adam
00:43:59.44\00:44:01.59
and Eve was covered.
00:44:01.69\00:44:03.07
In other words, they returned
00:44:03.27\00:44:04.47
to their original condition.
00:44:04.57\00:44:06.12
And so Genesis 3:15 said "The
Seed will crush your head. "
00:44:06.32\00:44:10.09
Verse 21 of chapter 3
explains that it's the death
00:44:10.29\00:44:14.22
of the Lamb that will
crush the serpent's head.
00:44:14.32\00:44:17.11
In John chapter 12 Jesus
says: "The ruler of this world
00:44:17.31\00:44:20.68
will be cast out"
and then He explains how.
00:44:20.78\00:44:23.68
It's because He
is going to what?
00:44:23.89\00:44:26.18
Because He is going to die.
00:44:26.39\00:44:28.29
And when Jesus on the
cross said: "It is finished! "
00:44:28.49\00:44:32.52
He had won back the
kingdom of this world
00:44:32.72\00:44:35.47
and He had won back
the earth to return to man
00:44:35.77\00:44:40.83
who lost it originally.
00:44:41.13\00:44:42.69
Now I want you to
notice Revelation chapter 12:5.
00:44:43.09\00:44:46.73
By the way, we all
know that Jesus died, right?
00:44:46.93\00:44:49.19
Was He buried?
00:44:50.50\00:44:52.04
Was He buried?
Yes, He was buried.
00:44:52.34\00:44:54.16
What happened
the 3rd day? He what?
00:44:55.20\00:44:57.10
He rose from the dead.
00:44:58.13\00:45:00.38
Did that happen to Moses?
00:45:00.68\00:45:02.41
Yeah. What happened to Moses
after he rose from the dead?
00:45:03.44\00:45:06.04
He ascended to where? To heaven.
00:45:07.08\00:45:09.87
Now how about this male Child?
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.47
After He'd won the
victory on the cross
00:45:11.67\00:45:14.25
He's buried. He
dies... He's buried
00:45:14.45\00:45:18.64
and on the third day He what?
00:45:18.94\00:45:21.41
He resurrects!
And where does He go?
00:45:21.61\00:45:25.16
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 5.
00:45:25.57\00:45:28.59
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 5.
00:45:28.79\00:45:31.37
It says here:
00:45:31.67\00:45:32.99
Now do you know how heaven felt
when Jesus got back to heaven?
00:45:46.68\00:45:50.71
Let's notice
Revelation chapter 12.
00:45:51.84\00:45:54.31
Revelation chapter 12 and
I would like to begin reading
00:45:54.51\00:45:57.87
at verse 10. Revelation 12:10.
00:45:58.07\00:46:01.76
And I want you to notice
the tense of the verbs here.
00:46:02.72\00:46:05.11
You see, in John 12
Jesus has not died yet.
00:46:05.41\00:46:08.73
He's pronouncing
these words about Wednesday
00:46:08.94\00:46:10.77
before His crucifixion.
00:46:10.97\00:46:12.39
And so He says: "Now is
the judgment of this world.
00:46:12.59\00:46:14.84
Now the prince of this
world will be cast out. "
00:46:15.14\00:46:18.67
And then He says he will
be cast out by His death.
00:46:18.97\00:46:21.80
But notice the tense of the
verbs in Revelation chapter 12.
00:46:22.20\00:46:25.74
Jesus is now in heaven.
00:46:26.14\00:46:27.91
He's been "caught up to
God and to His throne. "
00:46:28.12\00:46:29.97
Notice what it says
in Revelation chapter 12
00:46:30.17\00:46:33.02
and verse 10:
00:46:33.22\00:46:35.23
What tense is the verb?
00:47:00.66\00:47:02.15
Past! Because He's
already died on the cross.
00:47:02.45\00:47:05.81
He's already died
as the Passover Lamb.
00:47:06.21\00:47:08.16
He's already delivered
His people from bondage
00:47:08.46\00:47:11.96
to the great dragon and
His people are on the way
00:47:12.16\00:47:15.24
to Canaan... eventually
someday to enter there.
00:47:15.44\00:47:18.70
Notice verse 11:
00:47:19.01\00:47:20.44
"And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
00:47:20.94\00:47:23.28
and by the word of their
testimony. And they did not
00:47:23.48\00:47:27.01
love their lives to the death. "
00:47:27.11\00:47:29.22
And now notice verse 12:
00:47:29.52\00:47:30.86
Let's stop there.
00:47:37.19\00:47:38.35
What are the heavens supposed
to do because Jesus has cast
00:47:38.75\00:47:41.10
down the ruler of this world
and now Jesus legally rules?
00:47:41.31\00:47:44.45
The heavens are
supposed to what? Rejoice!
00:47:44.76\00:47:47.68
Why should they rejoice?
00:47:47.98\00:47:49.07
Because that pest
can't go up there any more.
00:47:49.37\00:47:51.82
The accuser of the
brethren has been cast down.
00:47:51.95\00:47:55.52
Jesus is now the
representative of this world.
00:47:55.82\00:47:59.35
Jesus as the second Adam
has legally recovered the world.
00:47:59.55\00:48:03.31
He hasn't
empirically taken it yet,
00:48:03.51\00:48:05.84
but legally in court He
has gained the world back.
00:48:06.04\00:48:09.14
And so it says
here: "Rejoice O heavens
00:48:10.25\00:48:13.74
and you who dwell in them. "
00:48:13.94\00:48:15.51
But now notice:
00:48:15.71\00:48:16.94
"Woe... " You get
that? "Rejoice! " "Woe. "
00:48:17.14\00:48:21.61
"Rejoice! " "Woe. "
00:48:22.01\00:48:24.67
Up there: "Rejoice!
" Down here? "Woe. "
00:48:24.98\00:48:27.59
Why woe on earth?
00:48:27.89\00:48:30.23
Now we need to quickly
look at the final stages
00:48:54.65\00:48:57.91
of Revelation chapter 12.
00:48:58.11\00:48:59.96
We've only discussed
the first stage up till now,
00:49:00.27\00:49:02.95
and that's the one
that I primarily wanted us
00:49:03.15\00:49:04.88
to understand. But
there's 2 additional stages.
00:49:04.98\00:49:08.07
Let's go to Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 6.
00:49:08.47\00:49:13.19
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 6.
00:49:13.39\00:49:16.13
What happens after this
Child ascends to heaven?
00:49:16.33\00:49:19.30
The dragon is
furious... he's enraged.
00:49:19.40\00:49:21.65
He can't vent his rage
upon the Child any more
00:49:21.85\00:49:24.84
because the Child beat
him and He's back in heaven.
00:49:25.04\00:49:27.62
So what does the
devil have to do?
00:49:27.92\00:49:29.68
He has to take second best.
00:49:29.88\00:49:32.28
And what is second best?
00:49:32.68\00:49:34.87
To go after the woman.
00:49:35.07\00:49:38.14
Notice verse 6:
00:49:38.44\00:49:40.07
Where does the woman
go? She flees into the what?
00:49:58.59\00:50:02.94
"Into the wilderness
where God has prepared a place
00:50:03.24\00:50:06.08
for her and feeds
here 1,260 days. "
00:50:06.28\00:50:11.73
Which are really what? Years.
00:50:11.83\00:50:13.37
Now the question
is: why is she fleeing?
00:50:13.57\00:50:15.51
Who's persecuting her?
00:50:15.91\00:50:17.24
Well, later on in the
chapter we have an explanation
00:50:17.54\00:50:20.02
of this verse. Notice verse 13:
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.39
Does the persecution of
the woman have anything to do
00:50:27.21\00:50:29.71
with the fact that the
devil has been cast out
00:50:29.81\00:50:31.50
as the ruler of this world?
00:50:31.70\00:50:32.73
He's filled with rage 'cause
he doesn't have access to Jesus
00:50:33.01\00:50:35.70
any more. So it says:
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.02
See, now the enmity is between
the serpent and the woman.
00:50:42.91\00:50:45.70
Genesis 3:15 has that also.
00:50:45.80\00:50:49.71
The serpent and
the woman are at war
00:50:50.01\00:50:52.37
and the Seed of the woman
and the serpent are at war.
00:50:52.57\00:50:55.52
He already warred against
the Seed of the woman and lost
00:50:55.82\00:50:58.36
so now he goes after the woman.
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And notice verse 14:
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And so after the Child escapes
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is there a period where the
dragon goes after the woman?
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Yes. How long does
he go after the woman?
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1,260 years.
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Would you think that this
would be the period of the feet
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of the mixture
of church and state?
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All you have to do is look
at history in the Middle Ages.
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You see that it was the nominal
church of the Middle Ages
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that persecuted God's people
who were in the wilderness
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so to speak. The
Waldenses and the Albigenses
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and others had to flee
from the established church
00:52:09.24\00:52:12.33
that wanted to destroy
them because the church said
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that they were heretics.
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And so here you have the feet
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of iron and clay, the mixture
00:52:19.42\00:52:21.40
of church and state. Now
in Daniel 2 you don't have
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any specific time period
00:52:23.73\00:52:25.48
given to the feet, but
in our lecture on Daniel 7
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we are going to
study how after this dragon
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rules for a period he's
going to sprout ten horns.
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And then among the 10
horns will rise a little horn
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and the little horn will rule
time, times, and the dividing
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of time. Revelation 12
is covering the same period
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as Daniel 2 and the
same period as we will study
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from Daniel chapter 7.
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Now I want you to notice...
We're not going to get into this
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in detail, but when the
woman is being persecuted
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she flees into the wilderness.
God maintains her there.
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God feeds her there.
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But then suddenly
something comes to the rescue.
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Revelation chapter
12 and verse 16 says:
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"But the earth
helped the woman. "
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Does persecution come to an end?
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Yes or no?
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Absolutely. When
would it come to an end?
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It would have to be
when the 1,260 years end
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because the church -
the woman - is persecuted
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for 1,260 years.
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So the earth helping the woman
must come after this period.
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The earth swallows up
the waters of persecution.
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Persecution ceases for a period.
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Does it cease forever?
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No. Notice the third stage
of Revelation 12 in verse 17.
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This will be our
final closing verse.
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Why? Because the earth
helped the woman, right?
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We'll talk about the
earth later on in this seminar.
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Do you have the same 4
elements in Revelation 12:17
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as you have in Genesis 3:15?
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Let's look at it. Do we
have in Revelation 12:17
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enmity? Yes or no?
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Absolutely. Do we have
in Revelation 12 verse 17
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a woman? Yes we do.
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Do we have in Revelation
12:17 a dragon or a serpent?
00:54:57.99\00:55:02.60
Yes. Do we have
in Revelation 12:17
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a seed? Yes we do.
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And by the way, Revelation 12:17
is not speaking about the seed
00:55:10.09\00:55:13.59
of the woman, it's
talking about the Seed's seed.
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I'll let you digest
that for a couple of seconds.
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The warfare is
not against the seed.
00:55:22.15\00:55:24.75
It's not even against the woman.
00:55:25.05\00:55:27.41
It's against the Seed's seed.
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The final remnant
of the woman's seed.
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Now who is the woman's seed?
00:55:33.86\00:55:34.94
We already studied it.
Verses 1 through 5 said that
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the Seed of the woman
that she bears is what?
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Jesus. So who must the
remnant of her Seed be?
00:55:41.97\00:55:46.25
If her Seed is Jesus,
it must be the remnant of?
00:55:46.45\00:55:49.97
Jesus. You're not
following me, are you?
00:55:50.27\00:55:54.46
It's the remnant of Jesus.
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So are there going to
be Christians in this world
00:55:57.55\00:55:59.68
in the final persecution
of Satan against the church?
00:55:59.88\00:56:02.17
Absolutely.
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By the way, in John
chapter 12 and verse 24
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Jesus says that unless a
seed falls into the ground
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and dies it cannot bear fruit.
00:56:11.82\00:56:14.65
But if it falls into the ground
00:56:14.85\00:56:17.33
and dies, it will grow into
a plant and produce much fruit.
00:56:17.53\00:56:21.09
That Seed was Jesus.
00:56:22.07\00:56:23.74
When Jesus died on the cross
He was planted in the earth.
00:56:24.04\00:56:26.89
He resurrected... He
sprouted to new life.
00:56:27.19\00:56:30.60
The Seed
died... and it sprouted.
00:56:30.90\00:56:33.05
And now, because
Jesus died and resurrected,
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what is He going to
bear? He is going to bear
00:56:36.57\00:56:39.25
many children. The
Seed's seed if you please.
00:56:39.45\00:56:44.56
That's why in Galatians
chapter 3 it says that Jesus
00:56:44.86\00:56:48.17
is the Seed of Abraham.
00:56:48.37\00:56:50.66
He's the only Seed.
00:56:50.96\00:56:52.47
The promise was
not made to seeds
00:56:52.67\00:56:54.44
but to the Seed, who was Christ.
00:56:54.64\00:56:56.61
But then later on
in the chapter it says:
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Because when we join
Jesus we are the Seed's seed
00:57:02.88\00:57:06.71
and the devil hates us
as much as he hated Jesus.
00:57:06.91\00:57:11.43
And so this verse is speaking
about the final persecution
00:57:11.66\00:57:14.83
against the church
at the very end of time
00:57:15.13\00:57:17.88
and we will study more
about this as we move along
00:57:18.08\00:57:21.07
in this seminar.
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