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Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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"Our loving Father,
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we thank You so
much for Your Word
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which is a sure guide in a world
of confusion and rebellion.
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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
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by reviewing what we
studied in our last lecture.
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If you remember, we studied the
prophecy 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
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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 till the year 539 B.C.
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The breast and arms of
silver represents the kingdom
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of Medo-Persia
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which governed
from 539 to 331 B.C.
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The belly of bronze
represents the kingdom of Greece
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which ruled from the year
331 till the year 168 B.C.
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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
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because the feet have iron
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
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because it's the
same iron as the legs
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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
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that the clay
represents the church.
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In other words, after the
Roman Empire was split up,
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you had a period where Church
and State were joined together
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and actually,
that condition lasts
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until 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
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is the fourth
kingdom of Daniel chapter 2.
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We're going to be
quite a bit of time
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in the image... 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
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of Revelation chapter 12.
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Go with me, once again, to
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15,
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that verse which has guided
us 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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"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman
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and between your
seed and her seed;
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He... " that is
the seed of the woman
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"shall bruise your... "
that is the serpent's head
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and you shall bruise His heel. "
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Four key elements in this verse.
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Number 1: Enmity...
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Number 2: A serpent...
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Number 3: A woman...
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and Number 4: Seed...
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now, we're going to
find that this verse
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is in the background
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
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because the last
part of the verse says,
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He... the seed of the
woman will bruise your head...
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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
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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
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that the devil 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
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of the Old
Testament which illustrate
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how Satan tried to
keep the seed from coming.
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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
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the plans of God.
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In the fullness of
time, Jesus came to this world
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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
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before we get into 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
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the grasp of the serpent
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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
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where she has her place prepared
for 1,260 days or years.
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The third stage in this
chapter is the final warfare
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of the dragon against
the seed of the seed...
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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 on
a serpent against the woman.
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Third... the warfare of Satan
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against the
remnant of the woman's seed
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and of course, the
woman's seed is Jesus...
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so the remnant
of the woman's seed
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would be the remnant of Jesus...
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three distinct stages... I want
you to remember these stages
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because we're going to
come back to them later on.
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What I want you to notice
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is that in all of
these three stages,
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it is the serpent or the dragon
who is the... 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 is the one who
tries to kill the child...
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he is the one who
persecutes the woman
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and he is the one who launches
the final onslaught of warfare
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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
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specifically to the prophecy
of Revelation chapter 12.
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I'm referring to the story
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of the exodus of
Israel from Egypt.
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Now you say, what possible
relationship could there be
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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
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in studying the
exodus of Israel,
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we're going to begin to
see some interesting parallels
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to Revelation chapter 12.
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Now, time does not allow
us to read all of the verses
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which describe the
exodus 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
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with explanations 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
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so that when we go to
Revelation chapter 12,
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you are able to
see this backdrop.
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Now, Exodus chapter 1...
I'm going to mention the verses,
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Exodus chapter 1
verses 13 and 14,
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explains that Israel was
in cruel and despotic bondage.
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They had no way of
escaping themselves...
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they were slaves...
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they had to serve
Pharaoh 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, in Exodus
chapter 2 and verse 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 to be born
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to lead them 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,
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in Exodus 2:23 to 25
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that they...
they're crying out...
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I want you to
remember that word,
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they're crying
out... they're groaning
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because they want someone
to deliver them from bondage.
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Well, it just so happens 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 from bondage
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when they are crying
out to God for deliverance
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but there was one who did
not want this child to survive,
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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...
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and by the way, 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,
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Pharaoh is called
the great dragon...
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the New King James
says, "the great monster. "
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You know, if you read the Greek
translation of the Old Testament
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you'll find that the word
there is the word "Drakon"
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and so, we're dealing
not with a monster as such,
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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
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tried to get rid
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 parenthesis here
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and explain to you that the
devil had a greater agenda here
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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
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God was going to
deliver them from Egypt
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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
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so that Israel
cannot leave Egypt
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and cannot enter Canaan
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and that way, the
Deliverer will not be born"
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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...
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it was Satan inspiring them
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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
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out of Ur of the Chaldees
and He took him to Haran
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and then He took
him to the Promised Land
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and so, the devil says,
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"I cannot allow a
Deliverer to exist...
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I must kill Him... I
must nip this in the bud
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and that way, Israel
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...
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He was protected
in the land of Egypt
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and of course,
we're told in Exodus
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that he became
the great deliverer
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of the children of Israel.
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In fact, the night
that Israel was delivered,
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I want you to notice...
this is very interesting...
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the night that
Israel was delivered,
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God told them 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,
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I just want to
mention the verses,
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Deuteronomy 34:5 and 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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that 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
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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...
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because the Jews marked
the tombs of their heroes.
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They knew exactly
where Abraham was buried
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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,
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"Here lies Daniel
the prophet" recently...
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his... his body wasn't
found but he inscription says
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that Daniel was buried there.
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The Jews 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...
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I only mention the verse because
Jude only has one chapter,
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Jude verse 9...
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that there was a battle
at the grave site of Moses.
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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 that they
were fighting for a 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 the Archangel
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was none less than
Jesus Christ Himself.
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Now, let me explain
that the Bible does not teach
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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
1st Thessalonians chapter 4
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we're 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
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 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.
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In Matthew
chapter 17 and verse 3,
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we find the episode
where Jesus was transfigured
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on the Mount of Transfiguration
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and we are told there as
Jesus was being transfigured,
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in other words, He
was glorified there
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and it says that His
garment shone like the sun.
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We're 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.
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Now, what was Moses doing there
1,400 years after his death?
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It must be that he resurrected
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because if he didn't resurrect,
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he could not have
come to speak to Jesus.
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In other words, Moses died...
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once he had delivered
Israel from Egypt... he died...
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he was buried...
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he resurrected 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
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in literal Egypt...
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took them
across a literal desert
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to a literal land of Canaan.
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They sacrificed a literal lamb.
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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
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to prevent literal
death from literal poisoning.
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In other words, what
happened in the Old Testament
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was literal and local
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but it symbolized future events
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which would be
spiritual and global.
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In other words, we have
in this episode of Moses
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a prophecy of a
far greater event
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which was going to
take place in the future
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and which was
foreshadowed by this experience
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of Israel leaving
the land of Egypt.
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Are you clear on 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...
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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
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in of the story of Moses
that you have in Genesis 3:15?
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Do you have enmity?
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Yes you do.
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Do you have a woman?
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Yes... Jochebed.
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Do you have a seed?
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Yes... Moses.
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Do you have the dragon
wanting to kill the seed?
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Absolutely...
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and so, really, this
story of the exodus from Egypt
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is really a re-enactment
of the story that is told
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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
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and then we're going to
study them more carefully.
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It says here,
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verse on screen...
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now notice, there's a woman...
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verse 2,
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verse on screen...
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So, do you have a
seed in her womb? Yes...
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okay... verse 3...
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verse on screen...
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verse 4...
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"His tail drew a third
of the stars of heaven"
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speaks about his origin...
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"and threw them
to the earth... "
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verse on screen.
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Question... do you have
a woman in this passage?
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Yes, you do.
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Do you have a dragon or
a serpent in this passage?
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Yes, we do.
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Do you have
enmity in this passage?
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Absolutely.
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And do you have in this passage
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a seed which the woman is
going to bring into the world?
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Yes... this is
really a development
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in an unfolding of the prophecy
00:25:03.30\00:25:06.70
of Genesis
chapter 3 and verse 15
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and by the way, it is
also a greater amplification
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on a worldwide scale
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of the experience
that took place with Moses
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when he delivered
Israel from the land of Egypt.
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By the way, do you know that
the New Testament presents Jesus
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as a new Moses or as
One greater than Moses?
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Notice the book of Hebrews
chapter 3 and verses 1 and 2.
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Hebrews chapter 3
and verses 1 and 2.
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Here there's a comparison
between Moses and Jesus.
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It says there in verse 1...
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verse on screen.
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In other words, Moses was great
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but Jesus is greater than Moses.
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In fact, do you know that Moses
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in Deuteronomy 18
verses 15 through 18
00:26:15.20\00:26:18.07
predicted that a prophet
greater than himself would arise
00:26:18.11\00:26:21.74
and that Israel was
to listen to that prophet
00:26:21.78\00:26:25.61
greater than himself.
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If you read Acts
chapter 3 and verses 22 to 26,
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you'll discover that
clearly in Acts 3:22 to 26,
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Peter identifies Jesus as
that prophet greater than Moses.
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In other words, Jesus is
going to do what Moses did
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but on a much
larger and greater scale.
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Whereas Moses delivered literal
Israel from literal bondage,
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Jesus was going to
deliver the human race
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from spiritual bondage to sin.
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Now, let's draw the parallel.
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Go with me once again
to Revelation chapter 12
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and verses 1 and 2.
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Revelation chapter
12 and verses 1 and 2.
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We just read those verses
but let's read them again.
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Verse on screen.
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You have a woman here
in Revelation chapter 12
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verses 1 and 2,
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now, in the Old Testament
you have a literal woman
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who brings Moses into the world
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but in Revelation chapter
12, the woman is symbolic.
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What does the woman represent?
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The woman represents the church.
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The question
is, "Which church...
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the Old Testament church
or the New Testament church?"
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It has to be the
Old Testament church
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and you say,
"How do we know that?"
00:28:00.58\00:28:03.35
Very simple, when
John sees the woman,
00:28:03.38\00:28:06.08
she is with child but
the child has not been born.
00:28:06.11\00:28:09.72
She's crying out in pain
00:28:09.75\00:28:11.92
because she wants this
child to be delivered...
00:28:11.95\00:28:15.22
she wants this child
to deliver God's people...
00:28:15.26\00:28:18.46
just like Israel
in the Old Testament
00:28:18.49\00:28:20.50
was crying out for deliverance.
00:28:20.53\00:28:22.26
Now do you know
that in the Old Testament
00:28:22.30\00:28:26.00
Israel is
presented as the wife of God?
00:28:26.03\00:28:29.67
Notice what we find in
Jeremiah 31 and verse 32...
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Jeremiah 31 and verse 32,
00:28:34.78\00:28:38.61
This is speaking
about the episode
00:28:38.65\00:28:40.78
that took place at Mount Sinai
00:28:40.82\00:28:42.78
and it says there...
00:28:42.82\00:28:44.35
actually, let's read
verse 31 for the context,
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"Behold, the days are
coming, says the Lord,
00:28:47.19\00:28:49.86
when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel
00:28:49.89\00:28:52.36
and with the house of Judah...
00:28:52.39\00:28:54.30
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
00:28:54.33\00:28:58.77
in the day that I
took them by the hand
00:28:58.80\00:29:00.84
to lead them out of
the land of Egypt... "
00:29:00.87\00:29:02.84
Now notice this...
00:29:02.87\00:29:04.87
"My covenant which they
broke, though I was a... " what?
00:29:04.91\00:29:10.35
"though I was a
husband to them... "
00:29:10.38\00:29:13.58
so, who is the
husband of this woman?
00:29:13.62\00:29:16.72
The husband of
this woman is God.
00:29:16.75\00:29:19.79
Who implanted Jesus
in the womb of Mary?
00:29:19.82\00:29:23.86
God the Father did.
00:29:23.89\00:29:26.53
Are you with me or
are you not with me?
00:29:26.56\00:29:29.26
In other words, the
woman here represents
00:29:29.30\00:29:31.93
the Old Testament
church culminating with Mary
00:29:31.97\00:29:35.57
who was a member of
that church... so to speak.
00:29:35.60\00:29:39.21
By the way, in
Jeremiah 6 and verse 2,
00:29:39.24\00:29:41.91
Israel is compared to a
beautiful and delicate woman.
00:29:41.94\00:29:46.31
In other words, when you
find in prophecy a woman,
00:29:46.35\00:29:50.72
it represents the church
00:29:50.75\00:29:52.85
and in the case of
Revelation chapter 12,
00:29:52.89\00:29:55.46
this woman must represent God's
church in the Old Testament
00:29:55.52\00:30:00.56
because when
John sees the woman,
00:30:00.60\00:30:03.60
the child has not yet been born.
00:30:03.63\00:30:06.74
In other words,
what John is seeing
00:30:06.77\00:30:09.80
is the Old Testament
church moaning and groaning
00:30:09.84\00:30:14.28
and crying out in labor pains
00:30:14.31\00:30:16.85
because they want the Messiah
to be born into the world
00:30:16.88\00:30:20.45
to deliver the
human race from sin.
00:30:20.48\00:30:23.62
Now, you say, "How do you know
00:30:23.65\00:30:25.82
that is the Old
Testament Church?"
00:30:25.85\00:30:27.76
Well, besides
the fact that this...
00:30:27.79\00:30:29.66
that this woman has
not had the child yet,
00:30:29.69\00:30:32.96
we have another
clue that indicates
00:30:32.99\00:30:36.03
that this represents
the Old Testament church.
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.07
Go with me to Genesis
chapter 37 and verses 9 and 10,
00:30:38.10\00:30:43.27
Genesis 37 and verses 9 and 10.
00:30:43.30\00:30:47.48
It's speaking here
about the sons of Jacob
00:30:47.51\00:30:50.95
and it's very
interesting to notice a dream
00:30:50.98\00:30:54.35
that Joseph had.
00:30:54.38\00:30:55.95
Notice verse 9,
00:30:55.98\00:30:57.49
"Then he dreamed
still another dream
00:30:57.52\00:31:00.06
and told it to his brothers,
00:31:00.09\00:31:01.92
and said, "Look, I
have dreamed another dream.
00:31:01.96\00:31:06.09
And this time, the sun, moon,
00:31:06.13\00:31:09.26
and the eleven
stars bowed down to me. "
00:31:09.30\00:31:14.17
What are the brothers
of Joseph compared to?
00:31:14.20\00:31:19.04
They are compared to stars...
00:31:19.07\00:31:21.21
who would the twelfth star be?
00:31:21.24\00:31:23.38
It would be Joseph.
00:31:23.41\00:31:25.61
The sun would be Jacob...
00:31:25.65\00:31:29.08
and the moon
would be his wife...
00:31:29.12\00:31:32.55
the 11 stars would be
the brothers of Joseph
00:31:32.62\00:31:35.76
and the twelfth
star would be Joseph.
00:31:35.79\00:31:37.99
So, what do the
12 stars represent?
00:31:38.03\00:31:41.20
They represent the sons of Jacob
00:31:41.23\00:31:44.37
which later became... what?
00:31:44.40\00:31:46.03
They became the tribes of Israel
00:31:46.07\00:31:48.80
which is God's
Old Testament Church.
00:31:48.84\00:31:50.84
Are you
following what I'm saying?
00:31:50.87\00:31:53.24
In fact, in Genesis 49 verse 28,
00:31:53.27\00:31:55.61
it says that
the 12 sons of Jacob
00:31:55.64\00:31:58.58
became the 12 tribes of Israel.
00:31:58.61\00:32:01.48
Now, let me ask you,
00:32:01.52\00:32:03.42
"Were God's people in bondage
00:32:03.49\00:32:06.49
when Jesus was about
to come to this world?
00:32:06.52\00:32:09.09
Yes, they were.
00:32:09.12\00:32:10.73
In bondage to what?
00:32:10.76\00:32:12.29
Are we talking
literal bondage...
00:32:12.33\00:32:14.96
I mean, were they literally
slaves of a slave master?
00:32:15.00\00:32:18.13
Absolutely not.
00:32:18.17\00:32:19.77
They were slaves to... what?
00:32:19.80\00:32:21.14
Slaves to sin.
00:32:21.17\00:32:22.90
Notice John chapter 8...
00:32:22.94\00:32:24.94
John chapter 8 and
we'll read verse 34 to 36.
00:32:24.97\00:32:29.58
John 8:34 to 36.
00:32:29.61\00:32:32.35
Jesus is speaking to the Jews
who were expecting the Messiah
00:32:32.41\00:32:35.98
and notice what
he says in verse 34,
00:32:36.02\00:32:38.95
"Jesus answered them,
00:32:38.99\00:32:42.96
'Most assuredly, I say to you,
00:32:42.99\00:32:45.33
whoever commits
sin is a... '" what?
00:32:45.36\00:32:49.40
"A slave of sin.
00:32:49.43\00:32:51.77
And a slave does not
abide in the house forever,
00:32:51.80\00:32:55.34
but a son abides forever.
00:32:55.40\00:32:57.14
Therefore if the
Son makes you free,
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.64
you shall be free indeed. "
00:33:00.68\00:33:03.98
So, were God's people in slavery
or in bondage when Jesus came?
00:33:04.01\00:33:10.32
Absolutely.
00:33:10.35\00:33:11.69
Were they crying
out for a deliverer?
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.86
Yes, they were waiting
for the consolation of Israel
00:33:13.89\00:33:18.16
it says in Luke chapter one
00:33:18.19\00:33:20.23
and then, of
course, Jesus is born
00:33:20.26\00:33:23.67
and what was He born for?
00:33:23.70\00:33:26.37
Matthew chapter 1 and
verse 21 has the answer.
00:33:26.40\00:33:29.74
"You will call His name Jesus,
for He shall save His people
00:33:29.77\00:33:38.21
from their... " what?
00:33:38.28\00:33:39.61
"He shall save His
people from their sins. "
00:33:39.65\00:33:43.12
Was Jesus the
Savior born into this world
00:33:43.15\00:33:46.76
to deliver His people
from spiritual bondage to sin?
00:33:46.79\00:33:50.76
Were His people
groaning and mourning
00:33:50.79\00:33:53.36
waiting for the
Consolation of Israel?
00:33:53.40\00:33:55.63
Absolutely.
00:33:55.66\00:33:57.00
And by the way, Jesus
is born during the time
00:33:57.03\00:33:59.80
of the legs of iron.
00:33:59.83\00:34:01.37
Don't forget that.
00:34:01.40\00:34:02.90
He's born during the
period of the fourth kingdom
00:34:02.94\00:34:06.47
of Daniel chapter 2.
00:34:06.51\00:34:07.94
Now, let me ask
you, when Jesus was born,
00:34:08.01\00:34:10.65
was somebody waiting for Him?
00:34:10.68\00:34:13.42
Did somebody know that
He was going to be born?
00:34:13.48\00:34:17.09
Absolutely.
00:34:17.15\00:34:18.49
Notice Revelation
chapter 12 and verses 3 and 4,
00:34:18.52\00:34:21.82
are you seeing the
repetition of the Moses story?
00:34:21.86\00:34:24.73
Revelation chapter
12 and verses 3 and 4.
00:34:24.76\00:34:29.16
It says here...
speaking about this dragon...
00:34:29.20\00:34:33.57
verse on screen...
00:34:33.60\00:34:41.78
"His tail drew a third
of the stars of heaven... "
00:34:41.81\00:34:44.38
this speaks about his
origin... where he came from
00:34:44.41\00:34:46.92
"and threw them to the earth. "
00:34:46.95\00:34:48.68
Verse on screen...
00:34:48.72\00:34:52.75
"to devour her Child
as soon as He was born. "
00:34:52.79\00:34:56.29
What is the name
of this individual
00:34:56.32\00:34:58.43
who wanted to devour the child?
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.50
The what? The great dragon.
00:35:01.53\00:35:04.50
Do you remember an
Old Testament individual
00:35:04.53\00:35:07.30
who's called "The Great Dragon?"
00:35:07.34\00:35:08.77
Pharaoh.
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.14
Now, who really
wanted the death of Jesus?
00:35:10.17\00:35:13.71
It was Satan...
the great dragon.
00:35:13.74\00:35:16.75
Now, who was that great dragon?
00:35:16.78\00:35:19.71
Revelation chapter 12
and verse 9 has the answer.
00:35:19.75\00:35:23.05
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 9
00:35:23.08\00:35:25.35
tells us who this dragon was.
00:35:25.39\00:35:27.06
It says, "So the
great dragon was cast out,
00:35:27.09\00:35:30.13
that serpent of old... "
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.06
or that ancient serpent...
as it says in the King James
00:35:32.09\00:35:35.26
"called the Devil and Satan,
who deceives the whole world;
00:35:35.30\00:35:38.40
he was cast to the earth,
00:35:38.43\00:35:40.07
and his angels were
cast out with him. "
00:35:40.14\00:35:42.77
So, who was the dragon
that stood next to the woman
00:35:42.80\00:35:45.81
to devour the child as
soon as the child was born?
00:35:45.84\00:35:49.74
It was the great dragon...
Satan the ancient serpent
00:35:49.78\00:35:54.05
which is a reference to
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15.
00:35:54.08\00:35:58.29
Now, how did the
devil try and destroy Jesus?
00:35:58.32\00:36:01.49
The devil wanted to
destroy Moses didn't he?
00:36:01.52\00:36:05.26
Who did the devil use
to try and destroy Moses?
00:36:05.29\00:36:09.00
Pharaoh.
00:36:09.06\00:36:10.57
See, Pharaoh
was the great dragon
00:36:10.60\00:36:12.80
because he was the
instrument of the great dragon.
00:36:12.83\00:36:16.00
Let me ask you,
"When Jesus was born,
00:36:16.04\00:36:19.07
was there also
'The Great Dragon'
00:36:19.11\00:36:22.08
who uses A Great Dragon
to try and destroy Christ?"
00:36:22.11\00:36:26.11
Yes, what was the
name of that individual?
00:36:26.15\00:36:29.05
He was called "Herod. "
00:36:29.08\00:36:31.32
You see that the
devil has a seed?
00:36:31.35\00:36:33.82
Are you following
me with Revelation...
00:36:33.86\00:36:36.59
with Genesis 3 verse 15?
00:36:36.62\00:36:38.29
The devil works
through his... what?
00:36:38.33\00:36:40.43
Through his seed to
destroy the woman's seed.
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.70
Now, notice Matthew chapter
2 and verses 13 through 15,
00:36:43.73\00:36:48.04
Matthew chapter 2
and verses 13 through 15.
00:36:48.07\00:36:52.97
Here we find the story
00:36:53.01\00:36:55.01
of how the devil
tried to destroy Jesus...
00:36:55.04\00:36:57.35
he did not do it
directly himself...
00:36:57.38\00:36:59.31
he did it through an instrument
just like in the days of Moses.
00:36:59.35\00:37:02.22
It says in verse 13,
"Now when they had departed,
00:37:02.25\00:37:05.45
behold, an angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream,
00:37:05.49\00:37:08.72
saying, 'Arise, take the
young child and his mother,
00:37:08.76\00:37:12.03
flee to Egypt... '"
00:37:12.06\00:37:13.83
Where was the life
of Jesus preserved?
00:37:13.86\00:37:18.03
In... and of course
that's all a coincidence...
00:37:18.07\00:37:20.77
In Egypt.
00:37:20.80\00:37:22.14
Where was the life
of Moses preserved?
00:37:22.17\00:37:24.34
In Egypt...
00:37:24.37\00:37:25.77
and so it says,
"Arise, take the young Child
00:37:25.81\00:37:28.64
and His mother, flee to Egypt,
00:37:28.68\00:37:30.11
and stay there
until I bring you word;
00:37:30.15\00:37:33.75
for Herod will seek the
young child to destroy Him. "
00:37:33.78\00:37:37.15
When he arose, he
took the young Child
00:37:37.19\00:37:40.59
and His mother by
night and departed for Egypt
00:37:40.62\00:37:42.92
and was there
until the death of Herod,
00:37:42.96\00:37:46.26
that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord
00:37:46.29\00:37:49.36
through the prophet, saying,
00:37:49.40\00:37:50.73
'Out of Egypt I
called My Son. '"
00:37:50.77\00:37:53.40
Now, notice verse 16...
00:37:53.44\00:37:55.87
verse on screen...
00:37:55.90\00:38:17.73
Is he doing the same
thing that Pharaoh did
00:38:17.76\00:38:21.00
in the Old Testament?
00:38:21.03\00:38:22.43
Yes, in the Old
Testament, it was a figure
00:38:22.46\00:38:24.87
but in this case, it is
the fulfillment of what we find
00:38:24.90\00:38:29.24
in the story of Moses.
00:38:29.27\00:38:30.94
Incidentally, do you know
the devil tried to kill Jesus
00:38:30.97\00:38:36.31
on other
occasions during His life?
00:38:36.34\00:38:38.01
He didn't only try to
kill Jesus when Jesus was born.
00:38:38.05\00:38:41.48
Pause...
00:38:41.52\00:38:42.85
Do you remember, for example,
00:38:42.88\00:38:45.25
one time Jesus was
preaching a sermon in Nazareth
00:38:45.29\00:38:47.36
and He said some very
politically incorrect things?
00:38:47.39\00:38:49.39
The people shoved
Him out of the synagogue
00:38:49.42\00:38:52.66
and they took Him to a precipice
00:38:52.69\00:38:54.20
and they wanted to
throw Him over the precipice?
00:38:54.23\00:38:55.86
He disappeared
from their midst...
00:38:55.90\00:38:58.17
He was actually...
00:38:58.20\00:38:59.53
He was actually
covered by the angels
00:38:59.57\00:39:01.50
so that the
people could not see Him.
00:39:01.54\00:39:02.87
Who do you
suppose was behind that?
00:39:02.90\00:39:05.51
The devil.
00:39:05.54\00:39:07.81
You say, "Well,
but if Jesus died,
00:39:07.84\00:39:09.48
He would save
us from our sins. "
00:39:09.51\00:39:11.05
Listen, the only
death that would count
00:39:11.11\00:39:13.18
would be if
Jesus offered His life
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.48
not if the devil took His life
00:39:15.52\00:39:17.09
and the devil knew it,
00:39:17.12\00:39:19.09
so, he says, "If I
am able to kill Him
00:39:19.12\00:39:21.12
before He gives His life,
00:39:21.16\00:39:22.62
I will be successful. "
00:39:22.66\00:39:25.63
Once the devil tried
to drown Jesus in a storm.
00:39:25.66\00:39:28.76
He was sleeping in a boat.
00:39:28.80\00:39:30.60
See, we don't usually read these
stories from this perspective.
00:39:30.63\00:39:33.40
We usually say that there
was this bad storm, you know,
00:39:33.44\00:39:36.20
and Jesus calmed the storm.
00:39:36.24\00:39:37.61
Listen, the devil knew that
Jesus was sleeping in that boat
00:39:37.64\00:39:40.38
and the devil
wanted to drown Jesus
00:39:40.41\00:39:41.94
because it was not
a time of storms...
00:39:41.98\00:39:43.81
because all of the fishing boats
were on the lake in Galilee...
00:39:43.85\00:39:47.55
fishermen do not
go out on to the lake
00:39:47.58\00:39:50.12
when it's stormy
season... they simply don't
00:39:50.15\00:39:52.32
and so, this was a
storm out of season.
00:39:52.35\00:39:54.86
On other occasions,
00:39:54.89\00:39:56.76
the devil had to...
tried to have Jesus stoned...
00:39:56.79\00:39:59.66
on several occasions, people
picked up stones to stone Jesus,
00:39:59.69\00:40:03.30
the devil was behind this
00:40:03.33\00:40:04.83
but all through
the life of Jesus,
00:40:04.87\00:40:07.34
God the Father
spared the life of Jesus.
00:40:07.37\00:40:10.64
The devil also
tried to defeat Jesus
00:40:10.67\00:40:13.84
by infiltrating Him with sin.
00:40:13.88\00:40:16.75
Are you seeing
the same two methods
00:40:16.78\00:40:19.45
that the devil used
in the Old Testament?
00:40:19.48\00:40:21.05
Try and kill the seed...
and try to corrupt the seed.
00:40:21.08\00:40:24.92
He did the same
thing with Jesus.
00:40:24.95\00:40:27.56
He tried to kill Him repeatedly
00:40:27.59\00:40:29.92
and he tried to infect
Jesus with the virus of sin
00:40:29.96\00:40:33.66
but every time that the
devil tried to infect Jesus
00:40:33.70\00:40:36.90
with the virus of sin,
00:40:36.93\00:40:38.40
Jesus said, "It is written... "
00:40:38.43\00:40:41.30
and He resisted the
temptations of Satan.
00:40:41.34\00:40:44.74
The devil also tried
to get Jesus to retaliate.
00:40:44.77\00:40:49.71
You see, when Jesus is suffering
in the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:40:49.74\00:40:53.52
when He's
sweating drops of blood...
00:40:53.58\00:40:55.28
when Jesus is being
beaten in Pilate's court
00:40:55.32\00:40:59.85
and in Herod's court...
00:40:59.89\00:41:02.09
the devil is doing this
00:41:02.12\00:41:04.23
because he wants Jesus
to do one of two things,
00:41:04.26\00:41:07.56
he wants Jesus to
retaliate and thus to sin
00:41:07.60\00:41:10.87
to deliver Himself.
00:41:10.90\00:41:12.23
Or, secondly, he wants
Jesus to give up and to leave
00:41:12.27\00:41:15.80
and go back to heaven without
redeeming the human race.
00:41:15.84\00:41:19.77
He does not want Jesus
to go to the cross and die.
00:41:19.81\00:41:23.75
He's causing these sufferings
00:41:23.78\00:41:26.31
because he wants to
bother Jesus so much
00:41:26.35\00:41:30.25
that Jesus will
retaliate or Jesus will leave
00:41:30.29\00:41:33.56
when He sees that His
disciples have forsaken Him...
00:41:33.59\00:41:35.86
that there's nobody with Him...
00:41:35.89\00:41:37.23
the devil is saying, "What's the
use of you going through this,
00:41:37.26\00:41:39.96
nobody is going to be saved,
00:41:40.00\00:41:41.40
everybody has forsaken you,
00:41:41.43\00:41:42.80
go back to heaven
where You're loved... "
00:41:42.83\00:41:44.87
but Jesus stuck with it
00:41:44.90\00:41:48.40
and the Bible tells us that
Jesus died as the Passover Lamb.
00:41:48.44\00:41:54.58
Is that what will happen
for the deliverance of Israel
00:41:54.61\00:41:57.91
in the Old Testament?
00:41:57.98\00:41:59.31
Notice 1st
Corinthians chapter 5...
00:41:59.35\00:42:01.58
1st Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 7,
00:42:01.62\00:42:03.95
see, Jesus is repeating
the history of Israel...
00:42:03.99\00:42:06.59
1st Corinthians
chapter 5 and verse 7.
00:42:06.62\00:42:09.42
The Apostle Paul says this,
00:42:09.46\00:42:11.56
"Therefore purge
out the old leaven,
00:42:11.59\00:42:14.86
that you may be a new lump,
00:42:14.90\00:42:17.60
since you truly are unleavened.
00:42:17.63\00:42:20.27
For indeed Christ, our Passover,
00:42:20.30\00:42:24.57
was sacrificed for us. "
00:42:24.61\00:42:27.54
And do you know what Jesus
did when He died on the cross?
00:42:27.58\00:42:31.01
Notice, John chapter 12...
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.21
John chapter 12 and
let's read verses 31 to 33,
00:42:33.25\00:42:38.59
John 12 verses 31 to 33
00:42:38.62\00:42:41.46
and I want you to
notice the tense of the verse.
00:42:41.49\00:42:43.69
Jesus says, "Now is the
judgment of this world...
00:42:43.73\00:42:47.40
verse on screen...
00:42:47.43\00:42:54.44
what tense is that verb?
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.74
"Now the ruler of this
world will be cast out... "
00:42:56.77\00:43:02.34
Jesus had not died yet...
00:43:02.38\00:43:04.58
what was going to cast Him out?
00:43:04.61\00:43:06.11
Notice, it continues
saying there in verse 32,
00:43:06.15\00:43:10.02
'And I, if I am
lifted up from the earth,
00:43:10.05\00:43:13.76
will draw all
peoples to Myself. '
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.99
This He said, signifying
by what death He would die. "
00:43:17.03\00:43:23.20
What was it that cast out
Satan as the king of this world?
00:43:23.23\00:43:28.04
What returned the kingdom
and the world back to Jesus?
00:43:28.07\00:43:31.44
It was the death
of Jesus on the cross.
00:43:31.47\00:43:34.64
Now, we can
remember Genesis 3:15.
00:43:34.68\00:43:37.51
God said that He was going
to send a Seed to the world
00:43:37.55\00:43:40.35
and the Seed is going
to crush the serpent's head
00:43:40.38\00:43:42.75
and just a few verses
further down in verse 21,
00:43:42.78\00:43:46.79
God explains how that
Seed is going to crush
00:43:46.82\00:43:50.23
the serpent's head.
00:43:50.26\00:43:51.73
It says in Genesis 3 verse 21
00:43:51.79\00:43:54.40
that lambs were
sacrificed on that day
00:43:54.43\00:43:58.07
and from the
skins of the sacrifice,
00:43:58.10\00:44:01.57
the nakedness of
Adam and Eve was covered.
00:44:01.60\00:44:04.71
In other words, they returned
to their original condition
00:44:04.74\00:44:07.58
and so, Genesis 3:15 says,
"The Seed will crush your head"
00:44:07.61\00:44:11.71
verse 21 of chapter 3 explains
that it's the death of the Lamb
00:44:11.75\00:44:16.55
that will crush
the serpent's head.
00:44:16.58\00:44:18.75
In John chapter 12, Jesus says,
00:44:18.79\00:44:21.02
"The ruler of this
world would be cast out... "
00:44:21.06\00:44:23.19
and then He explains how...
00:44:23.22\00:44:25.16
it's because He
is going to... what?
00:44:25.19\00:44:27.76
Because He is going to die
00:44:27.80\00:44:29.83
and when Jesus on the
cross said, "It is finished... "
00:44:29.86\00:44:34.00
He had won back the
kingdom of this world
00:44:34.04\00:44:36.84
and He had won back the earth
00:44:36.87\00:44:39.67
to return to man
who lost it originally.
00:44:39.71\00:44:44.18
Now, I want you to notice
00:44:44.21\00:44:45.95
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 5,
00:44:45.98\00:44:48.48
by the way, we all
know that Jesus died, right?
00:44:48.52\00:44:50.85
Was He buried?
00:44:50.89\00:44:53.09
Was He buried?
Yes, He was buried...
00:44:53.12\00:44:55.82
what happened the
third day? He... what?
00:44:55.86\00:44:58.63
He rose from the dead.
00:44:58.66\00:45:01.36
Did that happen to Moses?
00:45:01.40\00:45:04.07
Yeah... what happened to Moses
after he rose from the dead?
00:45:04.10\00:45:07.54
He ascended to... where?
00:45:07.57\00:45:10.24
To heaven.
00:45:10.27\00:45:11.61
Now, how about this male child
00:45:11.64\00:45:12.97
after He won the
victory on the cross?
00:45:13.01\00:45:15.54
He's buried... He
dies... He's buried...
00:45:15.58\00:45:20.25
and on the third day He... what?
00:45:20.28\00:45:22.58
He resurrects.
00:45:22.62\00:45:24.35
And where does He go?
00:45:24.39\00:45:26.69
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 5...
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Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 5,
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it says here...
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verse on screen...
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Now, do you know how heaven felt
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when Jesus got back to heaven?
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Let's notice
Revelation chapter 12...
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Revelation chapter 12
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and I would like to
begin reading at verse 10...
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Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 10...
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and I want you to notice
the tense of the verbs here,
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You see, in John 12,
Jesus has not died yet,
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He's pronouncing
these words about Wednesday
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before His crucifixion
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and so, He says,
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"Now is the
judgment of this world;
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now the prince of this
world will be cast out. "
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And then He says... he
will be cast out by His death
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but notice the tense of the
verbs in Revelation chapter 12.
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Jesus is now in heaven...
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He's been caught up
to God and to His throne.
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Notice what it says
in Revelation chapter 12
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and verse 10...
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verse on screen...
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"and the power of
His Christ have come... "
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why is that?
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"for the
accuser of our brethren,
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who accused them
before our God day and night,
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has been cast down... "
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what tense is the verb?
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past... because He's
already died on the cross...
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He's already died
as the Passover Lamb...
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He's already delivered
His people from bondage
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to the great dragon
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and His people are
on their way to Canaan
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eventually some
day to enter there.
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Notice verse 11,
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"They overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony,
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and they did not love
their lives to the death. "
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And now notice verse 12...
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"Therefore rejoice, O heavens,
and you who dwell in them!"
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Let's stop there...
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what are the
heavens supposed to do
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because Jesus has cast
down the ruler of this world
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and now Jesus legally rules...
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the heavens are
supposed to... what?
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Rejoice...
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Why should they rejoice?
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Because that pest
can't go up there anymore...
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the accuser of the
brethren has been cast out.
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Jesus is now the
representative of this world.
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Jesus, as the second Adam,
has legally recovered the world.
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He hasn't
empirically taken it yet,
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but legally in court, He
has gained the world back
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and so, it says
here, "Rejoice, O heavens,
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and you who dwell in them!"
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But now notice...
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"Woe... " did you catch that?
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"Rejoice... Woe,
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Rejoice... Woe... "
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up there "rejoice...
" down here... "woe... "
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why woe on earth?
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"Woe to the inhabitants
of the earth and the sea!"
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That's us...
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"For the devil has
come down to you... "
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because he's been cast down...
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"having great... " what?
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"great wrath,
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because he
knows that he has... "
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but what?
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"he has but a short time. "
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Now, we need to quickly
look at the final stages
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of Revelation chapter 12.
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We've only discussed
the first stage up till now
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and that's the one
that I primarily wanted us
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to understand
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but there are two
additional stages.
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Let's go to Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 6...
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Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 6,
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what happens after this
child ascends to heaven...
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the dragon is
furious... he's enraged...
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he can't vent his rage
upon the Child anymore,
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because the Child beat
him and he's back in heaven
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so, what does
the devil have to do?
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He has to take second best...
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and what is second best?
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To go after the woman...
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Notice verse 6...
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"Then the woman... "
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that is then... after
the Child ascends to heaven,
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verse on screen...
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Where does the woman go?
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She flees into the... what?
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Into the wilderness
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where God has
prepared a place for her
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and feature 1,260 days
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which are really what? Years...
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now the question
is, why is she fleeing?
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Who's persecuting her?
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Well, later on in the chapter,
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we have an
explanation of this verse,
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notice verse 13,
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"Now when the dragon saw that he
had been cast to the earth... "
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does the persecution of
the woman have anything to do
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with the fact that the
devil has been cast out
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as the Ruler of this world?
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He's filled with rage
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because he doesn't have
access to Jesus anymore,
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so, it says, "Now
when the dragon saw
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verse on screen...
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see, now the enmity is between
the serpent and the woman.
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Revelation 3:15... I mean
Genesis 3:15 has that also,
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the serpent and
the woman are at war...
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and the seed of the woman
and the serpent are at war...
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he already warred against
the seed of the woman and lost,
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so now, he goes after the woman
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and notice verse 14...
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verse on screen...
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same elements as verse 6, right?
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"where she is
nourished for a time and times
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and half a time,
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from the
presence of the serpent.
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So the serpent spewed
water out of his mouth... "
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that's his
peoples... his multitudes...
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verse on screen...
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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 was the...
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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
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and the Albigenses
and others had to flee
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from the established church
that wanted to destroy them
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because the church
said that they were heretics
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and so, here you have
the feet of iron and clay...
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the mixture of Church and State.
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Now, in Daniel 2, you don't
have any specific time period
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given to the feet,
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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 ten
horns will rise a Little Horn
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and the Little Horn
will rule time, times...
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and the dividing of time.
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Revelation 12 is covering
the same period as Daniel 2
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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...
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we're not going to
get into this in detail,
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but when the woman
is being persecuted,
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she flees into the wilderness,
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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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verse on screen.
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Does persecution come to an end
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yes or no?
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Absolutely...
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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
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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 and verse 17,
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this will be our
final closing verse,
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"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman... "
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why? because the earth
helped the woman, right?
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"was enraged with the woman... "
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we'll talk about the earth
later on in this Seminar...
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"and he went to make... " what?
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"war... "
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and it says here
in the New King James,
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"with the rest of her offspring"
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I like the King James Version,
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it says, "with the
remnant of her seed
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
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Do you have the same four
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,
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do we have in
Revelation 12:17, enmity?
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Yes or no?
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Absolutely.
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Do we have in
Revelation 12 verse 17,
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a woman?
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Yes we do.
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Do we have in Revelation
12:17 a dragon or a serpent?
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Yes.
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Do we have in
Revelation 12:17, a seed?
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Yes, we do.
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And by the way,
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is not speaking about
the seed of the woman,
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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...
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it's not even
against the woman...
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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?
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We already studied it,
verses 1 through 5 says
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that the seed of the
woman that she bears is... what?
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Jesus.
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So, who must the
remnant of her seed be?
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If her seed is Jesus, it
must be the remnant of...
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Jesus...
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You're not following me are you?
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It's the remnant of Jesus.
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So are there going to
be Christians in this world
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in the final persecution
of Satan against the church?
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Absolutely.
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By the way, in John
chapter 12 and verse 24,
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Jesus says that unless the seed
falls into the ground and dies,
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it cannot bear fruit
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but if it falls
into the ground and dies,
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it will grow into a
plant and produce much fruit.
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That seed was Jesus.
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When Jesus died on the cross,
He was planted in the earth...
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He resurrected... He
sprouted to new life...
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the seed died and it sprouted
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and now, because
Jesus died and resurrected,
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what is He going to bear?
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He is going to
bear many children...
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the seed's seed if you please.
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That's why in
Galatians chapter 3
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it says that Jesus
is the seed of Abraham.
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He's the only seed...
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the promise was
not made to seeds
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but to the seed who is Christ.
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But then, later on
in the chapter is says,
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verse on screen...
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because when we join
Jesus, we are the seed's seed
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and the devil hates us
as much as he hated Jesus
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and so this verse is speaking
about the final persecution
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against the church
at the very end of time
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and we will
study more about this
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as we move
along in this Seminar.
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