Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Our Father in heaven, we
thank you so much once again
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for the privilege of being here.
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We're hungering and
thirsting for Your Word.
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We want to know
what Your will is.
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And as we study
this awesome subject -
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The Antichrist
and the Number 666-
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we especially ask for the
guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
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We ask for divine
guidance and wisdom.
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And give us tender hearts to
receive what You have for us.
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We thank you for
hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in
Jesus' name. Amen.
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I'd like to begin by reviewing
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Revelation chapter 12
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which was our subject of
study in our last lecture.
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And basically this chapter is
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foundational for the lecture
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tonight and the
lecture for tomorrow night.
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Because Revelation chapter
12 shows the different stages
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of the controversy
between Christ and Satan
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and it shows that the
culprit behind the scenes
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is the devil.
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In other words, Revelation
12 connects with Genesis 3:15.
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Now in the subject that
we're going to study tonight
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which is Daniel
chapter 7 and Revelation 13
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the connection is not as
obvious because Genesis 3:15
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is not mentioned in connection
with these prophecies.
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But with the background
of Revelation chapter 12
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you see that
Daniel 7 and Revelation 13
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are to be understood within
the context of Revelation 12
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because they follow
the same order of events,
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the same sequence.
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Now I'm going to go quickly
through Revelation chapter 12
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and review what we
studied in our last lecture.
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We find there a woman
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who is with Child.
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She's pregnant.
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When John sees her, the
Child has not been born yet.
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Right? Which means that
this represents the church
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in which period? In
the Old Testament period
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before Jesus is born.
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But then we notice
that the Child is born,
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and what power is
ruling at that time?
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The... Rome, yes... but
what is it called? The dragon.
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The dragon stood next to
the woman to devour her Child
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as soon as the Child was born.
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And so you go from
the Old Testament -
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the woman being pregnant,
the Child not born yet -
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and you move on to the dragon
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who wants to devour the Child
as soon as the Child is born.
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The Child is born, but
He is protected by God.
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And of course, this
Child is none less than Jesus.
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Now how many horns did
that dragon beast have?
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The dragon beast had 10 horns.
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And we're going to notice in our
study today that those 10 horns
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were not always on
the head of the dragon.
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We're going to find that
the dragon ruled for a while
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by himself and later on
in the period of dominion
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of the dragon the
10 horns sprouted out
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after the kingdom
had governed for a while.
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And then you remember
that you have a period
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of 1,260 days...
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also called time,
times, and the dividing of time
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in which the woman has
to flee to the wilderness.
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And who wants to
devour the woman?
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Once again... who? The dragon.
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Who's behind
all of these events?
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The dragon. In fact, he's called
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"that ancient serpent,
the dragon, and Satan. "
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That's the connection
with Genesis 3 verse 15.
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In other words, behind
all of these earthly kingdoms
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and powers is who?
The ancient serpent
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of the Garden of
Eden: the devil and Satan.
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And so you have 1,260 years
where the dragon or the serpent
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is persecuting the woman.
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But the woman flees to the
wilderness and she's preserved
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by God in the
midst of the persecution.
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And then, something comes
to the rescue of the woman.
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What came to the
rescue of the woman?
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The earth helped the
woman who was being persecuted.
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And how did the
earth help the woman?
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By swallowing up the
waters of persecution
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that the serpent
spewed out of his mouth.
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And the waters represent
multitudes, nations, tongues
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and people. In other words,
the earth stops persecution.
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Is the dragon happy about this?
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No! Because in the very
last verse of chapter 12
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it said: "Then the dragon
was wroth or was angry with
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the woman. " After
the earth helps the woman
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the dragon is
angry with the woman
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and goes to make war
with the remnant of her seed
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who keep the commandments
of God and have the testimony
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of Jesus Christ.
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Who is behind these
three principal stages
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of Revelation 12?
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It is the dragon or
the ancient serpent.
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First he wants
to kill the Child.
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Secondly he persecutes the woman
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in the
wilderness for 1,260 years
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and lastly he persecutes
the last remnant of God
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who keep the commandments
of God and have the testimony
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of Jesus Christ. So we've
moved from the Old Testament
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to Rome to the 10 kingdoms
which are the divisions of Rome
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to the 1,260
years of persecution
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to a period when
persecution comes to an end -
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at least for a while - and
then to the final persecution
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of God's people at
the very end of time.
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Now, we need to compare
with this Daniel chapter 2.
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Let's follow the
sequence of Daniel chapter 2.
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And you don't even have to
look up the chapter because
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this is just review. In
Daniel chapter 2 you have
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a great image. The head
of the image is made of what?
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Gold. The breast and arms
of silver are composed of?
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Silver. The belly
is made of bronze.
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By the way, are all of
these Old Testament kingdoms?
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Are Babylon, Medo-Persia, and
Greece Old Testament kingdoms?
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Yes they are.
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And then you have a
fourth beast or a fourth power
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represented by
the legs of the image.
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What were the legs composed
of? They were composed of iron.
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What kingdom is
represented by the legs of iron?
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It is Rome... because you
have Babylon, Medo-Persia,
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Greece, and Rome.
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So does Daniel 2 also
begin in the Old Testament
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like Revelation 12? Yes it does.
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Revelation 12, after
speaking about the woman
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being in travail,
she has the Child.
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The dragon wants
to kill the Child.
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Let me ask you:
in Daniel chapter 2
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which is the kingdom that
actually was governing the world
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when Jesus was born?
It was the legs of what?
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Of iron. In other
words, the legs of iron
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are the same as what?
Are the same as the dragon
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wanting to slay the male Child.
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Raise your hand if you're
understanding what I'm saying.
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See, we need to follow the
sequence. This is very simple.
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I mean you don't have to
guess about when the antichrist
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is going to appear
and what he's going to do.
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Because when you study the
sequence - the historical flow -
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you know exactly where
to look for the antichrist.
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And so then you
have in Daniel chapter 2
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the legs of iron.
That's the same as the period
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when the dragon
wants to kill the Child.
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And let me ask you: how
many toes did the image have?
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It had ten toes, right?
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Now let me ask you: how
many horns did the dragon have?
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It had ten horns.
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Are we running parallel here?
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We most certainly are.
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Now you remember
that in Daniel chapter 2
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there were ten
toes. And they had iron,
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which means that Rome continues.
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But then there's an added
element which was not there
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before. And what is it?
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Clay. What does
the clay represent?
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We studied it. It
represents the church.
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A different kind of
what? A different kind of Rome.
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Are you following me?
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Now would that be
parallel to the 1,260 years?
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Is that a
continuation of Rome? Yes it is.
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Is it a period of amalgamation
between church and state?
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Those 1,260 years?
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Yes! So what we have
during the 1,260 years
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is parallel to the mixture
of the iron and the clay.
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Now there's something
that is not mentioned directly
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in Daniel chapter 2.
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You'll notice that the
mixture of iron and clay
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lasts from the time
that Rome is divided
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all the way till Jesus
sets up His everlasting kingdom.
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Are you following me?
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But what Daniel
chapter 2 doesn't tell you
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is what Revelation 12 does.
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And that is that this power
that persecutes God's people
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is going to have
two stages of existence.
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And we're going to study that
in our lecture this evening.
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The first stage lasts how long?
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1,260 years.
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But is that the
end of this power?
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That is not the
end of this power
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because the Bible tells us
that this power is going to last
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until when? Until Jesus comes.
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Which means that if it
has a period of dominion
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of 1,260 years at
some point after that
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its power must
be what? Suspended.
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But in order to
rule until Jesus comes
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its power must be what?
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Its power must be restored
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and it must have a
second period of dominion.
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Now are you
understanding my point?
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This is a very important point.
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The feet of iron and
clay in Daniel chapter 2
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simply tell you that there's
going to be a mixture of iron
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and clay until Jesus comes to
set up His everlasting kingdom.
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It doesn't give you any
impression that the feet
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of iron and clay is
going to have two stages.
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But Revelation chapter 12
does give you that information
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because it says that this power
that persecutes God's church
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is going to last for 1,260 years
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and then it says that
the earth helps the woman.
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And after the earth
helps the woman by stopping
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the persecution we're
told that the dragon is enraged
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with the woman and goes to
make war against her again.
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Raise your hand if you're
understanding what I'm saying.
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This is of critical importance.
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Now we need to go to
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Daniel chapter 7...
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which is one of the two chapters
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of study. We're also going to
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study Revelation 13
and verses 1 through 10.
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Daniel chapter 7.
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Now allow me to mention here
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the sequence that we
find in Daniel chapter 7.
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First thing that I want us to
notice is that in this chapter
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we have four beasts.
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And according to
Daniel 7 and verse 17
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these four beasts represent
four kings or kingdoms.
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It says there:
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And we've already studied that
kings and kingdoms are what?
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Are interchangeable
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because there is no such thing
as a king without a kingdom.
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In other words,
these four beasts
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represent four kingdoms.
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Now let me ask you:
just perhaps do you think
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that maybe these four
beasts represent the same thing
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as the four metals
in Daniel chapter 2?
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What do you think?
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How many metals were
there in Daniel chapter 2?
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Four. There was gold,
silver, bronze, and iron.
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In Daniel chapter 7
we have four beasts.
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The four beasts
represent four kingdoms.
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Do the four metals
in Daniel chapter 2
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represent four
kingdoms? Absolutely.
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And so Daniel 7 is
actually running parallel
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to the prophecy
of Daniel chapter 2.
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Now, we need to interpret
some of the symbols here.
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It says there
in Daniel chapter 7
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that these beasts
come forth from waters.
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From raging waters.
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Now what do waters
represent in scripture?
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Isaiah 17 and verses 12 and 13
tells us what waters represent.
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Let's go there for a moment:
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Isaiah chapter 17
and verses 12 and 13.
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Here we find the
following words. It says:
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What do waters represent?
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They represent the tumult
among what? Among nations.
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By the way, it also
says in Daniel chapter 7:2-3
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that the beasts arise in the
midst of the combating of the
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four winds of heaven.
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Now what do winds
represent in scripture?
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Well, let's turn in our
Bibles to Jeremiah chapter 4
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and verse 13. Jeremiah
chapter 4 and verse 13.
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There we find what
the winds represent.
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Actually they
represent strife or war.
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It says there:
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In other words, the winds
represent invading armies.
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They represent wars.
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The waters represent
the tumult of nations.
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In other words,
these four kingdoms arise
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in the midst of
what? In the midst of war.
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Now you need to remember
that because in our next lecture
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we're going to notice
that there's another beast
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in Revelation 13.
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It does not arise from waters.
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There are no winds.
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It arises
silently from the earth.
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That's the reason why I am
mentioning this this evening
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because we need to understand
that these four beasts
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actually arise in the
midst of warfare. In fact,
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if you read Daniel chapter 7
you'll discover that one beast
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devours the
previous beast and rules.
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Then the next
beast devours that one
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and the following
beast devours that one.
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Just like in Daniel chapter 2
you have a sequence of nations.
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Now I'm just going
to mention very quickly
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the sequence of
beasts in Daniel 7
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so you have it
clear in your mind.
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First of all you have a lion.
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What would the lion be
equivalent to in Daniel 2?
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The head of
what? Gold... Babylon.
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Secondly, you have a bear.
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What would the
bear be equivalent to?
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The breast and arms of
silver; the Medes and Persians.
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Then you have a leopard beast.
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What would the leopard
beast be equivalent to?
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It would be equivalent to
the belly of what? Of bronze.
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Then you have a terrible dragon
beast that has iron teeth.
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Now I want you to notice that.
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A dragon beast
that has iron teeth.
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Which kingdom in Daniel 2
would that be equivalent to?
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It would be equivalent to
the legs of what? Of iron.
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Now you'll notice in Daniel
7 that it speaks about this
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dragon beast having
ten what? Having ten horns.
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Is this running
parallel to Daniel chapter 2?
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Is it running parallel
to Revelation chapter 12?
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It most certainly is.
And we're going to notice
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that Revelation 13
further amplifies this point.
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So I want you to notice that
you have this 4th dragon beast
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who sprouts ten horns
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and then among the
ten horns rises what?
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A little horn.
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Now let's go to Daniel chapter 7
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and read verses 23 and 24.
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Daniel chapter 7
and verses 23 and 24.
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I want you to notice
that this fourth beast
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has three stages of existence.
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Three stages of existence.
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Daniel chapter 7 and verse 23:
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Now notice this:
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Let me ask you: does the kingdom
exist before the ten horns arise
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from it? Does the kingdom
rule for a period of time
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before it sprouts the horns?
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Yes. So Daniel 7 is explaining
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that in Revelation chapter 12
where it speaks about the dragon
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with ten horns, the ten
horns were not there from the
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beginning. The ten
horns came out after
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the dragon ruled for a
period. Are you with me or not?
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Now let's notice what it
continues saying in verse 24.
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So do you notice the sequence?
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How many stages does
this dragon beast have?
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It has three
stages of existence.
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One is as a simple dragon.
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Two: 10 horns coming from
the head of that simple dragon.
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And three: coming from
among the ten the little horn.
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Is this clear in your mind?
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Now if the fourth
kingdom represents Rome
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and the ten horns
come from the head
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of the dragon
beast, and the little horn
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comes from the
head of the dragon beast
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that must mean that
all three of these stages
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are Roman stages.
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Are you understanding?
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Now, let's go to examine then
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who this little horn represents.
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I want to review once again.
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It's important that we
understand the sequence.
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We have a lion... Babylon.
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A bear... Medo-Persia.
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A leopard... Greece.
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A dragon... Rome.
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The dragon sprouts ten horns.
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The ten divisions of Rome
which is Western Europe today.
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Then among the ten
horns the little horn.
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By the way, the little horn
would be equivalent to the clay
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in Daniel chapter 2...
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the added element
that was not there before.
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Because Rome continues in
the feet because there's iron
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in the feet, but now there's
something that's different.
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We're going to notice that
the little horn is different
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than that fourth beast and
different than the other horns.
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In other words, the clay
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is the same thing as
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the little horn.
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And by the way,
in Daniel chapter 7
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you have the little
horn. In Revelation chapter 12
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you have what? The
1,260 years of persecution
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of the woman. That would
be equivalent to the clay
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and to the period
of the little horn.
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Now, the
question always comes up
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who is this little horn.
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Who is the antichrist?
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Well, there have been different
ideas throughout the course
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of the last
couple of hundred years.
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I remember people
saying that Benito Mussolini
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would be the antichrist. Not so.
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Others said that Adolph Hitler.
00:21:16.72\00:21:19.05
Others said
perhaps Henry Kissinger.
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I don't know whether you
heard that but I did hear that.
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Others said that the
Ayatollah Khomeini...
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that nasty guy from Iran - you
remember? - that held our men
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hostage. Others more recently
said that the antichrist
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perhaps was Saddam Hussein.
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It seems like every time a
nasty guy appears on the scene
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of history he's a candidate
in the minds of Christians
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for the
antichrist. Now my question is:
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do we need to determine
the identity of antichrist
00:21:48.95\00:21:52.65
by guesswork?
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I don't think so,
because the Bible gives us
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clearly the characteristics
of the antichrist.
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Now, let's notice...
I'm going to share with you
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ten characteristics
from Daniel chapter 7
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and then I'm going to share
with you two characteristics
00:22:07.29\00:22:09.85
from Revelation chapter 13
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and you're going to
know who the antichrist is.
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First characteristics:
Daniel 7 and verse 24.
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Go with me to Daniel
chapter 7 and verse 24.
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We just read that verse
but let's read it again.
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It says:
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That is from which kingdom?
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From the fourth
kingdom... from Rome.
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Where does the
little horn rise from?
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From the head of what? From
the head of the dragon beast.
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Everybody agreed? What
does the dragon beast represent?
00:22:45.54\00:22:48.62
Rome. So is this horn Roman?
00:22:48.92\00:22:53.02
Or is it perhaps Syria?
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Can't be, because the
fourth beast is not Syria.
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The fourth beast is Rome.
00:23:00.73\00:23:02.44
So if the little horn
comes from the fourth beast
00:23:02.55\00:23:04.87
and the fourth beast is Rome,
00:23:05.07\00:23:06.55
this little horn must be Roman.
00:23:06.75\00:23:08.89
It must be one of
the stages of Rome.
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Not the united Empire of Rome.
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Not the Rome that was
divided into ten kingdoms
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but a Rome that came up
after the ten kingdoms came up.
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Now, first characteristic then.
00:23:22.95\00:23:25.56
It must be a Roman power.
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Second characteristic: it
must arise after the ten horns
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are in place. Did you
notice that in verse 24?
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It says that after the ten
horns will arise this horn.
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So let me ask you:
are the ten horns in place
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when the little horn rises?
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Of course. Now when
were the ten horns in place?
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You could read the
document that I refer you to
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that you can download
at SecretsUnsealed. org
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And I have an abundance
of information there on how
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the ten kingdoms
were all established
00:24:01.54\00:24:04.57
in the year 476 AD
when the last Roman emperor
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Romulus Augustulus was
deposed from his throne.
00:24:09.68\00:24:12.66
There were no emperors
after him. The kingdom had been
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divided by the Barbarian tribes
that invaded from the north.
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So we must expect
that the antichrist
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will rise from
Rome. It will be Roman.
00:24:22.32\00:24:26.13
And it will
arise after what date?
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It will rise
after the year what?
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After the year 476 AD
which is when the ten horns
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are complete.
00:24:36.43\00:24:38.06
Now let's go to our
third characteristic.
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Daniel chapter 7 and verse 8.
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Daniel chapter 7 and verse 8.
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Here we find another interesting
and important characteristic
00:24:49.17\00:24:54.14
of this little horn. It says:
00:24:54.35\00:24:56.67
Where does the
little horn come up?
00:25:05.82\00:25:07.98
Among what? When it says
"them" what is it referring to?
00:25:08.18\00:25:11.93
Among the ten.
00:25:12.23\00:25:14.22
Now where were the ten
located geographically?
00:25:14.52\00:25:17.16
It was in Western Europe.
00:25:18.25\00:25:20.18
Was Rome divided
into ten kingdoms?
00:25:20.48\00:25:22.79
Absolutely. Was that the
territory of what had been Rome?
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Obviously yes.
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And so the little horn
was going to arise among
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the divisions of Western Europe.
00:25:32.66\00:25:34.56
Of course you're
saying: "If it's a Roman power,
00:25:34.76\00:25:36.91
it must be in Western Europe. "
00:25:37.11\00:25:38.70
But this is an added emphasis
00:25:39.00\00:25:42.70
to - exclamation point -
to the idea that this power
00:25:43.00\00:25:47.05
is Roman. Because first of all
it comes from the head of the
00:25:47.15\00:25:50.15
fourth beast
which represents Rome
00:25:50.25\00:25:52.29
and secondly it
comes among the ten
00:25:52.49\00:25:54.87
which are the
divisions of the Roman Empire.
00:25:55.17\00:25:57.76
So we have three
characteristics so far.
00:25:58.58\00:26:00.67
Number one: it must be Roman.
00:26:00.87\00:26:02.22
Number two: it must
rise after the year 476 AD.
00:26:02.52\00:26:05.27
Number three: it must
arise in Western Europe
00:26:05.57\00:26:07.99
because it rises after
the ten horns are there.
00:26:08.39\00:26:10.97
Characteristic number four:
00:26:11.27\00:26:13.04
notice Daniel chapter
7 and verse 8 once again.
00:26:13.34\00:26:17.00
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 8.
00:26:17.10\00:26:19.70
Here we find another
interesting characteristic.
00:26:19.90\00:26:22.17
It says there in verse 8:
00:26:22.48\00:26:24.54
"I was considering the horns
and there was another horn,
00:26:24.74\00:26:27.26
a little one,
coming up among them. "
00:26:27.36\00:26:30.14
What did this horn do
when it rose to power?
00:26:39.27\00:26:42.55
It uprooted
three of the ten horns.
00:26:43.46\00:26:47.32
So you must find in
history of Western Europe
00:26:47.42\00:26:50.93
some power which uprooted
three of the ten Barbarian
00:26:51.23\00:26:56.15
kingdoms which established
their nations there in
00:26:56.25\00:26:59.92
Western Europe. You must
have a power that uprooted three
00:27:00.02\00:27:03.31
of the ten horns
in Western Europe.
00:27:03.51\00:27:05.41
Characteristic number five:
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25.
00:27:05.81\00:27:11.11
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25
00:27:11.51\00:27:14.39
has our fifth characteristic.
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.51
And it says there in
Daniel 7 and verse 25...
00:27:17.71\00:27:22.45
And there's several character-
istics actually in this verse
00:27:22.69\00:27:25.15
that we're going to
come to. But it says there:
00:27:25.35\00:27:27.58
Now Revelation 13 that we're
coming to a little bit later on
00:27:36.48\00:27:40.35
says that the
pompous words are what?
00:27:40.55\00:27:42.77
Blasphemies.
00:27:42.97\00:27:45.45
In other words, this
power would speak blasphemies
00:27:45.75\00:27:48.80
against the Most
High. The pompous words
00:27:48.90\00:27:50.82
or the great
words are blasphemies.
00:27:51.03\00:27:53.77
Now what is blasphemy?
00:27:53.97\00:27:55.72
Well, there are two key
texts in the New Testament
00:27:56.12\00:28:00.38
which describe blasphemy.
There are others, but two
00:28:00.58\00:28:02.40
key ones in relationship
to what we're studying.
00:28:02.50\00:28:04.62
The first is in Mark
chapter 2 and verse 7
00:28:04.92\00:28:07.17
where... remember
Jesus said to the paralytic
00:28:07.47\00:28:10.30
"Your sins are forgiven. "
00:28:10.60\00:28:12.34
Did Jesus have the
right to forgive sins?
00:28:12.54\00:28:15.28
Why? Because He was God! Right?
00:28:15.48\00:28:19.62
But what did those who were
present there say about Him?
00:28:19.82\00:28:22.75
So let me ask you: if a man
claims to have power to forgive
00:28:29.15\00:28:32.29
sins and he's not
God, what is that?
00:28:32.39\00:28:34.62
That is blasphemy.
00:28:35.02\00:28:36.65
The other important text is
in John chapter 10 verses 30-33
00:28:36.95\00:28:42.04
where Jesus says "I
and the Father are One. "
00:28:42.24\00:28:45.97
So blasphemy is when a mere
man claims to have the power
00:29:03.81\00:29:08.61
to forgive sins and
claims to be God on earth.
00:29:08.71\00:29:12.64
Those are the pompous
words of the little horn.
00:29:13.04\00:29:16.16
Are you starting to catch
an interesting picture here?
00:29:16.46\00:29:18.78
We're letting the Bible
00:29:19.08\00:29:20.22
interpret who this power is.
00:29:20.32\00:29:21.84
It's not some nasty individual
00:29:22.14\00:29:23.83
who's going to
rise in the Middle East
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.07
some time in the future.
00:29:25.18\00:29:26.34
The devil wants
people to think that
00:29:26.44\00:29:27.88
because meanwhile the
antichrist grows in Rome
00:29:28.08\00:29:30.09
and nobody notices it
because they're looking
00:29:30.29\00:29:32.30
in the wrong place.
Hello? Do you think the devil
00:29:32.40\00:29:35.92
would want Christians
to look for the antichrist
00:29:36.02\00:29:37.71
in the wrong place at the
wrong time... the wrong person?
00:29:37.81\00:29:41.05
Obviously yes, because the devil
can do whatever he pleases.
00:29:41.35\00:29:44.40
Now the sixth characteristic.
00:29:44.70\00:29:46.67
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 24.
00:29:46.97\00:29:49.39
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 24
00:29:49.59\00:29:51.94
says something very interesting
about this little horn.
00:29:52.14\00:29:55.08
Daniel 7 and
verse 24. It says here:
00:29:55.48\00:29:59.69
Is this little horn
different than the other ten?
00:30:12.80\00:30:15.34
Yes or no? Absolutely!
00:30:15.55\00:30:18.06
Was the clay in the feet
different than all of the metals
00:30:18.30\00:30:21.90
that came before it? Absolutely!
00:30:22.01\00:30:24.50
So this kingdom's
going to be different
00:30:24.80\00:30:26.82
because it's not only
going to be a kingdom like iron
00:30:27.12\00:30:31.34
of Rome but it's going to
be an amalgamated kingdom.
00:30:31.54\00:30:35.33
It's going to be a
blended or mixed kingdom.
00:30:35.54\00:30:38.21
A kingdom that
blends or mixes what?
00:30:38.51\00:30:41.27
Church and state.
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.04
So we're supposed to look
for a power that is different.
00:30:44.34\00:30:46.86
It's not a mere political
power like all of the rest
00:30:47.07\00:30:49.35
of the kingdoms. It is a
different type of kingdom
00:30:49.45\00:30:52.73
just like the mixture of iron
and clay is a different type
00:30:53.03\00:30:55.86
of kingdom because all
of the others were metals
00:30:55.97\00:30:58.73
whereas the feet are a
combination of metal and clay.
00:30:58.93\00:31:03.32
And so #6 is that this
power has to be different.
00:31:04.22\00:31:06.97
Characteristic number seven.
00:31:08.07\00:31:09.97
Notice Daniel
chapter 7 and verse 21.
00:31:10.68\00:31:13.72
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 21.
00:31:14.02\00:31:17.16
Here we find in this
verse as well as in verse 25
00:31:18.22\00:31:22.20
the same idea. It says:
00:31:22.40\00:31:23.83
What did this horn do?
00:31:32.23\00:31:33.86
He persecuted who? He
persecuted the saints.
00:31:34.07\00:31:38.42
Notice verse 25.
It says in verse 25:
00:31:38.62\00:31:41.49
Was this little horn
going to be a persecuting power
00:31:48.49\00:31:51.45
against the saints? Absolutely.
00:31:51.56\00:31:53.35
By the way, do you know
what it means by saints there?
00:31:53.55\00:31:55.94
It's the same as the woman
who fled to the wilderness.
00:31:56.34\00:31:58.84
What does a woman
represent in prophecy?
00:32:01.18\00:32:03.05
It represents the church.
00:32:03.25\00:32:04.48
So when it says that
he persecuted the saints
00:32:04.58\00:32:06.73
what's it talking about? It
says that he persecuted what?
00:32:06.93\00:32:09.87
The church. So let me ask you:
00:32:10.07\00:32:11.77
was the established church in
the Middle Ages the true church?
00:32:11.97\00:32:15.53
You want to know what the true
church was in the Middle Ages?
00:32:16.91\00:32:19.80
All you have to do is
see which church persecuTED
00:32:20.01\00:32:23.56
and which church
was the persecuTOR.
00:32:23.77\00:32:28.52
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:32:28.83\00:32:30.24
There were two
churches during this period.
00:32:30.54\00:32:32.83
There was the established church
00:32:33.13\00:32:35.65
who persecuted the
saints or the woman
00:32:35.85\00:32:38.37
and there was the true church
00:32:38.57\00:32:39.71
which is
represented by the woman.
00:32:39.81\00:32:41.78
You say: "How
is this possible? "
00:32:42.75\00:32:44.24
Do you know that all
throughout human history
00:32:44.65\00:32:46.91
the greatest enemies of
God's people have been others
00:32:47.11\00:32:49.52
who claimed to be God's people?
00:32:49.55\00:32:51.16
It began with Cain and Abel.
00:32:52.30\00:32:54.07
Cain claimed to
serve the true God.
00:32:54.17\00:32:55.51
He killed his brother.
00:32:55.71\00:32:56.78
In the Old Testament
those who hated the prophets
00:32:57.08\00:32:59.71
were the very nation
that they were sent to...
00:32:59.91\00:33:01.78
people who claimed to serve God.
00:33:01.98\00:33:03.62
Jesus Christ was crucified by
those who claimed to serve God.
00:33:03.92\00:33:07.69
And during the Middle Ages
God's people, God's true people,
00:33:08.00\00:33:11.17
were persecuted by a church that
claimed to be on God's side.
00:33:11.37\00:33:15.32
And Jesus says in the
end time in John chapter 16
00:33:15.62\00:33:18.43
He says: "The time is coming
when those who persecute you
00:33:18.63\00:33:21.66
will think that
they're doing God a favor. "
00:33:21.86\00:33:23.95
So that's nothing
new under the sun.
00:33:24.35\00:33:26.91
In other words, this power
would be a church that would
00:33:27.21\00:33:30.01
persecute God's true people.
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.47
And we're going to notice that
it was during a specific period
00:33:32.77\00:33:35.86
of time. Now let's go
back to Daniel 7 verse 25
00:33:35.97\00:33:38.74
for characteristic number eight.
00:33:38.94\00:33:40.67
Daniel 7 and verse 25:
characteristic number eight.
00:33:40.97\00:33:45.42
It says here:
00:33:45.83\00:33:47.61
Let's stop there.
00:34:00.00\00:34:01.75
"And shall intend
to change... " What?
00:34:02.05\00:34:04.17
Times. Now you say: "What does
that mean to change times? "
00:34:04.47\00:34:07.90
I'm going to
explain it very quickly.
00:34:08.20\00:34:09.88
We don't have time
to read the verses.
00:34:10.08\00:34:11.84
You have them in your list.
00:34:12.14\00:34:13.74
Acts 1:7 Jesus says: "It's
not for you to know the times
00:34:14.66\00:34:18.43
or the seasons that God has
placed under His own power. "
00:34:18.63\00:34:22.17
By the way, He's talking about
prophetic events, isn't He?
00:34:22.47\00:34:24.70
Not for you to know the
sequence of prophetic events.
00:34:24.90\00:34:27.50
God has those in secret.
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.40
The apostle Paul say in I
Thessalonians 5 and verse 1
00:34:29.60\00:34:32.31
he says: "Regarding the times
and the seasons I don't need to
00:34:32.51\00:34:34.96
talk to you about that. "
And then he begins talking
00:34:35.06\00:34:36.78
about the prophecies concerning
the second coming of Jesus.
00:34:36.88\00:34:39.42
And so the word
"times" in scripture
00:34:40.51\00:34:43.79
when it's in a prophetic
context is referring to events
00:34:43.99\00:34:48.26
that are in God's
prophetic calendar.
00:34:48.46\00:34:50.46
God's prophetic
calendar of events.
00:34:50.76\00:34:53.26
In other words, how
history is going to develop.
00:34:53.56\00:34:56.09
By the way, do you know
that after Daniel chapter 2
00:34:57.98\00:34:59.97
Nebuchadnezzar did
not like what he saw.
00:35:00.07\00:35:01.86
Do you know he tried
to change God's times?
00:35:03.98\00:35:05.99
'Cause God said there's going
to be Babylon, Medo-Persia,
00:35:07.31\00:35:10.35
Greece, Rome, Rome is
going to be divided in ten,
00:35:10.55\00:35:12.81
and then among those ten is
going to rise a little horn.
00:35:13.01\00:35:15.06
Then God's going to set
up His everlasting kingdom.
00:35:15.26\00:35:16.92
And Nebuchadnezzar - by
the way, that's Daniel 7
00:35:16.95\00:35:19.58
but Daniel 2 is the same idea -
00:35:19.78\00:35:21.17
Nebuchadnezzar said: "That's
not the way it's going to be. "
00:35:21.47\00:35:23.86
And so what he did in Daniel 3
00:35:25.11\00:35:26.92
was raise up an
image all of gold.
00:35:27.02\00:35:28.89
He's saying: "History's
not going to flow that way!
00:35:29.82\00:35:31.96
It's going to
flow the way I say. "
00:35:32.26\00:35:33.67
He was trying to change
the order of prophetic events
00:35:34.88\00:35:38.53
that God had established.
00:35:38.63\00:35:39.67
So what would this
little horn try to do?
00:35:39.87\00:35:41.83
He would try to change God's
prophetic calendar of events.
00:35:42.13\00:35:46.67
In other words, he would
point people to the wrong place,
00:35:48.03\00:35:50.82
the wrong time, and the wrong
powers as fulfillment of Bible
00:35:51.12\00:35:55.91
prophecy. By the way, I
did a series here a while back
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.20
specifically on the
changing of the times.
00:35:59.40\00:36:03.40
A whole one-hour lecture on
everything that the Bible says
00:36:03.71\00:36:06.88
about changing the times.
00:36:06.98\00:36:08.20
This little horn, in other
words, thought that it could
00:36:08.40\00:36:11.49
change God's sequence of events,
the fulfillment of prophecy,
00:36:11.59\00:36:15.82
as God had indicated that
it was going to be fulfilled.
00:36:16.02\00:36:19.13
Now what else would this little
horn think about changing?
00:36:19.53\00:36:23.46
It says there in
Daniel 7 verse 25
00:36:23.76\00:36:26.02
"he shall think to
change times and... " What?
00:36:26.12\00:36:30.36
"and the law. "
00:36:30.66\00:36:32.71
He was even going
to intend or to attempt
00:36:33.21\00:36:38.65
to change what? God's holy law.
00:36:38.85\00:36:42.20
Not only God's prophetic
calendar but he was going to
00:36:42.50\00:36:45.93
stick his hand in God's
law and attempt in some way
00:36:46.03\00:36:48.87
to change the law.
Notice it doesn't say
00:36:48.98\00:36:50.61
that he was going
to abolish the law.
00:36:50.71\00:36:52.54
It says that he was
going to try to change it.
00:36:52.74\00:36:55.13
And then I want you to
notice the tenth characteristic.
00:36:57.34\00:36:59.72
And we're going to
review them in a minute
00:36:59.92\00:37:01.13
in case you lost
track of the number.
00:37:01.23\00:37:03.39
Notice once again
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25.
00:37:03.69\00:37:07.34
How long was this
power going to rule?
00:37:07.64\00:37:10.47
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25.
00:37:10.77\00:37:13.72
It says here... Daniel 7
and verse 25... the following:
00:37:14.02\00:37:18.29
"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:37:18.53\00:37:20.94
shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
00:37:21.24\00:37:23.64
he shall intend to
change times and law... "
00:37:23.84\00:37:26.96
Is this the same time period
that the woman fled to the
00:37:38.05\00:37:40.15
wilderness in Revelation 12?
00:37:40.25\00:37:41.85
Or, is this the same sequence?
00:37:42.06\00:37:43.78
You're not with
me tonight, are you?
00:37:43.81\00:37:45.01
Is this an orderly way
of studying Bible prophecy?
00:37:45.41\00:37:48.89
I mean, this is not guesswork.
00:37:49.19\00:37:50.93
When you follow the
historical flow method
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.26
you know exactly where you are
00:37:53.46\00:37:54.82
at each moment in
the flow of history.
00:37:54.92\00:37:57.19
It's that simple.
00:37:57.59\00:37:58.85
You don't have to guess
because it jumps out at you
00:37:59.16\00:38:02.55
when you know that
you're going to have Babylon,
00:38:02.75\00:38:04.28
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
00:38:04.38\00:38:07.06
Rome was going to be divided
00:38:07.26\00:38:08.38
into ten kingdoms 476 AD
00:38:08.48\00:38:10.79
and then shortly thereafter
00:38:10.99\00:38:12.48
a little horn was going to arise
00:38:12.58\00:38:14.34
which fulfills all
of these specifications.
00:38:14.44\00:38:16.49
Now what are the
ten characteristics?
00:38:16.59\00:38:18.08
Quickly. Number
one: it must be Roman.
00:38:18.28\00:38:20.09
Number two: it must
rise after the ten horns.
00:38:20.29\00:38:22.87
Number three: it must
arise among the ten horns...
00:38:23.08\00:38:25.60
that is, in Western Europe.
00:38:25.80\00:38:26.88
Number four: it must pluck
out three of the ten horns.
00:38:27.08\00:38:29.90
Number five: it must
speak blasphemy against God.
00:38:30.31\00:38:33.14
It must claim to be God on earth
00:38:33.44\00:38:35.39
and it must claim to
have the power to forgive sins
00:38:35.59\00:38:37.56
in other words. Number
six: it must be different
00:38:37.66\00:38:40.14
than the other kingdoms.
00:38:40.24\00:38:41.27
Number seven: it must be a
persecutor of God's people.
00:38:41.46\00:38:44.33
Number eight: it
must have sought to change
00:38:44.63\00:38:47.63
God's order of prophetic events.
00:38:47.83\00:38:50.05
Number nine: it thought that
it could change the law of God.
00:38:50.25\00:38:54.49
And number ten: it
ruled for time, times,
00:38:54.69\00:38:58.51
and the dividing of time.
00:38:58.71\00:39:00.31
How many of you think that
you know what power this is?
00:39:00.71\00:39:03.06
Do you really have to
guess if you know history?
00:39:06.19\00:39:08.18
Now, we need to take
a look at Revelation 13
00:39:09.31\00:39:13.36
because this
completes the picture.
00:39:14.46\00:39:17.44
We have two more characteristics
that I want to underline
00:39:17.74\00:39:20.47
in Revelation 13.
00:39:20.67\00:39:22.01
Let's go to
Revelation 13 verses 1 and 2.
00:39:22.31\00:39:24.50
Revelation 13
and verses 1 and 2.
00:39:25.00\00:39:28.54
And you're going to tell me
if this has any connection with
00:39:31.09\00:39:32.94
Daniel or whether I'm guessing.
00:39:33.04\00:39:34.62
By the way, who is the power
behind all of these kingdoms
00:39:35.56\00:39:38.99
in Daniel chapter 7?
00:39:39.10\00:39:40.38
Who's really
behind the little horn?
00:39:41.59\00:39:43.76
I mean, do you have to be a
rocket scientist to figure out
00:39:44.48\00:39:46.99
that in Revelation
chapter 12 it's the dragon,
00:39:47.19\00:39:49.99
the ancient serpent,
that goes after the woman?
00:39:50.19\00:39:52.38
And in Daniel 7 it says
that the little horn is the one
00:39:52.68\00:39:55.21
that goes after the
saints. Do you have to really be
00:39:55.31\00:39:57.54
that intelligent to know
that the little horn is really
00:39:57.64\00:40:00.58
the emissary of Satan?
00:40:00.78\00:40:02.21
You're not following me.
00:40:03.81\00:40:05.13
See? Revelation 12
gives you the background -
00:40:05.73\00:40:08.32
who's behind the scenes -
00:40:08.42\00:40:09.69
whereas Daniel chapter 7
talks about the up-front guy...
00:40:11.09\00:40:14.54
the power that the devil
uses to persecute the saints
00:40:15.75\00:40:18.75
of the Most High.
Revelation 13 verse 1:
00:40:18.78\00:40:21.33
Now notice verse
2... critical verse:
00:40:35.29\00:40:37.13
What does that scream at you?
00:40:44.49\00:40:46.30
Go back to Daniel 7.
00:40:46.50\00:40:49.33
By the way, do you notice
the order of the powers here?
00:40:50.72\00:40:53.19
In Daniel 7 it is
lion, bear, leopard, dragon.
00:40:53.59\00:40:58.91
In Revelation 13 it's
dragon, leopard, bear, lion.
00:41:00.07\00:41:04.91
Do you know why?
Because Daniel is living in the
00:41:05.21\00:41:07.58
period of the lion
and he's looking forward
00:41:07.68\00:41:09.82
whereas John is living
in the period of the dragon
00:41:09.92\00:41:11.84
and he's looking backwards.
00:41:12.04\00:41:13.48
Are you understanding my point?
00:41:15.71\00:41:17.22
Now notice it says
there's four beasts here.
00:41:17.52\00:41:20.69
It says in verse 2:
"Now the beast which I saw
00:41:20.89\00:41:22.68
was like a leopard, his feet
were like the feet of a bear,
00:41:22.88\00:41:24.91
his mouth like the mouth
of a lion and the dragon... "
00:41:25.11\00:41:27.90
There you have the fourth beast.
00:41:28.04\00:41:29.38
"The dragon... " By the way,
how many horns does that dragon
00:41:29.58\00:41:31.71
have? It's the same one of
Revelation 12. It has 10 horns.
00:41:31.81\00:41:35.82
"The dragon gave him
his power, his throne,
00:41:36.02\00:41:39.17
and... " What?
"and great authority. "
00:41:39.37\00:41:42.61
So you have lion, bear,
leopard, dragon, and beast.
00:41:44.96\00:41:50.89
In the prophecy of
Daniel 7 you have lion, bear,
00:41:51.40\00:41:56.19
leopard, dragon,
ten horns, and what?
00:41:56.39\00:42:01.68
And what? And little horn.
00:42:02.09\00:42:05.32
Are these
prophecies running parallel?
00:42:05.62\00:42:08.03
Yes they are.
00:42:08.43\00:42:09.66
So is the little horn
the same as the beast?
00:42:09.96\00:42:13.53
Lest any of you
don't still believe that
00:42:14.03\00:42:17.05
allow me to read you some
characteristics of this beast.
00:42:18.10\00:42:20.70
Notice
Revelation 13 and verse 7.
00:42:20.90\00:42:23.59
Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 7.
00:42:23.89\00:42:25.95
Speaking about
the beast it says:
00:42:26.15\00:42:27.55
Is that the same thing
as the little horn did?
00:42:32.53\00:42:34.35
Yes. Now let's
notice Revelation chapter 13
00:42:34.65\00:42:38.47
and verse 6. Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 6.
00:42:38.67\00:42:41.88
It says:
00:42:42.08\00:42:43.11
And I wish I had time to
speak about each one of those
00:42:55.26\00:42:57.35
phrases... each one of those
phrases deserves 15 minutes
00:42:57.55\00:43:00.82
at least. And now notice
how long does this power rule.
00:43:00.96\00:43:04.54
Notice verse 5. It says:
00:43:04.85\00:43:07.56
Now isn't this interesting.
00:43:16.50\00:43:18.20
How long is 42 months?
00:43:19.01\00:43:20.59
Well, the
Biblical month has 30 days.
00:43:21.55\00:43:23.47
Let's do the operation.
00:43:23.77\00:43:24.82
42 months times 30 days each...
00:43:25.02\00:43:27.68
how much is that?
00:43:27.88\00:43:29.13
1,260. Does that sound familiar?
00:43:30.04\00:43:33.29
Is this the same period as
the times, times, and dividing
00:43:34.27\00:43:37.50
of time of the little horn?
00:43:37.60\00:43:38.82
Is it the same
period of the 1,260 days
00:43:39.22\00:43:42.43
that the woman
flees into the wilderness?
00:43:42.63\00:43:44.31
Yes. These
prophecies are all parallel.
00:43:44.61\00:43:47.40
And Revelation 12 shows
that the devil is the power
00:43:47.71\00:43:52.02
behind all of these.
00:43:52.22\00:43:55.08
Now we need to take a look
at the last two characteristics.
00:43:55.28\00:43:58.26
Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 3.
00:43:59.29\00:44:01.47
Do you remember
that the clay continues
00:44:01.67\00:44:03.17
until the
second coming of Jesus?
00:44:03.27\00:44:04.96
The iron and clay
mixture is the last power
00:44:05.85\00:44:09.35
until Jesus comes.
00:44:09.65\00:44:11.22
In Daniel chapter 7 I
want you to notice this.
00:44:12.30\00:44:14.76
In Daniel chapter 7 it
says that the little horn
00:44:14.96\00:44:17.26
rules for time, times,
and the dividing of time.
00:44:17.46\00:44:19.32
But then Daniel 7
explains that the little horn,
00:44:19.53\00:44:22.08
it's dominion will be
taken away when Jesus comes.
00:44:22.28\00:44:24.59
So implicitly
in Daniel chapter 7
00:44:25.66\00:44:28.35
what it's saying is that this
little horn is going to govern
00:44:28.55\00:44:32.08
for 1,260 years - time, times,
and the dividing of time -
00:44:32.28\00:44:35.08
and then somehow after
this period of dominion
00:44:36.07\00:44:40.45
it is going to rule what? Again.
00:44:40.65\00:44:43.04
Because if its dominion is
taken away when Jesus comes
00:44:43.24\00:44:47.32
it must rise to power again.
00:44:47.52\00:44:49.88
Raise your hand if you're
understanding what I'm saying.
00:44:50.92\00:44:52.73
So how many stages is this
little horn or this beast power
00:44:53.03\00:44:55.66
going to have? It's going
to actually have three stages.
00:44:55.76\00:44:58.48
We already
noticed... Actually it has two.
00:44:58.69\00:45:01.27
The first is the 1,260 years
00:45:01.77\00:45:03.94
and the second is what?
When it recovers its power.
00:45:04.24\00:45:08.17
Now let's notice Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 3.
00:45:08.47\00:45:11.28
Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 3.
00:45:11.68\00:45:14.88
Here we find a very
interesting characteristic
00:45:15.86\00:45:19.81
of this beast. It says there:
00:45:19.91\00:45:21.96
Would you say that that
took place when the 1,260 years
00:45:28.80\00:45:32.63
came to an end? Of course.
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.71
That's what cuts its career
short of the second coming
00:45:35.01\00:45:39.04
at the end of 1,260 years.
00:45:39.35\00:45:41.60
And so it says:
00:45:41.90\00:45:43.06
"And his deadly
wound was... " What?
00:45:43.36\00:45:45.84
Is he going to have
another power of dominion?
00:45:46.70\00:45:48.97
Is he going to
rule until Jesus comes?
00:45:49.27\00:45:51.54
Absolutely. It says his
deadly wound was healed.
00:45:51.84\00:45:55.09
How many stages is
this power going to have?
00:46:01.43\00:46:03.46
It's going to have two stages.
00:46:03.66\00:46:05.45
One of the stages
is already what? Past.
00:46:05.75\00:46:09.34
The other stage is still future.
00:46:09.64\00:46:13.64
Now I want you to
notice Revelation chapter 13
00:46:13.94\00:46:18.07
and verses 9 and 10.
00:46:18.27\00:46:19.36
What was it that
wounded this power?
00:46:19.56\00:46:21.41
Because he
received a deadly wound.
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.09
How was he wounded?
00:46:23.29\00:46:24.56
Revelation 13 and verse 9.
00:46:24.86\00:46:27.22
"If anyone has
an ear let him hear:
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he who leads into captivity
shall go into captivity;
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he who kills with the sword
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must be killed with the sword.
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Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints. "
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How was this power killed?
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How did it
receive its deadly wound?
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With the sword.
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Is that clear? Now, what
does the sword represent?
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Yes, the sword represents
the Word of God, but not
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in this particular verse.
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Who bears the sword
according to the apostle Paul?
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We don't have time
to look up the text.
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But in Romans chapter 13 it says
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the government has the what?
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The government has the power
00:47:17.38\00:47:18.90
of the sword.
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And God said it's for your good.
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And if you misbehave and you
don't obey the civil magistrates
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he will use the what?
He will use the sword.
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So the sword
represents the civil power.
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I don't know whether
you're following me or not.
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Which must mean that at
the end of the 1,260 years
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the civil power was going
to rise to give this religious
00:47:41.92\00:47:46.46
power a deadly wound.
00:47:46.56\00:47:48.26
Are you with me or not?
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And so that's
another characteristic.
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It has to be a power
that after the 1,260 years
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was wounded by the civil power
00:47:57.08\00:47:58.69
but this power is going to
recuperate its world-wide clout.
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Final characteristic.
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And then we'll
quickly identify this power.
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I think that you
already know who it is.
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What is the
number of this power?
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Go with me to Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 18.
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Revelation chapter 13
and verse 18. It says here:
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What is the number of the beast?
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666.
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Now how do you
determine the number of a man?
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That's kind of hard.
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Well, let's go to verse 17.
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It explains how you do it.
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It says:
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How do you determine
the number of the beast?
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It's the number of
his what? Of his name.
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In other words, his name
must give the total what?
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666.
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Are you
understanding? He has a name
00:49:08.12\00:49:10.33
whose numeric value is 666.
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Because in antiquity they
wrote numbers with letters.
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Each letter of the
alphabet stood for a number.
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Now let me ask you:
what language do you suppose
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we should use to
try and find his name?
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What language do
you think we should use?
00:49:28.87\00:49:30.26
English, right?
00:49:30.66\00:49:32.13
How about German?
00:49:33.21\00:49:34.92
Will anybody give me Japanese?
00:49:35.32\00:49:37.30
What language must we use
00:49:38.45\00:49:40.53
to determine the name and
get the number from the name?
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It has to be Latin
00:49:44.49\00:49:47.35
because this is a Roman power.
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It has to be a Latin name
00:49:51.71\00:49:53.73
whose numerical value is 666.
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And by the way,
Revelation 13 verse 1
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says that it must
be a blasphemous name.
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Now let's put it all
together. What would be the name
00:50:05.46\00:50:07.57
of this power and that name
when you calculate the value
00:50:07.77\00:50:12.49
of the letters in
Latin gives the number 666?
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Well, we're going
to take a look at that.
00:50:18.54\00:50:20.16
We have about 7 minutes
now to go through all of these
00:50:20.29\00:50:22.81
characteristics and
see who this power is.
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Anybody care to tell
me who this power is?
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You're all shy.
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Camera shy.
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There's no doubt whatsoever,
folks, that this power is the
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Roman Catholic papacy.
00:50:40.02\00:50:41.53
Let me tell you why.
00:50:43.38\00:50:44.48
Is the Roman
Catholic papacy Roman?
00:50:44.58\00:50:46.48
It's called the
Roman Catholic church.
00:50:47.22\00:50:49.01
What is its language? Latin.
00:50:49.31\00:50:51.40
Where is the seat
of its power? Rome.
00:50:51.70\00:50:55.58
The name of its
leader is Pontifex Maximus.
00:50:56.34\00:50:59.14
In Latin... the supreme pontiff.
00:50:59.44\00:51:02.33
It's religion is
from ancient Rome.
00:51:02.83\00:51:05.47
Its organizational
style is from Rome.
00:51:05.77\00:51:09.62
I could take time to
prove all of these points.
00:51:09.92\00:51:11.90
In other words, it is Roman.
00:51:12.20\00:51:14.16
Let me ask you: did
the Roman Catholic papacy
00:51:14.46\00:51:17.27
arise after the ten
horns were in place?
00:51:17.38\00:51:19.60
If you read that document,
you'll find that it rose to
00:51:20.63\00:51:23.00
power in 538 AD when
Justinian the emperor
00:51:23.10\00:51:25.75
said: "The pope is now
lord in east and in west
00:51:25.96\00:51:29.35
of the entire church.
" The emperor Justinian
00:51:29.55\00:51:32.76
proclaimed that.
00:51:32.96\00:51:34.29
Did the Roman Catholic
papacy arise in Western Europe?
00:51:34.49\00:51:38.52
'Cause if it arises in Rome
00:51:39.27\00:51:40.81
obviously that
is Western Europe.
00:51:40.91\00:51:42.84
Did the Roman Catholic papacy
uproot three of those kingdoms?
00:51:43.14\00:51:46.20
It's a long story.
00:51:46.50\00:51:47.58
There were three rebellious
kingdoms that were Arians.
00:51:47.88\00:51:49.89
They taught that Jesus
Christ was a created being.
00:51:50.09\00:51:53.12
And the pope said: "We
need to get rid of these. "
00:51:53.42\00:51:55.63
493 AD through
the help of the empire
00:51:55.93\00:51:59.72
they got rid of the Heruli.
00:51:59.92\00:52:01.91
In the year 534 AD
they got rid of the Vandals.
00:52:02.11\00:52:04.56
And in the year 538 AD
they got rid of the Ostrogoths.
00:52:04.86\00:52:07.64
Three of these ten
kingdoms were uprooted
00:52:07.94\00:52:10.90
and today there is
no nation in Europe
00:52:11.10\00:52:13.47
that descends from
these three powers.
00:52:13.67\00:52:15.86
They were taken
out by the roots.
00:52:16.06\00:52:18.69
This can be proven historically
00:52:18.99\00:52:21.30
that the church used
the empire to do this.
00:52:21.60\00:52:25.02
Does the Roman Catholic
papacy claim that the pope
00:52:25.88\00:52:28.28
is God's
representative on earth?
00:52:28.48\00:52:30.30
I could read you
statement after statement,
00:52:30.61\00:52:32.67
page after page
from this document
00:52:32.87\00:52:34.51
that I wrote from
Roman Catholic sources.
00:52:34.71\00:52:36.61
Does the Roman Catholic
papacy claim to have the power
00:52:37.45\00:52:40.66
to forgive sins?
00:52:40.76\00:52:42.50
Yes, they have the
confessional in their churches.
00:52:42.80\00:52:45.59
The very
characteristics of blasphemy.
00:52:45.80\00:52:48.60
Is the Roman Catholic papacy
different than any of these
00:52:49.43\00:52:51.97
other kingdoms? Yes it is.
00:52:52.07\00:52:53.73
Because the Roman Catholic
church... you don't know
00:52:53.94\00:52:55.61
whether it's a church
or whether it's a state.
00:52:55.71\00:52:57.56
It is a state but it's a church.
00:52:58.43\00:53:00.46
And when the United
States was going to establish
00:53:00.76\00:53:02.84
diplomatic relations,
there was all sorts of confusion
00:53:02.94\00:53:05.89
in Congress. How can you
have diplomatic relations
00:53:06.09\00:53:08.45
with a church?
And the argument was:
00:53:08.65\00:53:10.42
"Well you're not having
it with the church part.
00:53:10.62\00:53:12.13
You're having it
with the state part. "
00:53:12.23\00:53:13.35
As if you could
separate the two.
00:53:14.32\00:53:16.48
You see, you have a
mixture of iron and clay.
00:53:16.78\00:53:18.94
You have a mixture
of church and state.
00:53:19.24\00:53:21.75
The papacy was
certainly different.
00:53:22.05\00:53:23.69
Did the Roman Catholic
papacy persecute God's people?
00:53:23.89\00:53:27.33
It's calculated that at
least 50 million of God's people
00:53:28.22\00:53:31.65
were killed during the
1,260 years of apostasy.
00:53:31.75\00:53:34.74
Did the Roman Catholic church
00:53:35.17\00:53:37.37
seek to change God's
prophetic interpretation
00:53:37.77\00:53:41.37
of events? Of prophetic events?
00:53:41.57\00:53:43.66
It would take me
far longer than we have
00:53:43.96\00:53:46.14
to talk about this.
They actually invented
00:53:46.24\00:53:48.90
two rival systems of
prophetic interpretations:
00:53:49.10\00:53:51.27
one known as Preterism
- the idea that all of the
00:53:51.57\00:53:54.38
prophecies of antichrist
were fulfilled in the past
00:53:54.48\00:53:56.91
with the Roman Empire
and with a nasty individual
00:53:57.01\00:53:59.09
called Antiochus IV
Epiphanes way in the past.
00:53:59.20\00:54:01.34
And the other Futurist scenario
00:54:01.74\00:54:04.63
established by a
Jesuit priest called Ribera.
00:54:04.94\00:54:07.55
His idea was the
antichrist prophecies
00:54:07.75\00:54:10.15
are going to be fulfilled
at the very end of time
00:54:10.35\00:54:12.50
with a nasty
individual who's going to arise
00:54:12.60\00:54:14.79
and persecute the Jews
after the church has been
00:54:14.99\00:54:17.23
raptured to heaven.
00:54:17.34\00:54:18.39
And that's what
Protestants believe today.
00:54:19.58\00:54:21.32
It was created in the
Roman Catholic church.
00:54:22.20\00:54:24.30
Two rival systems of
interpreting Bible prophecy.
00:54:24.40\00:54:27.09
Did the Roman Catholic church
claim to have the power to
00:54:27.59\00:54:30.76
change God's law. If I
had the time, I would read
00:54:30.96\00:54:32.72
you. I have 16 pages
of statements from Roman
00:54:32.82\00:54:35.10
Catholic writers saying
"We, by the authority that
00:54:35.20\00:54:38.21
God gave the church,
changed the day of worship
00:54:38.31\00:54:40.97
from Saturday to Sunday. "
00:54:41.17\00:54:42.82
They unabashedly say it.
00:54:43.12\00:54:44.69
Time after time after
time in their publications
00:54:44.99\00:54:48.12
they claim to change God's law.
00:54:48.35\00:54:49.58
And if you go to a
Roman Catholic catechism
00:54:49.68\00:54:51.40
you'll discover that
the Roman Catholic catechism
00:54:51.70\00:54:54.14
eliminates the 2nd commandment
that forbids the worship
00:54:54.34\00:54:56.89
of images. And they have
to end up with 10, so they
00:54:56.99\00:54:59.41
divide the 10th
commandment in two.
00:54:59.51\00:55:01.23
Did the Roman Catholic
papacy govern for 1,260 years?
00:55:03.81\00:55:07.62
Yes. When Justinian's
decree was implemented
00:55:07.92\00:55:12.21
in the year 538 AD
that was the beginning.
00:55:12.41\00:55:14.53
And lo and behold, in February,
February 10th of 1798 AD
00:55:14.73\00:55:19.05
Napoleon Bonaparte
00:55:19.35\00:55:20.90
entered Vatican City
00:55:21.11\00:55:22.58
and through his general Berthier
00:55:22.88\00:55:24.58
the pope was arrested
00:55:24.78\00:55:26.11
and he was taken
captive like it says.
00:55:26.32\00:55:28.21
"He who leads into captivity
will be taken into captivity. "
00:55:28.51\00:55:31.64
And the civil power of
France arose against the papacy
00:55:31.88\00:55:35.47
and withdrew its power.
00:55:35.67\00:55:37.57
And the Roman Catholic
church has not been the same
00:55:37.87\00:55:40.64
since, but it is
slowly recovering its power
00:55:40.84\00:55:44.25
if you're able to see what's
happening in the world today.
00:55:44.55\00:55:47.48
Is the Roman Catholic papacy...
00:55:48.76\00:55:50.92
Does it have a lot more
prestige now than it used to?
00:55:52.59\00:55:55.27
It most certainly does.
00:55:55.57\00:55:57.61
I mean the pope
sneezes and the media dedicates
00:55:57.91\00:56:02.11
all of their news
shows just to that.
00:56:02.21\00:56:04.04
Because this power
has tremendous prestige.
00:56:05.01\00:56:07.61
But the Bible
calls it the antichrist.
00:56:07.81\00:56:09.21
Now understand me, I'm not
saying that everybody in the
00:56:09.31\00:56:11.39
Roman Catholic system is bad.
00:56:11.49\00:56:13.09
Most of God's
true people are there.
00:56:13.93\00:56:16.14
Believe it or not.
00:56:17.11\00:56:18.77
That's why God says:
"Come out of her My people. "
00:56:19.17\00:56:21.84
God must have
people there in Babylon
00:56:22.24\00:56:24.54
in order for Him
to call them out.
00:56:24.57\00:56:26.08
And finally, folks,
not only was the papacy
00:56:26.92\00:56:31.27
wounded and its deadly wound
is in the process of healing
00:56:31.37\00:56:34.28
see, it's going to
dominate the world again.
00:56:34.58\00:56:36.59
The whole world is
going to follow this system...
00:56:36.89\00:56:38.49
even Protestants.
00:56:38.69\00:56:40.20
But also, the pope has a name.
00:56:40.51\00:56:43.34
By the way, it will be
in the DVD presentation.
00:56:43.90\00:56:46.44
The name is Vicarius Filii Dei
00:56:46.74\00:56:50.20
which means vicar or
substitute for the Son of God.
00:56:50.60\00:56:54.27
That name was on the papal
crown until the 17th century
00:56:55.45\00:56:58.97
but it was removed
for obvious reasons.
00:56:59.99\00:57:02.09
The name if you count
the number of the letters
00:57:03.19\00:57:05.47
in the Latin
numeral system is 666.
00:57:05.67\00:57:09.40
There's no doubt
who this power is.
00:57:09.80\00:57:12.08
It's the Roman Catholic papacy.
00:57:12.48\00:57:14.52
And we must
flee from this power.
00:57:14.92\00:57:17.34
We must never
fall into its hands.
00:57:17.54\00:57:20.77