Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, we thank
you so much for the privilege
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of being here today.
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The world is in turmoil.
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Nations are angry
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and we want to know
exactly what's happening
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and what will soon
transpire in this world.
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We want to be ready
for the coming of Jesus.
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And so we ask that as we study
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about the role of the
United States in Bible prophecy
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that Your Holy Spirit
will be with us to instruct us.
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Give us tender hearts
to receive the message
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that You have for us.
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And we pray these things
in the precious name of Jesus
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Your beloved Son. Amen.
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We would like to begin our study
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today reviewing
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three prophecies that we have
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already gone
over in this seminar.
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The first of these prophecies
is found in Revelation
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chapter 12. And basically
I'm just going to review.
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We're not going to look
up the verses because we've
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studied this before.
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Revelation 12
begins in the Old Testament
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with this woman
who is with Child.
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That indicates that this
is the Old Testament period
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because the Child
has not been born yet.
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And then, of course,
you have this dragon.
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And this dragon
wants to devour the Child
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as soon as the Child is born.
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It becomes very clear
that this power is Rome
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because Rome is the
power which tried to slay Jesus
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when Jesus was born.
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Now this dragon had ten horns.
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And the ten horns
represent the ten divisions
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into which the
Roman Empire was divided.
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Then as you continue with this
process in Revelation chapter 12
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you have the woman
fleeing into the wilderness
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for 1,260 days
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or time, times, and
the dividing of time.
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And then you find at
the end of that period
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that the earth helps the woman
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and swallows up the
waters of persecution
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which the dragon
spewed out of his mouth.
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And then finally in verse 17
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you have the dragon
angry with the woman.
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And he goes to make war
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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So we've moved
from the Old Testament
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before the Child is born
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to Rome when the Child is born
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to the ten divisions into which
the Roman Empire was divided
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to the 1,260 years
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to a time when the
earth helped the woman
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eventually to the
final war when the dragon
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is enraged with the
woman and goes to make war
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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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So Revelation 12
begins in the Old Testament
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and it continues till
the final war of Satan
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against God's people.
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Now in Daniel chapter 7 we
have a very similar sequence.
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Daniel chapter 7 presents
a lion which is Babylon,
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a bear which is Medo-Persia,
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a leopard which is Greece,
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and then the fourth beast is a
dragon-like beast which is Rome.
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You see, that dragon-like
beast is the same dragon
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that stood next to the
woman to devour her Child
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in Revelation 12.
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And we're told
there in Daniel chapter 7
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that this dragon
beast sprouted ten horns.
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There you have the
same dragon with ten horns
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as in Revelation 12.
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And then we're told that among
the ten rises a little horn.
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And the little horn rules for
time, times, and the dividing
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of time: 1,260 years...
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the same period that the
woman fled to the wilderness
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where the dragon
tried to slay her.
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And then we notice
in Daniel chapter 7
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that this little horn is
destroyed when Jesus comes.
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He's judged and destroyed
when Jesus comes which means
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that this little horn
must last until Jesus comes.
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You say: "Now wait a
minute. You just said that this
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horn was going to have
dominion for time, times,
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and the dividing of
time... 1,260 years...
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and now you're saying that
he's going to exist until the
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second coming of Jesus. "
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It must be that this
horn is going to rule
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for 1,260 years
then it is going to lose
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its rulership. And its ruler-
ship is going to be restored
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in order for this power to
be destroyed when Jesus comes.
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Because if he's going to
be around when Jesus comes
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and he's going to be destroyed
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he must be
ruling when Jesus comes.
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So we notice that Daniel
chapter 7 followed the same
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sequence of Revelation 12.
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Begins in the Old Testament
with Babylon, Medo-Persia,
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Greece. Continues with
the fourth beast - Rome -
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the dragon-like
beast. The dragon-like beast
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sprouts ten horns
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just like the dragon-like
beast in Revelation 12.
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Then as in Revelation 12 the
woman flees to the wilderness
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for 1,260 years.
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The little horn
rules for 1,260 years.
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And then in
Revelation chapter 12 verse 16
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you have the
earth helping the woman.
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In other words, the period
of persecution for the woman
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comes to an end. And then
of course you have the final
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onslaught against God's people
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which the dragon is enraged
with the woman and goes to make
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war with the
remnant of her seed.
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Daniel chapter 7 does
not directly present that
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but it does tell us that the
horn is going to be destroyed
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when Jesus comes
which gives us the idea
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that the little horn is going
to resurrect to power again.
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Now Revelation 13
follows the same basic sequence
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as Revelation 12 and Daniel 7.
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In Revelation 13
verse 2 you have a dragon
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which is the fourth beast.
And then you find three beasts
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that are mentioned
that come before the dragon.
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You have a leopard, you have
a bear, and you have a lion.
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So notice that Revelation
13 follows the same order
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of Daniel 7.
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You have a lion, a
bear, a leopard, a dragon.
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And that dragon has
ten horns as we've noticed.
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And then the
dragon with the ten horns
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gives his throne, his
seat, and his authority
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to the beast, and then
the beast rules 42 months.
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Isn't this
interesting? The same sequence.
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The beast governs 42 months.
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And at the end of the 42 months
the beast power is removed.
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But we're told in Revelation 13,
which by the way is amplifying
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Daniel chapter 7, that this
beast which received the deadly
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wound, its deadly
wound is going to be what?
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Its deadly wound
is going to be healed
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and everyone is going
to marvel after the beast.
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The whole world is going
to marvel after the beast.
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So you'll notice once again
the same sequence of events.
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Revelation 13
begins with Babylon.
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Then Medo-Persia, then Greece,
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then Rome... the dragon beast.
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The dragon beast has 10 horns.
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And that dragon beast
gives his power to the beast
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who rules 1,260 years.
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It's expressed as 42 months.
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And then at the
end of this period
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this power
receives a deadly wound.
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For a while it's inactive, but
then its deadly wound is healed
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and you have the
final persecution
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against God's people.
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So Revelation 12,
Daniel 7, and Revelation 13
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are parallel prophecies.
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Is this clear in your mind?
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Now what I particularly
want us to notice is
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that this fourth beast
has three stages of existence.
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Notice Daniel
chapter 7 verses 23 and 24.
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Daniel chapter 7
and verses 23 and 24.
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We're told here the following:
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"which shall be different
from all other kingdoms
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and shall devour the
whole earth, trample it,
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and break it in pieces. "
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And now notice verse 24:
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You see the sequence?
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You have the dragon beast
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then ten horns
rise from this kingdom.
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And then it says in
the last part of the verse:
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So how many stages
does this fourth beast have?
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It has four...
actually three stages.
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We're going to notice
that there's a fourth when it
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resurrects, but it has three
for our purposes right now.
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The first stage is the
dragon beast ruling by itself.
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The second stage is the period
of this dragon with ten horns.
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And the third stage is the
dragon beast with the little
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horn on its head.
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Now you notice that all of
the beasts in Daniel chapter 7
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come up from the waters.
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Now what do waters
represent in scripture?
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Well, let's go to Isaiah
chapter 17 and verses 12-13.
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Isaiah 17 and verses 12 and 13.
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All of these beasts
come up from waters.
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It says there in
verse 12 of Isaiah 17:
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So you notice that
waters represent what?
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Nations and represent
multitudes of peoples.
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All of the beasts of
Daniel 7 rise from waters.
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So let me ask you:
do they rise in the same
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geographical location?
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Absolutely, because
they all rise from the waters
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where there are
multitudes of peoples.
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Now what I would like
us to do is go to the end
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of the first stage of power
of the little horn or the beast.
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Go with me to Revelation
chapter 13 and verses 9-10.
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Revelation chapter
13 and verses 9 and 10.
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This is after the
little horn or the beast
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has ruled for 1,260 years;
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or time, times,
and dividing of time;
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42 months. It's the same period
expressed in different terms.
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Notice Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 9:
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Who was it that led into cap-
tivity during the 1,260 years?
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The beast or the little horn.
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What was this power
going to receive at the end of
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the 1,260 years of dominion?
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At the end of the 42
months or the time, times,
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and dividing of time?
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He was going to
receive a death wound.
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What was going to
give him the death wound?
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A what? A sword.
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Now immediately you ask the
question: "What does a sword
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represent in Bible prophecy? "
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Now I know that the
sword represents the Bible
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because the Bible is
the sword of the Spirit.
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But in this case the sword
does not represent the Bible.
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The sword represents the
civil powers of the world
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that this beast power
or this little horn power
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used to accomplish its purposes.
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You say: "How do we know that? "
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Well, go with me to the
book of Romans chapter 13.
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Romans chapter 13.
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Here the apostle Paul is
speaking about being subject
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to the civil powers.
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And he says this...
Romans 13 and verse 1:
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Now let's jump down to verse 4.
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"For he... " That is, the
civil power or the magistrate...
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Question: what does the
sword represent in Romans 13?
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It represents the magistrate.
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It represents the civil power
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which preserves the civil order.
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So if Revelation 13:10 says
that this beast was going to be
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wounded by the sword it
must mean that this beast
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was going to be
wounded by the power of what?
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He was going to be wounded
by the power of the state
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or by the civil power.
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Now let me ask you:
we've already identified
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this system as the
Roman Catholic papacy.
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Did the Roman Catholic
papacy employ the civil powers
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of Europe to fulfill its
purposes during the 1,260 years?
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All you have to do
is read history books.
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They allied
themselves with the state
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and used the state to
accomplish its purpose...
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the papacy's purpose.
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So what must it mean
that suddenly the sword
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now rises against this power?
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It must mean that the
civil power now rises against
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the papal power. It's
no coincidence, folks,
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that in the year 1798
AD - February 10th of 1798-
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General Berthier
entered the Vatican City.
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The pope was celebrating
the anniversary of his...
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of his accession to the throne.
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It was Pius VI by the way.
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And Berthier came in.
He removed the pope from
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his throne. The pope was
taken captive and he spent
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some time in
different locations.
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And he finally
died in exile in France.
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It's interesting
that Napoleon Bonaparte
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had the express intention
of abolishing the papacy.
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In other words, France
removed from the papacy
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the ability to
use the civil power.
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And do you know
what's interesting?
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No country in Europe
wanted to have anything to do
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with the Roman Catholic papacy
immediately after 1798 AD.
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They did not want to touch
this system with a ten-foot pole
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because they knew what had
happened during the 1,260 years
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of the dominion of this power.
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And so France rose
against this power and removed
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its civil authority.
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In other words, the
Roman Catholic church
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did not disappear as a
church but it could no longer
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use the civil
powers of the world
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to accomplish its purposes.
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Malachi Martin in his
book The Keys of This Blood
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has a statement where he says
that the civil powers of the
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world have imposed
200 years of inactivity
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upon the Roman Catholic papacy.
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He himself recognizes that
the papacy could no longer use
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the civil powers of the
world to accomplish the purposes
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that it accomplished
during the 1,260 years.
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And so basically what we have in
all three of these prophecies -
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Revelation 12,
Daniel 7, and Revelation 13-
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it begins in the Old Testament,
moves to the period of the
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dragon, then it moves
to the period of the dragon
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with ten horns, then
it moves to the period
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of the 1,260
years of persecution,
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and then Revelation 13
emphasizes that at the end
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of this period of
persecution persecution ceases.
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Revelation 12 emphasizes
that the earth helps the woman
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and swallows up the
waters of persecution.
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But then the devil is angry,
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and so he rises
this power to new life.
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The deadly wound is healed
and you have the final onslaught
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against those who keep
the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Now in Revelation 13 we
have a second beast which rises,
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and we need to
identify this second beast.
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And I have 12 characteristics
that I want to share with you
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in identifying
this second beast.
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Let's go to Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 11.
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And we're going
to stay in that verse
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for several characteristics.
I'm going to take one by one.
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Revelation 13 and verse 11 says:
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"Then... " What does
that indicate... then?
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It indicates that
this is transpiring when?
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After the first beast
receives its deadly wound
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because the previous verse
speaks about the deadly wound.
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And what date was
the deadly wound given?
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1798 AD
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That's a matter of history.
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You can read it
in any history book.
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Which means that this beast
is going arise after which date?
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Or at which date?
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It's going to arise
around the year 1798 AD
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after the first
beast receives its wound.
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Secondly you'll notice
that it says in verse 11
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that he saw another beast.
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Now what does a beast
represent in prophecy?
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A beast represents
a kingdom or a nation.
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The lion is Babylon;
the bear is Medo-Persia;
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the leopard is
Greece; the dragon is Rome.
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Whenever you find beasts
in prophecy it represents
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nations or kingdoms.
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So my question is: is
this going to be a nation
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or a kingdom which will
arise around the year 1798 AD?
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Absolutely.
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Now let's notice our
third characteristic.
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Once again,
Revelation 13 and verse 11:
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We need to take a
look at that expression
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"coming up. " It's the
expression that is used
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to describe the
sprouting of a plant.
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In other words, you're not
talking about a full-grown tree.
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You're talking about
the sprouting of a plant.
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That is that when this power
was rising it had not reached
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the apex of its power.
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It actually was just beginning
to germinate or to sprout
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when John saw it rise.
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Incidentally, in
Matthew 13 and verse 7
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this expression
"coming up out of"
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is used the parable of the
sower to speak about a plant
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growing up out of the earth.
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So our third characteristic
is that in 1798 AD
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this power was not fully grown
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it was just sprouting out
of the earth at that time.
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Now let's notice the
fourth characteristic.
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It says there in verse 11:
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"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the... " What?
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"Coming up out of the earth. "
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It comes out of the
earth. That is significant.
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You say: "Why is
it significant? "
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Well, let me ask you: where
did all of the previous beasts
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come up from?
We've already noticed it.
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They came up from waters
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where there were
multitudes and nations
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and tongues and peoples.
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Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece,
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Rome... all arose from waters.
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But suddenly we see this
beast that arises out of what?
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That rises up out of the earth.
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Would this seem to indicate that
this power is going to arise
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in a different place?
00:22:14.95\00:22:16.58
Obviously.
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That's the strong
impression that you get.
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Furthermore, there
are not only any waters
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there are also no winds.
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In other words, this power
is not rising due to warfare.
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Furthermore, this power
does not fight any of the
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previous powers to
gain its ascendancy.
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Let me ask you: did the bear
fight the lion to get its power?
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Sure. Did the leopard
fight the bear to get its power?
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Yes. Did the dragon fight
the leopard to gain its power?
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Absolutely. Each
successive kingdom
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conquers the previous kingdom.
00:22:51.21\00:22:52.71
But with this
beast of Revelation 13
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it comes up out of the earth.
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There are no waters which
means that there must be a very
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scarcity of inhabitants.
It's a different place.
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There are no winds, which we've
already studied represents war.
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Represents warfare.
This must be a power that
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rises in a different place.
00:23:12.04\00:23:14.76
Not in the midst of conquest.
00:23:14.86\00:23:16.87
Not conquering previous nations.
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So this power rises
in a different place.
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Let's go to our
fifth characteristic.
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This one is not directly found
in Revelation 13 but I think
00:23:26.56\00:23:30.81
that we need to mention
it because it's important.
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.22
If you notice the
beasts of Daniel chapter 7
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you'll find that the
first two beasts rise in Asia:
00:23:38.50\00:23:43.53
Babylon and Medo-Persia.
00:23:44.03\00:23:46.02
The next two
beasts rise in Europe.
00:23:47.22\00:23:50.67
In other words, prophecy
is moving from east to west.
00:23:51.17\00:23:55.54
Now this beast that you
find here rises from the earth
00:23:57.92\00:24:02.35
after all of
these powers have risen.
00:24:02.75\00:24:05.64
Would you expect this
power to rise further west
00:24:06.83\00:24:11.33
than Asia or Europe?
00:24:11.53\00:24:13.16
Sure... because prophecy
is moving in what direction?
00:24:13.56\00:24:17.33
Prophecy is
moving from east to west.
00:24:17.63\00:24:19.81
By the way, the reason why
this happens is because God's
00:24:20.01\00:24:22.20
people are moving
from east to west.
00:24:22.30\00:24:23.83
Prophecy moves
with God's people.
00:24:24.03\00:24:26.19
When God's people move -
when Christianity moves west -
00:24:26.49\00:24:29.86
prophecy moves west
00:24:30.16\00:24:31.87
because prophecy
fulfills with God's people.
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And so this power is further
west than Asia or Europe.
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Characteristic number six:
00:24:40.15\00:24:42.11
this power is a global power.
00:24:42.51\00:24:45.98
In fact, it not
only is a global power
00:24:46.29\00:24:50.57
but the power that existed
before is also a global power.
00:24:50.87\00:24:56.51
Let me ask you: the
little horn or the beast
00:24:56.81\00:25:00.38
that governed for 1,260 years...
00:25:00.68\00:25:02.67
was this a global power?
00:25:02.87\00:25:04.96
It most certainly was.
00:25:05.26\00:25:06.85
Revelation chapter
13 and verse 7 says
00:25:07.16\00:25:09.46
that it ruled over every
nation, over every kindred,
00:25:09.66\00:25:12.50
over every tongue,
and over every people
00:25:12.70\00:25:14.74
during the 1,260 years.
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.66
Now that's interesting.
00:25:17.06\00:25:18.79
So you have one global power
and then you're going to notice
00:25:18.89\00:25:21.85
that this beast of Revelation
13 is also a global power.
00:25:21.95\00:25:26.34
So you have two global powers.
00:25:26.67\00:25:29.03
You have the one that
ruled during the 1,260 years
00:25:29.33\00:25:32.08
and you have this
power or this kingdom
00:25:32.38\00:25:35.66
which arises in 1798 AD.
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.96
And you know what's
very very interesting
00:25:38.16\00:25:40.53
is the fact that this second
power, this second global power,
00:25:40.83\00:25:44.57
which comes up out of the earth
00:25:44.77\00:25:46.40
instead of fighting
with the previous power
00:25:46.60\00:25:49.15
it helps the previous
power regain its authority.
00:25:49.45\00:25:54.13
If you look at this
second beast, its only purpose
00:25:54.85\00:25:58.62
is... and
intention... is to restore power
00:25:58.82\00:26:02.11
to the previous beast.
00:26:02.22\00:26:03.36
Very different than
all of the other beasts.
00:26:03.57\00:26:05.27
All of the other beasts try to
annihilate the previous power.
00:26:05.57\00:26:08.69
But this power actually
helps the previous power
00:26:08.99\00:26:13.46
regain its ascendancy...
00:26:13.49\00:26:15.99
it's political and
religious ascendancy.
00:26:16.09\00:26:18.66
So you're supposed to
look for two global powers.
00:26:19.06\00:26:22.63
One which ruled in the past
00:26:23.03\00:26:25.46
and one which rises
around the year 1798 AD
00:26:25.66\00:26:28.61
which will help the previous
power recover its throne.
00:26:28.81\00:26:33.23
Now characteristic number
7. We'll go a step further.
00:26:34.20\00:26:37.90
Now only are these global powers
00:26:38.10\00:26:39.76
but this second power must also
be a global political power.
00:26:39.96\00:26:45.58
You say: "Why is it a
global political power? "
00:26:45.88\00:26:47.91
Go with me to Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 16.
00:26:48.31\00:26:51.44
Revelation 13 and verse 16.
00:26:51.84\00:26:54.32
It says there
about this second beast:
00:26:55.49\00:26:57.15
Must this power have
political clout in order to make
00:27:08.08\00:27:13.50
everyone receive
the mark of the beast?
00:27:13.80\00:27:16.23
It most certainly has
world-wide political influence
00:27:16.43\00:27:20.07
so it must be a world-wide
global political power.
00:27:20.38\00:27:24.30
But it is also a
global economic power.
00:27:24.80\00:27:28.89
You say: "How do we know that? "
00:27:29.09\00:27:30.54
Notice
Revelation 13 and verse 17.
00:27:30.84\00:27:33.57
It says in verse 17:
00:27:33.87\00:27:35.97
Does this power
control commerce?
00:27:44.42\00:27:47.48
Does it control
business? Yes it does
00:27:47.78\00:27:50.15
because it
controls buying and selling.
00:27:50.45\00:27:52.77
It must be a
global economic power.
00:27:53.07\00:27:55.61
But this power must also
be a global military power.
00:27:56.02\00:28:00.47
It must have the power
to enforce its decrees.
00:28:00.67\00:28:04.39
Notice Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 15.
00:28:04.69\00:28:08.06
Revelation 13 and
verse 15. It says:
00:28:08.36\00:28:11.70
So does it have world-wide
military power to enforce
00:28:27.36\00:28:32.24
the decrees of that first beast?
00:28:32.55\00:28:35.42
Absolutely. Now what have
we seen so far? Reviewing.
00:28:35.72\00:28:39.30
Number one: this power must
arise around the year 1798 AD.
00:28:39.34\00:28:43.93
Number two: it is a nation or
a kingdom because it's a beast.
00:28:44.23\00:28:48.55
Number three: it's just sprout-
ing up around the year 1798 AD.
00:28:48.75\00:28:52.99
Number four: it rises out
of the earth where there are
00:28:53.65\00:28:56.18
very few inhabitants.
00:28:56.28\00:28:57.72
It does not arise by fighting
any of the previous powers.
00:28:57.92\00:29:01.50
There is no wind of strife.
00:29:01.60\00:29:03.15
In other words, it's
going to help the previous power
00:29:03.46\00:29:05.38
recover its power.
00:29:05.48\00:29:06.82
Number five: it is
going to arise further west
00:29:07.12\00:29:10.23
than Asia and Europe.
00:29:10.43\00:29:12.11
Number six: it is
going to be a global power
00:29:12.31\00:29:15.37
along with that first
power that ruled 1,260 days.
00:29:15.57\00:29:19.00
Number seven: it is going to
exercise world-wide political
00:29:19.40\00:29:24.11
power. Number
eight: it is going to
00:29:24.21\00:29:27.38
exercise
world-wide economic power.
00:29:27.49\00:29:30.31
Number nine: it is going to
exercise global or world-wide
00:29:30.61\00:29:34.83
military power.
00:29:35.03\00:29:37.32
Now let's go to number ten.
00:29:37.52\00:29:38.78
It is going to be contempo-
raneous with the first beast.
00:29:39.18\00:29:42.58
What do I mean
by contemporaneous?
00:29:42.98\00:29:45.34
In other words, they're
going to be contemporaries.
00:29:45.74\00:29:48.29
In other words, this second
beast does not really succeed
00:29:49.14\00:29:52.33
the first beast but
they actually rule together.
00:29:52.44\00:29:56.03
Are you following me or not?
00:29:56.34\00:29:57.37
They exist at the same time.
00:29:57.65\00:29:59.56
And the purpose of the
second beast is to give power
00:29:59.96\00:30:04.07
back to the first beast
but they're contemporaries.
00:30:04.27\00:30:07.38
So what you have to do is
you have to look for two powers
00:30:07.68\00:30:10.35
around the year
1798 AD and afterwards
00:30:10.55\00:30:13.48
who are both global powers
00:30:13.69\00:30:16.02
and who rule at the same period
00:30:16.22\00:30:18.77
of time in history.
00:30:18.87\00:30:20.32
Now characteristic number 11:
00:30:20.97\00:30:23.18
we're told that this
second beast makes an image
00:30:23.48\00:30:26.89
to the first beast.
00:30:27.09\00:30:28.59
Let me ask you:
what is an image?
00:30:28.79\00:30:29.96
An image is a replica,
00:30:31.00\00:30:34.08
a copy, a reproduction.
00:30:34.38\00:30:37.54
So if this beast is going to
make an image to the first beast
00:30:38.47\00:30:41.64
is this image going to be simi-
lar to what the first beast is?
00:30:41.94\00:30:45.59
Sure. So what do you have to do?
00:30:45.79\00:30:48.05
You have to go and
look at the characteristics
00:30:48.25\00:30:49.93
of the first beast.
Question: did the first beast
00:30:50.03\00:30:53.51
attempt to change God's law?
00:30:53.71\00:30:55.64
Sure. So if this beast makes
an image to the first beast
00:30:56.94\00:31:00.05
is there going to be something
having to do with a change
00:31:00.25\00:31:02.21
in God's law? Obviously yes.
00:31:02.31\00:31:04.17
Did the first beast change
00:31:04.37\00:31:07.50
God's prophetic line of events?
00:31:07.70\00:31:10.67
In other words, did he attempt
to change God's prophetic
00:31:10.78\00:31:13.52
calendar? Yes he did.
00:31:13.63\00:31:15.40
He instituted Preterism,
00:31:15.61\00:31:16.98
the idea that prophecy was
fulfilled in the distant past,
00:31:17.28\00:31:19.67
and he implemented Futurism,
the idea that the antichrist
00:31:19.87\00:31:23.12
is going to arrive in the
future, way at the end of time.
00:31:23.33\00:31:26.32
And that way people couldn't
see that the antichrist was
00:31:26.62\00:31:29.03
right in front of them
because they were looking
00:31:29.13\00:31:30.93
way to the past or they
were looking way to the future.
00:31:31.03\00:31:33.23
Must this second beast
then have the same counterfeit
00:31:33.54\00:31:37.60
prophetic interpretation system?
00:31:37.80\00:31:39.70
Absolutely. Now that
beast during the 1,260 years
00:31:39.90\00:31:43.54
mixed or blended
church and state.
00:31:45.29\00:31:47.72
If this beast is
going to make an image,
00:31:48.02\00:31:50.08
must this also be a
blending of church and state?
00:31:50.28\00:31:52.63
Absolutely. This first beast
persecuted those who were not
00:31:52.93\00:31:56.41
in harmony with the
union of church and state...
00:31:56.51\00:32:00.23
who did not agree with
the changes that were made.
00:32:00.43\00:32:03.10
Are we to expect that this
second beast is going to bring
00:32:03.40\00:32:06.00
also persecution for
the same motivations?
00:32:06.20\00:32:08.73
Absolutely... no doubt about it.
00:32:09.03\00:32:11.33
Now let's go to
characteristic number twelve.
00:32:11.73\00:32:14.09
This is the last one.
00:32:14.29\00:32:15.59
Revelation 13 and verse 11.
00:32:15.90\00:32:18.36
Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 11.
00:32:18.66\00:32:21.71
Here we find another character-
istic which we haven't read
00:32:22.57\00:32:25.42
before... and so we're
going to read it now. It says:
00:32:25.52\00:32:28.59
He had two horns like what?
00:32:39.75\00:32:41.33
Two horns like a lamb.
00:32:41.63\00:32:43.81
Now what does that mean?
"Two horns like a lamb. "
00:32:44.31\00:32:46.95
Well, let's first of all
determine what horns mean
00:32:47.35\00:32:51.05
in Bible prophecy. You know what
horns mean in Bible prophecy?
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Horns represent kingdoms
or divisions of kingdoms.
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For example, in Daniel chapter 8
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you have a ram with two horns.
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The two horns represent the
kingdoms of Media and Persia.
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You have four horns
that come out of the head of
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the he-goat of Daniel 8.
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Represents the four
divisions of the Grecian Empire
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after the death of
Alexander the Great.
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And so horns represent kingdoms.
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And you're saying:
"What in the world could be
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represented by these two horns?
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Is that talking about the
idea that this is going to be
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two nations or two kingdoms? "
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We already read that
there's only one beast.
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But this beast has two horns.
Is it possible that this kingdom
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is going to be a dual kingdom
in some sense of the word?
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The answer is yes.
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Now before I pursue the
meaning of the two horns
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allow me to go through
the characteristics once again
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and ask which
nation fulfills these exact
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details. What nation
arose around the year 1798 AD?
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Is a nation... bona fide nation?
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Was just sprouting in 1798 AD?
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Arose where there
were very few inhabitants?
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Did not fight any of the
previous powers of prophecy?
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Is further west
than Europe and Asia?
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Is a global power con-
temporary with the first power?
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Has world-wide political clout?
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World-wide economic clout?
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World-wide military might?
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Which actually is now
helping that first beast
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get its power back
and which is reflecting
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many of the same
teachings and practices
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of that first power?
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Listen folks,
there's no doubt whatsoever
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what this beast represents.
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It represents the
United States of America.
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You say: "How is that? "
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Did the United States arise to
power around the year 1798 AD?
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Absolutely! In fact, the
Declaration of Independence
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was signed in 1776 AD.
The Constitution in 1787 AD.
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1791 AD you have
the Bill of Rights.
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In 1798 AD you
have the deadly wound.
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Incidentally, do you know
which was the first nation
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that the United States formed
official diplomatic relations
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with? It was France.
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Do you know what year? 1798 AD.
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The first nation to
recognize the United States
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as a bona fide
nation was the very nation
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that gave the deadly
wound to that first beast.
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That's significant.
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Is the United States
a nation or a kingdom?
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It most certainly is.
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Was the United States
fully grown when it first arose
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to power or was it just
sprouting up in 1798 AD?
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It was just sprouting up.
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Did the United States arise
in a sparsely-populated area?
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Yes. Did it have to
defeat any of the kingdoms
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of Europe - of Bible prophecy
- that had existed before?
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Absolutely not.
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Is the United States further
west than Europe and Asia?
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It most certainly is.
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Is the United States
ruling contemporaneously
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with that first beast?
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Are they both
world-wide systems?
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The Roman Catholic
papacy and the United States?
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Absolutely.
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Is the United States a
political global power?
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It is. Is the United
States a global economic power?
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It most certainly is.
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Is the United States
a global military power?
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Absolutely.
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Is the United States
contemporaneous with the
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first beast and actually
by what we're seeing today
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is it helping that
first beast recover its power
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and its authority? Absolutely.
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And I will share with you
a little bit more about that
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later on. Is Protestantism
in the United States
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today in this country talking
about joining church and state
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and actually joining
church and state? Absolutely.
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What day of worship do
they say we're supposed to keep?
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The first day of the week.
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Do they say that prophecy
is fulfilled with the papacy
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and with apostate Protestantism?
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Is that their
perspective of prophecy?
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No. Where are they looking?
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They're looking back at a fellow
called Antiochus IV Epiphanies
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or they're looking forward
to some future antichrist
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after the church has
been raptured to heaven.
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The only thing that is missing
of making an image to the
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first beast is
the persecution aspect
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because these things
have not yet fully matured.
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Are you with me or not?
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Now let's talk
about the two horns...
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the two horns like a lamb.
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The word lamb is used
in Revelation 29 times.
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Every single time the lamb
is a symbol of Jesus Christ
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with this one exception.
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Now if the lamb is
a symbol of Christ,
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must these two horns have
something to do with Christ?
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Absolutely. Now we noticed
that horns represent kingdoms.
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You say: "Well the United States
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isn't two kingdoms. The
United States is one kingdom. "
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You're right but
allow me to tell you
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in what sense you have
two kingdoms in this country.
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Let me ask you: Did Jesus
teach that there are 2 kingdoms?
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He said: "Render unto
Caesar that which is Caesar's
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and unto God
that which is God's. "
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Did Jesus recognize
there are two kingdoms?
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Did He teach that they're
supposed to remain separate?
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He sure did! By the way, the
two horns are not one horn...
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they're two
horns... they're separate.
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They're on the same
beast but they're separate.
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Are you following me or not?
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Did Jesus say that: "My
kingdom is not of this world? "
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He most certainly did.
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In that way He's recognizing
that there's another kingdom
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that is His. It's
not from this world.
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Now, my question is this:
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when the United
States began as a nation
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did it recognize that
there are actually two kingdoms
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or two powers?
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It most certainly did.
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Did it teach that those
two kingdoms need to remain
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separate one from another?
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Absolutely. What
kingdoms are we talking about?
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We're talking about church
- which is Christ's kingdom
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spiritually on
earth - and what? State.
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Church and state. Two kingdoms
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but that are supposed to be
what? Separate from one another.
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Now allow me to read you
the first amendment of the
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Constitution of
the United States.
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It's interesting how this...
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I was listening to a Senator
- a very prominent Senator -
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the other day on
television on Meet the Press.
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And I had to write a
letter to Tim Russert
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to tell him: "How did you
let him get away with that? "
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But let me tell
you what the issue was.
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This is what the
first amendment says.
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By the way, the first
amendment actually has
00:39:54.46\00:39:58.78
an establishment
clause, a free exercise clause,
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and a civil liberties clause.
00:40:02.66\00:40:04.47
In the same amendment
you have religious and
00:40:05.35\00:40:08.04
civil liberties. It says
there - the first amendment:
00:40:08.14\00:40:11.31
That's been re-interpreted
to mean that Congress cannot
00:40:20.67\00:40:22.91
establish a church or a
religion above other religions.
00:40:23.12\00:40:27.39
That's not what the
first amendment says
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and that's what this
Senator says. He said:
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"What the first amendment
forbids is from Congress
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making a law
establishing a religion. "
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It doesn't say a religion.
It says religion... period.
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"Congress shall make no
law respecting an establishment
00:40:40.89\00:40:43.73
of religion. " In other words,
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.26
Congress can make no laws
having to do with religion
00:40:45.36\00:40:48.49
or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof. "
00:40:49.42\00:40:54.00
In other words,
Congress cannot make laws
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implementing religion
00:40:59.86\00:41:01.92
or forbidding the
free exercise of religion.
00:41:02.12\00:41:04.53
But then the first
amendment continues saying this:
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So in the first amendment
to the Constitution of the
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United States you
have these two principles:
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religious liberty...
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God's kingdom ruling itself
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without interference of
00:41:28.00\00:41:29.03
government, and the civil power
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functioning without the
interference of the church.
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In other words, each
of these kingdoms separate
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following the principle
that Christ established
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that you have two kingdoms
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but the kingdom of God
is supposed to be separate
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from the kingdom of men
or from the civil power.
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Incidentally, these
two principles are called
00:41:50.24\00:41:53.44
Republicanism and Protestantism.
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Republicanism
simply means a state
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without a king.
00:42:02.47\00:42:04.18
And Protestantism means
a church without a pope.
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Because in the Middle Ages - you
know - if the king said "jump"
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you said "how high? "
00:42:16.99\00:42:18.45
I mean the king had all
power; the people had no power.
00:42:18.76\00:42:21.42
The king spoke
and people obeyed.
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It was a monarchy. The
same was in the church.
00:42:24.32\00:42:27.57
You know, when the pope spoke
everybody did what he said.
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in the religious
realm. There was no civil
00:42:31.61\00:42:33.78
or religious liberty.
00:42:33.88\00:42:35.20
But the founding fathers
of the United States decided
00:42:35.30\00:42:37.79
that they would establish
a government of the people,
00:42:37.99\00:42:39.80
by the people and for the people
00:42:39.90\00:42:41.39
where religion would
be protected by the state
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in the sense that people
could practice their religion;
00:42:45.97\00:42:47.98
the government
would not interfere;
00:42:48.08\00:42:50.34
and people could be free
to worship God according to
00:42:50.64\00:42:53.54
the dictates of
their conscience.
00:42:53.64\00:42:55.26
Republicanism and Protestantism.
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In other words, the
separation of the two kingdoms.
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Now why would our
founding fathers do this?
00:43:02.13\00:43:04.44
Why would they want
this kind of government?
00:43:04.54\00:43:06.22
Well you see, they had
the benefit of three things.
00:43:06.52\00:43:10.27
Number one: they had
the benefit of knowing
00:43:10.67\00:43:13.98
what had happened during
the Middle Ages when church and
00:43:14.18\00:43:16.00
state were joined together.
They lived very close to that
00:43:16.10\00:43:18.06
period. I mean, 1798 AD...
that's when the deadly wound
00:43:18.17\00:43:20.48
was given. They were
close to the history.
00:43:20.58\00:43:22.81
One of the problems of the
United States is that people
00:43:23.01\00:43:24.93
don't remember history any more.
00:43:25.03\00:43:26.37
They don't remember what
this power had done in the past
00:43:26.57\00:43:28.95
and so they're allowing this
power to gain ascendancy again.
00:43:29.15\00:43:32.02
Which is scary! But anyway...
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You know, we find that
the founders had the benefit
00:43:35.56\00:43:39.95
of knowing the
history of the Middle Ages...
00:43:40.15\00:43:41.63
what happens when church
and state are joined together.
00:43:41.73\00:43:43.94
They knew it
leads to persecution
00:43:44.04\00:43:45.53
like John Huss who
was burned at the stake
00:43:45.73\00:43:47.67
because he didn't agree with
the teachings of the church.
00:43:47.87\00:43:49.54
So they say: "In this
Republic we're not going to have
00:43:49.74\00:43:52.38
that problem. Church and
state are going to be separate
00:43:52.48\00:43:55.26
one from another. "
00:43:55.46\00:43:56.49
They also knew the history
of the Colonial period of the
00:43:56.78\00:43:59.54
United States. That's a
period which many people forget.
00:43:59.64\00:44:02.75
Do you know that the Pilgrims
came here looking for freedom?
00:44:03.15\00:44:06.83
By the way, "the
earth helped the woman. "
00:44:07.89\00:44:09.74
That's what
Revelation 12 means when it says
00:44:10.04\00:44:12.38
"the earth helped the
woman. " They fled from Europe.
00:44:12.48\00:44:14.55
They came over here.
They came to the territory
00:44:14.75\00:44:16.66
of the United
States to look for freedom.
00:44:16.76\00:44:19.13
And once they established
themselves, they took away
00:44:19.43\00:44:21.88
peoples' freedom...
in the Colonial period.
00:44:21.98\00:44:24.51
If you did not return
your tithe... by the way,
00:44:25.01\00:44:27.64
the government paid the pastors.
00:44:27.74\00:44:29.30
People, you know...
they returned their tithe
00:44:30.10\00:44:32.38
or they paid
their tithe like a tax
00:44:32.58\00:44:34.61
and then the
government paid the ministers.
00:44:34.91\00:44:36.94
And if you didn't pay your tithe
you could be thrown in jail.
00:44:37.14\00:44:39.83
If you did not go to church
on Sunday - which they believed
00:44:40.63\00:44:43.04
to be the day of worship -
you could be thrown in jail
00:44:43.15\00:44:45.77
or you could be flogged.
00:44:45.87\00:44:47.26
Only people who
professed the Christian religion
00:44:47.66\00:44:50.64
could occupy offices in the
government... positions in the
00:44:50.74\00:44:53.91
government in
the Colonial period.
00:44:54.01\00:44:56.41
In the early history
of the United States...
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not the Constitutional period.
00:44:58.94\00:45:01.05
And Roger Williams
who came in the year 1629
00:45:01.45\00:45:04.46
from England to the
Massachusetts Bay Colony
00:45:04.66\00:45:07.31
he suffered the wrath of
the people there because he was
00:45:07.51\00:45:10.07
teaching the total
separation of church and state.
00:45:10.17\00:45:12.57
He had to flee in the dead
of winter - a very raw winter.
00:45:12.87\00:45:17.48
He had to cross huge snowdrifts
00:45:17.68\00:45:20.13
and finally ended
up in Rhode Island.
00:45:20.33\00:45:22.79
And he established the
capitol of Rhode Island known as
00:45:22.99\00:45:26.31
Providence. And it became a
city of refuge for everyone...
00:45:26.41\00:45:29.50
Quakers, Jews, atheists.
00:45:29.70\00:45:31.54
All he said: "I
want you to come here.
00:45:31.74\00:45:33.39
You can worship God
any way that you wish.
00:45:33.59\00:45:35.84
As long as you work hard
and you obey the civil laws
00:45:36.04\00:45:38.86
you'll be welcome here. "
00:45:39.06\00:45:40.33
But he was persecuted.
They wanted to lynch him
00:45:40.63\00:45:43.40
because of his idea of
separation of church and state.
00:45:43.60\00:45:46.76
He was certainly a
man ahead of his time.
00:45:47.16\00:45:49.76
Now I want you to notice that
as we look at what's happening
00:45:50.65\00:45:55.26
at the United States
or with the United States
00:45:55.36\00:45:57.87
it's so amazing and
it's happening so fast
00:45:59.17\00:46:02.03
that it makes you dizzy.
00:46:02.33\00:46:03.68
You know, I wish I had a
lot of time here to talk to you
00:46:04.56\00:46:07.17
about all of the track
record of what's happening...
00:46:07.27\00:46:10.00
happened since 1963. It
actually all began at Vatican II
00:46:10.20\00:46:14.34
where under the
name aggiornamento
00:46:15.25\00:46:18.26
renewal of the Catholic church
00:46:18.56\00:46:20.67
they gave the
Catholic church a facelift.
00:46:21.56\00:46:24.41
No longer mass in Latin.
00:46:24.71\00:46:26.62
You know, they could sing in
the worship services and so on.
00:46:26.82\00:46:29.70
It was all cosmetic changes
to make the church attractive
00:46:29.93\00:46:33.22
to Protestants. And
then of course you have
00:46:33.33\00:46:36.32
the election of John F. Kennedy.
00:46:36.52\00:46:38.26
I'm not saying that he was
used by the Catholic church
00:46:38.66\00:46:41.73
but basically there were
people who were scared of having
00:46:42.04\00:46:44.41
a Catholic as a president.
00:46:44.51\00:46:45.77
But when John Kennedy came
in and he seemed to do a pretty
00:46:46.32\00:46:48.73
good job, people liked
him pretty well. They said:
00:46:48.83\00:46:50.41
"Hey, it's not such a
threat to have a Roman Catholic
00:46:50.51\00:46:52.79
as the president of
the United States. "
00:46:52.89\00:46:54.80
And then, of course,
we could go to the 80's.
00:46:55.21\00:46:57.17
The Holy Alliance.
00:46:57.37\00:46:58.54
So it was called
by Time Magazine.
00:46:58.84\00:47:00.73
It was on the cover
with Reagan and the pope
00:47:00.83\00:47:02.51
on the cover of Time.
The Holy Alliance where
00:47:02.61\00:47:05.67
the United
States helped the pope
00:47:05.77\00:47:10.11
overthrow Communism in
the former Soviet Union.
00:47:10.31\00:47:13.89
It was actually an
alliance - a secret alliance -
00:47:14.13\00:47:18.78
between the United
States and the Vatican
00:47:18.98\00:47:20.83
to overthrow Communism.
00:47:21.03\00:47:22.83
And then of course you have
the book The Keys of This Blood.
00:47:23.03\00:47:25.71
Interesting book written
by a Roman Catholic Jesuit
00:47:25.91\00:47:28.95
Malachi Martin.
00:47:29.16\00:47:30.72
In that book he says that there
are three powers in this world
00:47:31.02\00:47:35.11
vying for... to sit on
the throne of the world.
00:47:35.32\00:47:37.76
Number one: Communism.
00:47:38.06\00:47:40.30
Number two: Western capitalism.
00:47:40.70\00:47:43.48
And number three: the
Roman Catholic papacy.
00:47:43.88\00:47:46.50
And in that book he guarantees -
00:47:46.80\00:47:48.95
and by the way, this
is before it happened -
00:47:49.15\00:47:50.72
he guarantees that
Communism was going to fall,
00:47:50.82\00:47:53.33
Western
capitalism was going to fall,
00:47:53.64\00:47:57.13
and eventually the Roman
Catholic papacy was going to
00:47:57.43\00:48:01.24
regain the throne of the world.
00:48:01.34\00:48:03.74
You know, we've just
seen the death of the pope.
00:48:05.33\00:48:09.02
I can't help but be
amazed as I watch on television
00:48:10.12\00:48:13.10
every single news
program on television.
00:48:13.20\00:48:15.39
You can't get any
other kind of news.
00:48:16.53\00:48:18.61
And you have Protestant
ministers and you have Jewish
00:48:19.64\00:48:22.47
rabbis and you have people
who don't claim the Christian
00:48:22.67\00:48:26.12
religion being
interviewed by these programs.
00:48:26.22\00:48:28.61
And they're saying how
wonderful this system is.
00:48:28.91\00:48:30.87
How wonderful this man is.
00:48:31.07\00:48:32.50
The whole world,
according to Revelation 13,
00:48:32.70\00:48:35.53
would "wonder after the beast. "
00:48:35.73\00:48:37.12
And by the way, in order for
this prophecy to be fulfilled
00:48:37.32\00:48:40.63
that the United States is
going to help this first power
00:48:40.93\00:48:44.62
regain its ascendancy,
three walls have to come down.
00:48:44.82\00:48:47.93
The first wall is the wall
00:48:48.87\00:48:50.26
of Communism
00:48:50.36\00:48:51.79
represented by the Berlin Wall.
00:48:52.09\00:48:54.29
That thing came down.
00:48:54.60\00:48:55.85
The second wall that needs to be
00:48:56.26\00:48:58.25
knocked down is the wall between
00:48:58.35\00:49:00.55
Protestants and Catholics.
00:49:00.65\00:49:01.93
And that is coming down.
00:49:02.34\00:49:04.34
The document Evangelicals
and Catholics Together
00:49:05.48\00:49:08.17
which is a group of
very influential evangelicals
00:49:09.10\00:49:11.98
and very
influential Roman Catholics
00:49:12.28\00:49:14.31
signed a document
saying that they basically
00:49:14.51\00:49:17.47
agree on doctrine and
they should just forget
00:49:17.67\00:49:19.56
their differences and
they're supposed to go out
00:49:19.66\00:49:22.28
and evangelize the world.
00:49:22.38\00:49:24.12
The Joint Declaration
on Righteousness by Faith
00:49:24.42\00:49:26.90
by Catholics and Lutherans
00:49:26.93\00:49:28.58
where basically they're saying
that the Protestant Reformation
00:49:28.78\00:49:31.62
was a mistake. They're saying
that Catholics and Protestants
00:49:31.82\00:49:34.99
agree on the issue of
justification by faith.
00:49:35.19\00:49:37.77
This has just
happened in the last few years.
00:49:38.17\00:49:40.12
Recently in Time Magazine
there was an incredible article
00:49:40.52\00:49:44.75
where it says that Protestants
are adopting the Roman Catholic
00:49:44.96\00:49:48.72
view of Mary.
00:49:48.82\00:49:51.01
Now if this isn't telling
us that we're close to the end
00:49:52.44\00:49:55.22
I don't know what does.
00:49:55.52\00:49:57.72
Furthermore, there was
a Time Magazine article
00:49:58.12\00:50:00.44
which described the red
states so called from the South
00:50:00.64\00:50:04.54
and how Protestants and
Catholics are allying themselves
00:50:04.84\00:50:08.57
together to take
over the political system.
00:50:08.78\00:50:11.29
This is only in the last 2 or
3 months that I'm talking about.
00:50:11.69\00:50:17.00
So certainly the wall of
separation between Protestants
00:50:17.24\00:50:20.12
and Catholics is coming down.
00:50:20.22\00:50:21.66
Do I need to say
anything about the third wall:
00:50:21.96\00:50:24.14
the wall of separation
between church and state?
00:50:24.34\00:50:26.74
I mean it is coming down
so fast, there are so many
00:50:27.43\00:50:31.09
bricks that have been
knocked off of that wall,
00:50:31.19\00:50:32.97
that there's not much wall left.
00:50:33.18\00:50:35.05
You know, Protestants allying
themselves with Catholics
00:50:36.60\00:50:40.35
to take over the government.
00:50:40.55\00:50:41.87
And in the Terri
Schiavo case you can see this.
00:50:42.07\00:50:45.92
You know, they're using...
they're actually trying to use
00:50:46.12\00:50:49.27
Congress to
intervene in this case
00:50:49.47\00:50:53.34
which is a problem of separation
of powers incidentally.
00:50:53.64\00:50:56.92
Not only that, thank God
that the judiciary is still
00:50:57.16\00:51:00.63
independent judiciary.
Thank God that the judges are
00:51:00.83\00:51:05.29
elected for life and they don't
have to worry about elections.
00:51:05.50\00:51:09.37
Because what is going
to happen someday when the
00:51:10.13\00:51:12.63
multitudes will not only
be able to influence Congress
00:51:12.73\00:51:16.84
for Congress to
do what they want -
00:51:16.98\00:51:18.78
even intervene in
the case of one person.
00:51:18.98\00:51:20.92
Which by the way, I don't
believe that the feeding tube
00:51:21.12\00:51:23.76
should have been
removed... I'll tell you that...
00:51:23.86\00:51:25.69
I believe that it
should have been left in.
00:51:25.89\00:51:27.64
But apart from that point, it's
the mechanism or the process
00:51:27.94\00:51:31.72
that was used that's a problem.
00:51:31.82\00:51:33.82
You know, influencing...
The religious right influencing
00:51:34.22\00:51:37.84
Congress to
intervene in this case.
00:51:38.04\00:51:40.13
What's going to happen
when the judges feel the heat
00:51:40.33\00:51:43.98
and feel the pressure?
00:51:44.18\00:51:45.57
Then God's people are not going
to have any court of appeal.
00:51:45.77\00:51:48.75
And that is happening
right before our eyes.
00:51:49.83\00:51:53.16
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:51:53.50\00:51:55.34
Now, in closing I'd like to
say that there are two stories
00:51:56.33\00:52:00.45
from the book of
Daniel that illustrate
00:52:00.75\00:52:03.25
the first amendment of the Con-
situation of the United States.
00:52:04.55\00:52:07.43
You see, our founding
fathers not only knew -
00:52:07.73\00:52:10.29
and by founding fathers I mean
the Constitutional fathers -
00:52:10.49\00:52:12.63
they not only knew the
history of the Middle Ages
00:52:12.93\00:52:16.23
when church and
state were joined together;
00:52:16.54\00:52:18.26
they not only knew the
history of the Colonial period
00:52:18.56\00:52:22.35
of the United
States... therefore they said
00:52:22.45\00:52:24.76
"We're not going back
to the Colonial period. "
00:52:24.96\00:52:26.58
And that's why you
have the Constitution
00:52:26.88\00:52:29.08
and that's why you
have the Bill of Rights,
00:52:29.38\00:52:30.83
the amendments
to the Constitution.
00:52:31.23\00:52:33.06
They said: "We're
not going down that road
00:52:33.16\00:52:34.87
of the Middle Ages or
the Colonial period. "
00:52:35.07\00:52:36.95
They also knew their
Bibles believe it or not.
00:52:37.35\00:52:42.64
They knew the stories
of Daniel 3 and Daniel 6.
00:52:43.94\00:52:46.77
And this is what I'm
going to speak about to end
00:52:47.07\00:52:49.78
our study today.
00:52:49.98\00:52:51.85
Daniel 3:
Nebuchadnezzar tried to
00:52:52.15\00:52:56.04
establish religion.
00:52:57.13\00:52:59.12
Have you ever noticed that?
00:52:59.42\00:53:00.71
He raised an image and he said:
"Everybody's going to worship
00:53:01.01\00:53:04.07
that image. " By the way,
this is symbolic of what's
00:53:04.17\00:53:07.19
going to happen
at the end of time.
00:53:07.29\00:53:08.55
Nebuchadnezzar - who lived as
a beast for a period of time -
00:53:08.75\00:53:11.05
lived as a
beast, raised an image.
00:53:11.87\00:53:14.72
Whoever did not worship
the image was to be killed.
00:53:15.02\00:53:18.01
That sound like Revelation 13?
00:53:18.31\00:53:20.17
You have an image to the beast.
00:53:20.58\00:53:23.17
Whoever doesn't
worship will be what? Killed.
00:53:23.47\00:53:25.52
Only back there it was
local over there in Babylon.
00:53:25.72\00:53:28.60
At the end of time it's
going to be a global situation.
00:53:28.81\00:53:31.08
And the image is not
going to be a literal image.
00:53:31.28\00:53:33.00
It is a symbolic
image as we have studied.
00:53:34.18\00:53:36.53
In other words, it's a
reflection of what that first
00:53:36.83\00:53:39.49
beast was like
during the Middle Ages.
00:53:39.59\00:53:40.88
But anyway, Nebuchadnezzar
tries to establish religion.
00:53:40.98\00:53:45.01
He says: "Everybody
has to worship this way.
00:53:45.21\00:53:47.28
The government says so. "
00:53:47.48\00:53:49.01
But three young men said:
"You can't establish religion.
00:53:50.12\00:53:52.94
It's beyond your authority. "
00:53:53.24\00:53:54.91
And the king says: "OK...
I'll burn you in the fire. "
00:53:55.21\00:53:58.85
They said: "God will
deliver us. And if He doesn't,
00:53:59.15\00:54:01.22
we'll still not follow your
establishment of religion. "
00:54:01.62\00:54:06.50
And you know what happened.
00:54:07.67\00:54:08.70
They were thrown into the
furnace, but Jesus Himself
00:54:08.90\00:54:10.97
came into the
furnace and delivered them.
00:54:11.17\00:54:12.92
Is that going to happen
at the end of time again?
00:54:14.14\00:54:16.09
Is there going to be an
establishment of religion
00:54:17.10\00:54:19.13
even though we have
the first amendment to the
00:54:19.33\00:54:21.35
Constitution of the
United States? Absolutely.
00:54:21.45\00:54:23.52
And then you have the
story of Daniel chapter 6.
00:54:23.92\00:54:26.16
You know, it's
similar but different
00:54:26.46\00:54:29.18
because in Daniel chapter
6 what the king is doing:
00:54:29.58\00:54:32.73
he's forbidding the
free exercise of religion.
00:54:33.03\00:54:35.87
I don't know whether
you've noticed the difference.
00:54:36.18\00:54:37.85
In Daniel 3 Nebuchadnezzar
is saying "You have to worship
00:54:38.85\00:54:41.51
this way. " In Daniel chapter 6
00:54:41.61\00:54:44.43
the king is
saying: "You can't worship
00:54:44.53\00:54:46.29
the way you want to worship. "
00:54:46.40\00:54:47.67
In other words, the king is
forbidding the free exercise
00:54:48.66\00:54:51.43
of religion.
Said: "You can't pray
00:54:51.53\00:54:53.13
to anyone except to the
king for a period of 30 days. "
00:54:54.31\00:54:57.51
And Daniel says: "Well,
this is the realm of God.
00:54:57.85\00:55:00.63
This is not the
realm of government. "
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.37
So he says: "I feel
the perfect freedom to
00:55:02.67\00:55:05.06
practice the free
exercise of religion. "
00:55:05.26\00:55:07.50
And so Daniel goes to his room
00:55:08.79\00:55:11.55
and he kneels and
he prays as usual.
00:55:11.85\00:55:16.87
He's practicing the
freedom of religion.
00:55:17.11\00:55:20.19
And what happens as a result?
00:55:21.20\00:55:23.44
The Bible says that he was
thrown into the den of lions.
00:55:23.74\00:55:26.92
And interestingly enough
it was the angel of the Lord -
00:55:27.02\00:55:29.92
Christ in the Old
Testament incidentally -
00:55:31.34\00:55:33.53
who came into the lions' den and
closed the mouths of the lions.
00:55:33.73\00:55:39.16
Do you know that even
Nebuchadnezzar and Darius
00:55:40.13\00:55:43.17
did not really understand
the principle even after
00:55:43.37\00:55:45.51
these stories happened?
00:55:45.72\00:55:46.82
Do you know what Nebuchadnezzar
said immediately after
00:55:47.02\00:55:49.30
God delivered the three
young men from the furnace?
00:55:49.50\00:55:51.73
He said: "Now I give a decree
that whoever doesn't worship
00:55:51.93\00:55:54.76
the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego
00:55:54.96\00:55:56.81
will be cut in pieces. "
00:55:57.01\00:55:58.48
He was out of bounds
00:55:59.53\00:56:01.02
because you can't enforce
the worship of a false god
00:56:01.92\00:56:05.66
or the true God.
Worship belongs to God
00:56:05.77\00:56:08.57
and only to
God... not to government.
00:56:08.87\00:56:10.62
And Darius did the same thing.
00:56:13.23\00:56:14.78
He said: "Now I give
a decree that everyone
00:56:15.08\00:56:17.54
is to tremble at the
God of Shadrach, Meshach,
00:56:17.74\00:56:21.67
and Abednego. "
He was out of bounds.
00:56:21.87\00:56:23.51
That is not the
realm of the government.
00:56:24.49\00:56:26.17
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:56:26.47\00:56:27.71
And so Revelation
chapter 13, this second beast,
00:56:28.31\00:56:31.00
represents the United
States. One final point:
00:56:31.20\00:56:34.43
in Revelation chapter 12 it says
that the earth helped the woman.
00:56:35.56\00:56:39.92
That earth there
is the territory.
00:56:41.13\00:56:43.51
Revelation 13 you have a
beast that rises from the earth.
00:56:44.62\00:56:47.63
That's the nation
that rises in the territory
00:56:47.93\00:56:50.50
that is mentioned in
Revelation chapter 12.
00:56:50.80\00:56:52.37
And in Revelation chapter
12 it says that after the earth
00:56:53.55\00:56:57.14
helps the woman the dragon
is enraged with the woman.
00:56:57.24\00:56:59.81
In Revelation chapter
13 interestingly enough
00:57:00.21\00:57:03.35
it says that after this lamb-
like beast arises from the earth
00:57:03.75\00:57:07.91
the earth of Revelation
12 that helped the woman
00:57:08.21\00:57:11.48
it says that this beast
ends up speaking like a what?
00:57:11.78\00:57:15.31
Speaking like a dragon.
00:57:15.61\00:57:17.41
Friedrich Nietzsche once said
00:57:18.29\00:57:19.71
"Be careful when you
fight the dragon lest you become
00:57:20.01\00:57:22.69
a dragon. "
00:57:22.79\00:57:24.64