The following presentation
was made by John Carter
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to a crowd of more
than 100,000 souls.
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This message is one
of a truth filled series
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that was delivered in the
power of God's Holy Spirit
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at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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One night, as the evangelists
spoke about the Holy Spirit,
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a giant white bird flew
low over the vast audience
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and the people rejoiced
that God had visited His people.
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Crowd surged forward to accept
Christ as Lord and Savior.
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A few days later,
thousands were baptized
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in the sea at Ela Beach.
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All who attended these
Holy Spirit anointed meetings
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were convinced
that God's word is true
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and His gospel is
still the power of God
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for the salvation
of all who believed.
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The message you're
about to hear and see
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will not leave
you the same person.
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Welcome to the Carter Report
at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
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Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
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Thank you, thank
you, thank you very much.
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And we have another tremendous
audience here tonight.
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The audiences just seemed
to get more and more and more.
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I've been told on real authority
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that we're getting crowds
in excess of a 100,000 people.
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That's a big crowd, isn't it?
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And you're part of
the greatest crowd,
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I think that I've ever
spoken to anywhere in the world.
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And also the crowd is so great
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that we're
thinking of setting up
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another overflow over there.
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We've got an
overflow way down the back,
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but we're thinking of setting up
an overflow over on this side,
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but we're still working on that.
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I want to give you just
the warmest welcome tonight.
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I want to say that I'm
tremendously glad to be here.
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Tonight, I'm going to
talk about from Bible Prophecy,
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"The Mark of the Beast
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and the man
with the number 666."
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Now before I go any further
tonight, I want to say this.
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The greatest truth in the
Bible is not the truth about
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"The Mark of the Beast,"
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even though that is
tremendously important.
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It's a part of God's
last message to a dying world,
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but the most important message
you can get tonight is this,
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that God loves you.
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The Bible tells me
that, "God so loved the world
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that He gave His only son,
so that whoever believes in Him
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shall not perish, but
have everlasting life."
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And so I want
you to know tonight,
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God loves you and
Jesus died for you.
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Now tonight I'm going
to come near to the desk.
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What a beautiful
breeze here in Port Moresby.
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The breeze is just gorgeous.
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And it's so cool and it
makes you feel good to be alive.
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Now this is a
part of the program
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on "The Mark of the Beast"
to those watching on television.
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So I'm going to
turn now to Matthew 24
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that is called
by Bible scholars,
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"The Little Apocalypse"
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because it talks
about the end of the world
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and the great
events that take place.
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So I'm going to
give this right now
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and then I'm
going to get my friend,
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Pastor Willie to
come out and sing.
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What a blessing he is?
Matthew 24:9 and onwards.
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Are you listening
to me tonight? Yes!
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Come on, are you listening? Yes!
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Oh, boy, I think you are.
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Jesus said, "Then
you will be handed over
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to be persecuted
and put to death."
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He is talking
here to His disciples.
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His disciples are in
all parts of the world.
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"Then you will be
handed over to be persecuted
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and put to death, you
will be hated by all nations
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because of me," said our Lord.
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Then He said, "At that time many
will turn away from the faith."
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Jesus said, "A lot of
people who once believed
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are going to turn
away from the faith
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and they're going to give up
because of the great persecution
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that comes upon the church.
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At that time many will
turn away from the faith
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and will betray
and hate each other."
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The Bible teaches
that the greatest crisis
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in the history of
the world is upon us.
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"And many false prophets will
appear and deceive many people.
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Because of the
increase of wickedness,
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the love of most will
grow cold," Jesus said.
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"But he who stands firm
to the end will be saved."
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Verse 14, "And this
gospel of the kingdom
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will be preached
in the whole world
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as a testimony
to all the nations,
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and then the end will come."
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So Jesus said this,
"The gospel of the kingdom
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is going to be
preached all around the world."
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And the gospel of the kingdom
is being preached right here
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to night in
fulfillment of Bible prophecy.
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Jesus said, "It would happen and
it is happening here tonight."
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And Jesus went on to say,
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"So when you see
standing in the Holy place
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'the abomination
that causes desolation.'"
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That's the antichrist.
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"Spoken of through
the prophet Daniel-
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let the reader understand."
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And then Jesus said
in the verse 19, He says,
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"How dreadful it will
be for those pregnant women
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and nursing
mothers in those days."
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Because of the
great time of trouble.
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Jesus said,
"Pray that your flight
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will not take place in
winter or on the Sabbath."
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People-- God's people
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will be keeping the
Sabbath during the final test.
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I want you to know that.
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And then verse 21, "For then
there will be great distress,
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unequaled from the
beginning of the world
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until now-and never
to be equaled again."
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So Jesus said-- I
want you to hear this.
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Jesus said, "A great
crisis is coming on the world."
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And you may say to me tonight.
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Why have you come so far from
the United States of America?
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And why have you brought your
team from America and Australia?
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Because we
believe we are standing
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on the brink of
the greatest crisis
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in the history of the world.
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And it seems
evident from this verse
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that the Sabbath is
going to be an issue.
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Because Jesus said, "Pray
that you won't have to flee
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in the winter or on the Sabbath"
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because it
remains as a Holy day.
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And then verse 29, Jesus said,
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"Immediately after the
distress of those days,
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the sun will be darkened,
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and the moon will
not give its light,
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the stars will
fall from the sky,
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and the heavenly
bodies will be shaken.
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At that time the sign of the Son
of Man will appear in the sky
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and all the nations
of the earth will mourn.
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They will see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of the sky,
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with power and great glory."
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Now listen to the next verse.
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"And he will send his
angels with a loud trumpet call,
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and they will gather His
elect from the four winds,
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from one end of the
heavens to the other."
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Now, ladies and gentlemen,
I want you to know this
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and I tell it to
you from my heart.
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I believe in Jesus Christ
as my personal Lord and Savior.
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I'm not here
tonight to talk about
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my own opinions or my own views.
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I'm here tonight because I
want to be true to the Christ
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who sent me to preach.
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And Jesus tells me,
"Right in the last days
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there is going to come
a time of persecution."
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And Jesus said that, "The
abomination of desolation,
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the great Antichrist is going
to come against God's church."
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And then Jesus said,
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"There's going to be
such a time of trouble,
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such as never was
since the beginning of time."
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We are here tonight to
tell you and to show you
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that there is a way of escape.
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I want you to know that.
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And Jesus said, "After
this great time of trouble."
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Jesus said, "That He
is going to come back
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in power and great glory
and He is going to come back
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with the mighty
angels of heaven."
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And Jesus said, "He is
going to gather His people,
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His elect and He is going
to take them home to glory."
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Can any person say
tonight hallelujah?
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Can you say
hallelujah? Hallelujah!
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Now we're going to talk about
"The Mark of the Beast" tonight.
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We're going to deal with
some strong material tonight.
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But I've got good news for you.
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God loves us and
Jesus is coming again
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to take us home to glory.
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Praise the Lord. Amen and amen.
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Now I am going to ask
this vast audience tonight
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to do something special.
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I've asked you several nights.
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There are some key subjects
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and this is one
of the key subjects,
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"The Mark of the Beast."
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Whenever I speak on the
occult, I say to the audience.
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The devil hates this subject.
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He doesn't want you
here for this meeting.
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And I say to the
audience, I want you to pray
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right through the meeting
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that the angels of
God are going to surround
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this vast auditorium,
and God is going to come
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and keep us safe
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and the Spirit of
God is going to come
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and speak to our hearts.
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And so tonight, I'm
asking every person here tonight
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who believes in
the Lord Jesus Christ
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as I am preaching
tonight from the Word of God
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and I can feel tonight
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that the Spirit of
God is in this place.
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And I can feel tonight that the
Spirit of the Lord is upon me.
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I can sense this tonight.
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I can sense tonight
the divine anointing.
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Surely the presence of
the Lord is in this place
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and God wants to bring
to you tonight a message
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that is going to
save you and a message
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which is going to deliver
you from this present evil world
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and take you home to glory.
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So be it amen.
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Come and fill our
homes with Your presence
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You alone are
worthy of our reverence
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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Lord, we vow to live holy
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Bowing our knees to You only
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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Staying
together, praying together
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Any storm we can weather
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Trusting in God's
Word We need each other
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Fathers and mothers
Sisters and brothers
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In harmony and love
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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Staying
together, praying together
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Any storm we can weather
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When we're
trusting in God's Word
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We need each other
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Fathers and mothers
Sisters and brothers
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In harmony and love
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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We will serve
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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As for me and my
house We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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We will serve the Lord
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Paul the
evangelist says in the Bible
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that "God will finish His work
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and cut it short
in righteousness."
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The Prophet Joel says,
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"God will pour out His
spirit in the last days,
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and signs and
wonders will follow."
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The Carter Report believes
that we are now in the end times
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and His spirit
is moving mightily.
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During the Port
Moresby campaign,
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we testified that we saw
the power of God revealed.
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God hungry souls
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could not get enough
of the word of the Lord
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as at creation the Spirit of God
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moved upon the
face of the waters
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and God brought
cosmos out of chaos.
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Souls were recreated in
the image of the creator.
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Instead of hate, there was love.
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Instead of
despair, there was hope.
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Instead of
sorrow, there was joy.
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And in the place of
death, God gave life.
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One night, as
John Carter preached
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on the person and
work of the Holy Spirit
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the image of a white bird
was flashed on the screens.
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That moment a great white bird
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flew low over the
astonished congregation.
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Cries of joy filled the
air as the audience recognized
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that God had visited His people.
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A mighty surge
of Pentecostal power
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swept the
audience of 120,000 souls
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I have a conviction tonight
00:19:15.99\00:19:18.32
that the Spirit
of the Lord is here.
00:19:18.35\00:19:22.53
I know when the
Spirit of the God comes
00:19:22.56\00:19:24.44
and blesses His people
00:19:24.47\00:19:27.16
and I have a conviction I can
feel the presence of the Lord.
00:19:27.19\00:19:32.17
The greatest test for
God's people is still ahead.
00:19:32.20\00:19:36.04
Conflicts over
religious liberty are not new.
00:19:36.07\00:19:40.31
The last conflict in the
world is over religious liberty.
00:19:40.34\00:19:47.42
You go back to the
days of the Roman Empire
00:19:47.45\00:19:51.06
and the Christians were
persecuted for their faith.
00:19:51.09\00:19:54.69
The Christians would not
bend, they would not bow,
00:19:54.72\00:19:59.07
they would not
budge and they were thrown
00:19:59.10\00:20:02.13
to the lions in
the Circus Maximus.
00:20:02.16\00:20:06.50
God does not always
deliver us in this life time,
00:20:06.53\00:20:12.33
but He will deliver us
one day in the kingdom of God.
00:20:12.36\00:20:17.17
I want you to know
that. Deliverance is coming.
00:20:17.20\00:20:21.94
During the Dark Ages,
the Great State Church
00:20:21.97\00:20:25.69
put to death millions and
millions of earnest Christians.
00:20:25.72\00:20:32.16
A vast number of
earnest Roman Catholics
00:20:32.19\00:20:36.61
who insisted in
thinking for themselves,
00:20:36.64\00:20:40.29
like you folks do.
00:20:40.32\00:20:41.98
And reading their
Bibles for themselves
00:20:42.01\00:20:44.97
and who would not
bow their knee to Baal.
00:20:45.00\00:20:48.16
Millions of them were butchered
00:20:48.19\00:20:50.63
by the Great State
Church in the Dark Ages.
00:20:50.66\00:20:54.55
The Pilgrim
Fathers came to America
00:20:54.58\00:20:58.02
because they wanted to escape
00:20:58.05\00:21:00.41
the persecution
in the old world.
00:21:00.44\00:21:03.32
They wanted to get away
00:21:03.35\00:21:05.07
from that system
of church and state.
00:21:05.10\00:21:09.33
They wanted to
found the country,
00:21:09.36\00:21:11.43
the United States of America,
which would be a church,
00:21:11.46\00:21:18.06
a church without a pope
00:21:18.09\00:21:21.67
and a state, a
state without a king.
00:21:21.70\00:21:27.43
They wanted to breathe free air
00:21:27.46\00:21:29.88
and that's what
I want to breathe.
00:21:29.91\00:21:31.94
I was born in liberty
00:21:31.97\00:21:34.50
and I want to be able to
breathe and live in liberty.
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History records, listen to this,
00:21:40.95\00:21:44.26
because we're
all involved in this.
00:21:44.29\00:21:46.20
We're not here to point the
finger at any special group.
00:21:46.23\00:21:51.56
Not at all.
00:21:51.59\00:21:52.96
History records, that Catholics,
00:21:52.99\00:21:56.84
Orthodox, Protestants, Jews,
00:21:56.87\00:22:01.69
Moslems, Hindus, and Atheists
00:22:01.72\00:22:05.93
have persecuted nonconformists
00:22:05.96\00:22:10.70
who were considered a threat.
00:22:10.73\00:22:14.12
I've shown you
pictures how in the Soviet Union
00:22:14.15\00:22:17.08
tens of millions were butchered
00:22:17.11\00:22:20.67
for their faith in
Christ by the atheists.
00:22:20.70\00:22:26.25
In many parts of the world,
00:22:26.28\00:22:28.71
people are denied the
privilege of worshipping Christ.
00:22:28.74\00:22:33.56
According to the
dictates of their consciences
00:22:33.59\00:22:36.95
around the word today Christian
churches are still being burnt
00:22:36.98\00:22:43.07
and Christians are being
murdered for their faith.
00:22:43.10\00:22:48.14
You say, is it true? Absolutely.
00:22:48.17\00:22:52.23
The Bible teaches the just ahead
is the last great conflict.
00:22:52.26\00:22:59.11
Now, what we're
going to do tonight?
00:22:59.14\00:23:01.04
We're going to talk
about the Mark of the Beast.
00:23:01.07\00:23:05.09
We're going to talk about
00:23:05.12\00:23:06.49
how you and I can
escape the Mark of the Beast.
00:23:06.52\00:23:10.02
And in this meeting, we want to
glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:23:10.05\00:23:15.77
I'm going to turn in my
Bible, in the Holy Bible.
00:23:15.80\00:23:20.59
We say, "What is--" you may say,
00:23:20.62\00:23:23.02
"What is your
authority in these meetings?
00:23:23.05\00:23:27.38
Is it your church?" No, no, no.
00:23:27.41\00:23:31.60
"What is your authority?"
00:23:31.63\00:23:34.04
It is, my friend, the
Word of God, the Bible.
00:23:34.07\00:23:39.83
I want you to know this, whether
you are a Roman Catholic,
00:23:39.86\00:23:43.78
whether you are a Protestant,
whether you are a Jew,
00:23:43.81\00:23:47.75
whether you are an unbeliever.
00:23:47.78\00:23:50.71
You're welcome here tonight.
00:23:50.74\00:23:53.12
And I want you
to know something.
00:23:53.15\00:23:55.00
God loves you
and we love you too.
00:23:55.03\00:23:59.68
As you come into this meeting,
00:23:59.71\00:24:01.47
I hope that
you'll feel surrounded
00:24:01.50\00:24:04.12
by an atmosphere of
acceptance and love.
00:24:04.15\00:24:08.80
We're going to turn in the
Holy Bible to Revelation 14:14.
00:24:08.83\00:24:14.63
And we've got this
giant screens here,
00:24:14.66\00:24:17.71
so you can see the Word
of God with your own eyes.
00:24:17.74\00:24:21.80
"I looked, and there
before me was a white cloud,
00:24:21.83\00:24:26.32
and seated on the cloud was
one like a son of man as Jesus
00:24:26.35\00:24:30.92
with a crown of gold on his head
and a sharp sickle in his hand."
00:24:30.95\00:24:38.18
The Bible tells me that
Jesus is going to come back
00:24:38.21\00:24:42.40
as the Lord of the harvest.
00:24:42.43\00:24:45.57
And in this symbolic portrayal
of the second coming of Christ,
00:24:45.60\00:24:51.27
He comes back
with a sharp sickle
00:24:51.30\00:24:54.15
because He comes back
as the Judge of all men.
00:24:54.18\00:25:00.45
I want every person here tonight
00:25:00.48\00:25:02.54
to know the
100,000 people, plus people
00:25:02.57\00:25:06.80
who are here
tonight, I want you to know
00:25:06.83\00:25:09.29
we have a case pending
at the judgment bar of God.
00:25:09.32\00:25:15.56
And the Bible says,
00:25:15.59\00:25:17.21
"It is appointed
unto men once to die
00:25:17.24\00:25:19.58
and after that the judgment."
00:25:19.61\00:25:22.29
But the Bible teaches that
Christ is going to come back
00:25:22.32\00:25:26.35
and He comes back with a
sharp sickle in His hand.
00:25:26.38\00:25:31.75
But before He comes back
to this planet in His mercy,
00:25:31.78\00:25:36.58
in His overwhelming love,
00:25:36.61\00:25:41.16
He sends a great
warning message to the world.
00:25:41.19\00:25:46.59
Because in Revelation 14:9-12,
00:25:46.62\00:25:52.25
you have God's
last warning message
00:25:52.28\00:25:56.89
before the second
coming of the Christ.
00:25:56.92\00:25:59.85
Revelation
14:9-12. "I beseech you."
00:25:59.88\00:26:05.68
Look at the text. A third angel.
00:26:05.71\00:26:10.08
Now there are three
angels in this chapter.
00:26:10.11\00:26:13.40
The first chapter
teaches the everlasting gospel
00:26:13.43\00:26:17.38
which is the good
news that Christ died
00:26:17.41\00:26:20.97
for our sins on the cross.
00:26:21.00\00:26:24.27
And if you and I come to Christ,
00:26:24.30\00:26:26.47
we will receive
forgiveness for our sins.
00:26:26.50\00:26:30.50
The message of the second
angel is a warning against
00:26:30.53\00:26:34.48
a great religious system that is
called Babylon, the mighty city.
00:26:34.51\00:26:41.83
But here we have the
third angel's message.
00:26:41.86\00:26:45.49
"A third angel followed
them and said in a loud voice.
00:26:45.52\00:26:50.95
'If anyone worships the beast.'"
00:26:50.98\00:26:54.68
Anyone includes the Adventists,
the Baptists, the Methodists,
00:26:54.71\00:27:01.62
our beloved friends in
the Roman Catholic Church.
00:27:01.65\00:27:05.22
It includes the Pope of Rome.
It includes President Obama.
00:27:05.25\00:27:12.16
It includes everybody. It
includes you here tonight.
00:27:12.19\00:27:17.32
No person can
escape this great message.
00:27:17.35\00:27:21.07
"If anyone worships
the beasts and his image--"
00:27:21.10\00:27:26.53
People say, you
shouldn't preach it.
00:27:26.56\00:27:30.14
Do you want me
to go against God?
00:27:30.17\00:27:33.11
Do you want me to
have my hands stained
00:27:33.14\00:27:37.24
with the blood of lost souls
because I was a spiritual coward
00:27:37.27\00:27:44.94
and I wouldn't stand here
and preach the Word of God?
00:27:44.97\00:27:51.19
Look at it.
00:27:51.22\00:27:52.68
"If anyone worships
the beast and his image
00:27:52.71\00:27:57.29
and receives his mark on
the forehead or on the hand,
00:27:57.32\00:28:02.98
he, too, will drink of
the wine of God's fury,
00:28:03.01\00:28:09.76
which has been
poured full strength
00:28:09.79\00:28:13.21
into the cup of his wrath.
00:28:13.24\00:28:15.68
He will be tormented with
burning sulfur in the presence
00:28:15.71\00:28:22.00
of the holy
angels and of the Lamb.
00:28:22.03\00:28:26.14
And the smoke of their
torment rises for ever and ever.
00:28:26.17\00:28:32.99
There is no rest day or night
for those who worship the beast
00:28:33.02\00:28:39.57
and its image or for anyone
00:28:39.60\00:28:42.10
who receives the
mark of his name.
00:28:42.13\00:28:48.77
And in contrast, this
calls for patient endurance
00:28:48.80\00:28:53.72
on the part of the saints
who obey God's commandments
00:28:53.75\00:28:58.67
and remain faithful to Jesus."
00:28:58.70\00:29:01.59
You won't believe
this, but I have people,
00:29:01.62\00:29:06.24
even ministers of
religion of my own church
00:29:06.27\00:29:13.00
and they say, "We
should not preach that."
00:29:13.03\00:29:16.73
I say to them, "You are
going against the Word of God
00:29:16.76\00:29:23.44
and God will judge you
00:29:23.47\00:29:26.02
for your disobedience
to the Word of God."
00:29:26.05\00:29:30.12
My friend, I'm glad to
hear that you with me tonight.
00:29:30.15\00:29:34.45
I'm glad to hear
that you with me.
00:29:34.48\00:29:37.90
But the Bible says,
"If I don't preach it,
00:29:37.93\00:29:41.10
God is going to
raise up somebody else
00:29:41.13\00:29:43.22
who is going to preach it."
00:29:43.25\00:29:44.62
But it's going to be preached.
00:29:44.65\00:29:46.44
And I want you to know,
00:29:46.47\00:29:47.84
it has been preached
today around the world.
00:29:47.87\00:29:51.08
Now the Bible tells
us there is a contrast
00:29:51.11\00:29:56.07
to the Mark of the Beast.
00:29:56.10\00:29:58.21
Going to come over
here to my blackboards.
00:29:58.24\00:30:01.48
And I want a
camera to come with me
00:30:01.51\00:30:03.73
because I want you to see this
00:30:03.76\00:30:05.96
and I want you
to see it real good.
00:30:05.99\00:30:10.07
The Bible here
talks about the Mark,
00:30:10.10\00:30:16.71
"The Mark of the Beast."
00:30:16.74\00:30:20.99
And someone says,
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.88
"Well that term
beast is an insulting term"
00:30:22.91\00:30:26.47
It is not.
00:30:26.50\00:30:28.87
It is not in anyway derogatory.
00:30:28.90\00:30:33.87
In Bible Prophecy, a
beast represents a kingdom
00:30:33.90\00:30:39.51
or a power,
political or religious.
00:30:39.54\00:30:44.86
And so the term
beast is rather innocuous.
00:30:44.89\00:30:49.36
It simply means a great power.
00:30:49.39\00:30:53.13
And there you've got
here on the blackboard,
00:30:53.16\00:30:55.85
the Mark of the Beast,
00:30:55.88\00:30:57.61
but there is
something that is the contrast
00:30:57.64\00:31:00.34
to the Mark of the Beast.
00:31:00.37\00:31:02.56
And the Bible says,
00:31:02.59\00:31:04.35
"The very opposite of
the Mark of the Beast,
00:31:04.38\00:31:07.38
here we got it,
the commandments.
00:31:07.41\00:31:11.58
Not a man,
00:31:11.61\00:31:13.76
but the
commandments of Jesus Christ.
00:31:13.79\00:31:19.60
The commandments of God.
00:31:19.63\00:31:22.36
Now, if you want to
escape the Mark of the Beast,
00:31:22.39\00:31:25.48
what you've got to do?
00:31:25.51\00:31:27.24
You've got to get over
here and you've got to keep
00:31:27.27\00:31:30.44
because you love Jesus, you got
to keep the commandments of God.
00:31:30.47\00:31:37.44
I want you to see that.
00:31:37.47\00:31:39.06
You know, it's as plain
as the nose on your face.
00:31:39.09\00:31:44.97
You'll never, never
get the Mark of the Beast,
00:31:45.00\00:31:49.51
if you follow Jesus and you
keep the commandments of God.
00:31:49.54\00:31:57.02
But the problem is, we've
got people telling us today
00:31:57.05\00:32:00.67
that the commandments
don't matter anymore.
00:32:00.70\00:32:03.96
Those people are
getting you ready,
00:32:03.99\00:32:06.17
if you believe them
for the Mark of the Beast.
00:32:06.20\00:32:12.22
When I read the Bible,
00:32:12.25\00:32:14.66
the Bible has a lot to say
about the commandments of God.
00:32:14.69\00:32:19.10
Now I want to
clear up something.
00:32:19.13\00:32:22.83
We are not saved by our works.
00:32:22.86\00:32:26.30
We're not saved
because we are good enough.
00:32:26.33\00:32:29.56
We are saved because
Christ is good enough
00:32:29.59\00:32:33.38
and because
Christ died for our sins.
00:32:33.41\00:32:37.61
According to the scriptures
00:32:37.64\00:32:39.19
we're saved by the grace of God.
00:32:39.22\00:32:43.58
But we are not
saved to disobey God
00:32:43.61\00:32:47.61
and to break His commandments,
00:32:47.64\00:32:50.13
we're saved to love God
and to keep His commandments.
00:32:50.16\00:32:56.08
You see.
00:32:56.11\00:32:57.94
Keeping God's
commandments is the proof
00:32:57.97\00:33:03.85
that I am saved by
the blood of Jesus.
00:33:03.88\00:33:08.91
Hear what I'm saying tonight?
00:33:08.94\00:33:10.85
In God's sight,
it doesn't matter
00:33:13.76\00:33:15.67
whether you are
black, white or brown
00:33:15.70\00:33:17.95
or some shade in between.
00:33:17.98\00:33:19.87
Inside, we are all the same.
00:33:19.90\00:33:22.68
The human heart
needs more than things.
00:33:22.71\00:33:25.25
We need God to fill the
big black hole within us.
00:33:25.28\00:33:29.60
More than
100,000 souls every night
00:33:29.63\00:33:32.37
attended the
meetings in Port Moresby
00:33:32.40\00:33:34.99
because Jesus Christ is the
way, the truth and the life.
00:33:35.02\00:33:39.32
If you would like to partake
of the blessings they received,
00:33:39.35\00:33:42.33
then write today for
your DVD of this program.
00:33:42.36\00:33:46.01
If you would also like to help
light a candle in a dark place,
00:33:46.04\00:33:49.64
then please include your gift.
00:33:49.67\00:33:51.87
You can write to John Carter
00:33:51.90\00:33:54.10
at PO Box 1900,
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00:33:54.13\00:34:00.46
or in Australia at PO Box 861,
00:34:00.49\00:34:04.16
Terrigal, NSW 2260.
00:34:04.19\00:34:07.85
This program is made possible
by viewers like you. Thank you.
00:34:07.88\00:34:11.50
Now, what we are
going to do right now?
00:34:15.93\00:34:18.79
We're going to look at the
commandments not of the church,
00:34:18.82\00:34:23.54
but the commandments of God.
00:34:23.57\00:34:26.53
And we're going to
turn to a great text
00:34:26.56\00:34:28.79
over here, Exodus 20.
00:34:28.82\00:34:31.67
Now, you know,
we're going to have
00:34:31.70\00:34:33.07
a great baptism
this coming Sabbath.
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.16
This coming Saturday,
we're going to have a baptism.
00:34:35.19\00:34:38.63
You need to be in that baptism.
00:34:38.66\00:34:42.49
Now the Bible tells
me in this verse here
00:34:42.52\00:34:45.59
that "God ought to
be first in our lives."
00:34:45.62\00:34:49.61
And that's what
I'm preaching tonight.
00:34:49.64\00:34:51.53
Because I want you to
be saved. Exodus 20:1-3.
00:34:51.56\00:34:57.80
Exodus 20 is the chapter
00:34:57.83\00:35:00.90
in the Bible on
the Ten Commandments.
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.77
Hey, is anybody
listening here tonight?
00:35:03.80\00:35:06.71
Is anybody
listening here tonight?
00:35:06.74\00:35:09.04
I want to say, God
is good. All the time!
00:35:09.07\00:35:11.97
All the time. God is good!
00:35:12.00\00:35:14.09
Maranatha. Jesus is coming!
00:35:14.12\00:35:16.54
Jesus is coming. Maranatha!
00:35:16.57\00:35:19.45
Praise the Lord,
I tell you tonight.
00:35:19.48\00:35:21.29
Now look at
these Ten Commandments.
00:35:21.32\00:35:23.51
Can't you feel tonight
00:35:23.54\00:35:25.11
that the presence of
the Lord is in this place?
00:35:25.14\00:35:28.96
Can you say, amen?
Jesus is here tonight.
00:35:28.99\00:35:33.71
Can you say that tonight? Amen.
00:35:33.74\00:35:36.73
Let me hear an
amen here tonight.
00:35:36.76\00:35:38.97
Amen! Look, here we have it.
00:35:39.00\00:35:41.32
The Ten Commandments,
"And God spoke all these words.
00:35:41.35\00:35:44.60
'I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of Egypt,
00:35:44.63\00:35:52.18
out of the land of slavery.'
00:35:52.21\00:35:54.04
That's what God is
done for His people.
00:35:54.07\00:35:56.66
He's brought us out
of the slavery of sin.
00:35:56.69\00:36:00.28
"You shall have
00:36:00.31\00:36:03.94
no other gods before me."
00:36:03.97\00:36:09.15
The Bible says,
"Unless Jesus is Lord of all,
00:36:09.18\00:36:16.64
He is not Lord at all."
00:36:16.67\00:36:21.03
And the Bible tells me,
"Godmust be first in my life."
00:36:21.06\00:36:27.94
But the Bible also tells
me, "If I put the church,
00:36:27.97\00:36:34.19
if I put the theologians,
if I put this organization
00:36:34.22\00:36:40.25
or that
organization ahead of God,
00:36:40.28\00:36:44.45
I am preparing my soul
00:36:44.48\00:36:48.24
to receive the
Mark of the Beast."
00:36:48.27\00:36:53.72
But if a person
puts Christ's first
00:36:53.75\00:36:56.63
and if that person
who puts Christ first,
00:36:56.66\00:36:59.75
keeps the commandments of God,
00:36:59.78\00:37:02.58
He will never ever, ever
get the Mark of the Beast.
00:37:02.61\00:37:08.87
This is the Word of the Lord.
00:37:08.90\00:37:13.24
Now we're just going to goes
through this little slower now.
00:37:13.27\00:37:19.64
I'm going to move
from preaching mode,
00:37:19.67\00:37:23.44
I'm gonna change down a gear.
00:37:23.47\00:37:26.93
And I'm going to go
now into teaching mode.
00:37:26.96\00:37:32.84
Are you ready?
00:37:32.87\00:37:34.61
We're going to talk now
about the identity of the beast.
00:37:34.64\00:37:39.03
Remember, beast is
not a derogatory term.
00:37:39.06\00:37:44.03
It simply means a
power or a kingdom.
00:37:44.06\00:37:50.10
The beast.
00:37:50.13\00:37:51.50
We have a number of
identification marks.
00:37:51.53\00:37:55.31
The first is found
in Revelation 13:1-2,
00:37:55.34\00:38:00.81
that describes
graphically the beast.
00:38:00.84\00:38:05.19
Here it is, "The dragon
stood on the shore of the sea.
00:38:05.22\00:38:09.43
And I saw a beast, a
power coming up out of the sea."
00:38:09.46\00:38:16.38
Now the next verse. Roll it on.
00:38:16.41\00:38:20.01
"He had ten horns, seven heads
with ten crowns on his horns,
00:38:20.04\00:38:26.51
and on his head
a blasphemous name.
00:38:26.54\00:38:30.19
This is the great
beast that places upon
00:38:30.22\00:38:35.14
men and women of
mark in the last days.
00:38:35.17\00:38:38.44
We have to now find
out who the beast is?
00:38:38.47\00:38:44.39
The beast I saw
resembled a leopard,
00:38:44.42\00:38:50.47
but had feet
like those of a bear
00:38:50.50\00:38:55.28
and a mouth like that of a lion.
00:38:55.31\00:38:58.87
The dragon gave
the beast his power
00:38:58.90\00:39:01.73
and his throne
and great authority."
00:39:01.76\00:39:06.49
Behold on the giant screen.
00:39:06.52\00:39:10.50
Behold the beast.
00:39:10.53\00:39:16.35
Now you won't see
that beast in the zoo.
00:39:16.38\00:39:20.94
That beast is
the antichrist beast.
00:39:20.97\00:39:26.80
This beast has many
different characteristics.
00:39:26.83\00:39:32.32
He's made up of
Greece, the leopard.
00:39:32.35\00:39:37.64
He's made up of
Medo-Persia, the bear.
00:39:37.67\00:39:42.03
He speaks with the
mouth of Babylon, the lion
00:39:42.06\00:39:46.75
and he is found in Europe,
00:39:46.78\00:39:50.18
the ten horns of Europe you see.
00:39:50.21\00:39:55.63
And then Revelation
13:4, Revelation 13:4 tells us
00:39:55.66\00:40:02.67
the beast accepts worship.
00:40:02.70\00:40:07.95
Now we shall see
this. Revelation 13:4.
00:40:07.98\00:40:13.57
"Men worshipped the
dragon, now that's the devil.
00:40:13.60\00:40:17.85
Because he'd given
authority to the beast
00:40:17.88\00:40:21.43
and they also
worshiped the beast.
00:40:21.46\00:40:25.19
"We gonna stop."
00:40:25.22\00:40:26.59
Worship has got
nothing to do with the state.
00:40:29.23\00:40:33.80
Worship is something
to do with the church.
00:40:33.83\00:40:39.90
This power is a religious power
00:40:39.93\00:40:45.17
because men and women
00:40:45.20\00:40:48.06
give their spiritual
allegiance to the beast.
00:40:48.09\00:40:55.94
Point number 3, Revelation 13:5,
00:40:55.97\00:41:01.33
the beast of his church power
00:41:01.36\00:41:04.55
rules for 1,260 years.
00:41:04.58\00:41:10.16
And we should look
at this Revelation 13:5,
00:41:10.19\00:41:14.51
and then after that we will go
00:41:14.54\00:41:16.55
to the Book of
Revelation a little bit further.
00:41:16.58\00:41:19.79
Here we go, "The
beast was given a mouth
00:41:19.82\00:41:23.13
to utter proud
words and blasphemies."
00:41:23.16\00:41:26.00
He says, "He can
forgive your sins."
00:41:26.03\00:41:28.63
He says, "We
hold upon this earth,
00:41:28.66\00:41:33.01
the place of God
almighty" says the beast
00:41:33.04\00:41:38.57
and to exercise his
authority for 42 months."
00:41:38.60\00:41:43.87
Now listen to me.
00:41:43.90\00:41:46.41
In a Biblical prophetic
month, there are 30 days, 3-0,
00:41:46.44\00:41:53.31
and if you multiply 42 by 30,
00:41:53.34\00:41:58.19
you have 1,260
days, as you can see here.
00:41:58.22\00:42:04.46
The women-- Oh, now, listen.
00:42:04.49\00:42:08.46
I've got to get
back to teaching mode.
00:42:08.49\00:42:12.60
In Bible Prophecy,
there are two women.
00:42:12.63\00:42:15.87
A woman represents the church.
00:42:15.90\00:42:18.76
You say, "I belong to a church."
00:42:18.79\00:42:21.67
Hey, you may
belong to the wrong one.
00:42:21.70\00:42:25.26
Because the Bible says,
00:42:25.29\00:42:27.21
"There is the woman who
pretends to be God's church
00:42:27.24\00:42:31.57
and there is the true church."
00:42:31.60\00:42:34.32
The Book of
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.52
you have the true church of
God, but over here on this side,
00:42:36.55\00:42:41.48
you have the harlot
that rides upon the state.
00:42:41.51\00:42:48.12
So the Bible
says, in Bible Prophecy,
00:42:48.15\00:42:50.94
there are two women.
00:42:50.97\00:42:52.66
One is the bride of Christ
00:42:52.69\00:42:54.73
and the other one is
the great counterfeit.
00:42:54.76\00:43:00.51
We can come back
to Revelation 13,
00:43:00.54\00:43:03.67
Revelation 12, Revelation--
now that will do nicely.
00:43:03.70\00:43:08.74
"The beast was given--"
00:43:08.77\00:43:10.14
These men here
who're doing the projectors
00:43:10.17\00:43:12.40
and who do the computers
get 15 out of 10 every night
00:43:12.43\00:43:17.26
because they do
such a fantastic job.
00:43:17.29\00:43:20.37
Yes, let's say, thank
you to the men tonight
00:43:20.40\00:43:23.51
working all the controls
here in this giant auditorium.
00:43:23.54\00:43:27.12
"The beast was given a
mouth to utter proud words
00:43:27.15\00:43:29.91
and blasphemies and to exercise
00:43:29.94\00:43:32.30
its authority for
forty-two months."
00:43:32.33\00:43:34.56
Now we will go to
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:43:34.59\00:43:37.34
the woman that is the church.
00:43:37.37\00:43:39.74
This is talking
about God's church.
00:43:39.77\00:43:42.60
"The woman fled into the desert
00:43:42.63\00:43:44.78
to a place
prepared for her by God,
00:43:44.81\00:43:47.09
where she might be
taken care of for 1,260 days."
00:43:47.12\00:43:52.57
And there you
have the true church
00:43:52.60\00:43:54.46
being persecuted
by the antichrist.
00:43:54.49\00:43:59.20
History tells me, and I think
I may even have a diagram here
00:43:59.23\00:44:03.12
that I'm going to
popup on the screen,
00:44:03.15\00:44:05.49
where it talks about 1,260 days.
00:44:05.52\00:44:09.41
Oh, the 1200-- Oh, there it is.
00:44:09.44\00:44:12.18
I only have to think
about it and it appears.
00:44:12.21\00:44:15.07
There we have the
period of the Dark Ages.
00:44:15.10\00:44:18.40
And these dates, my
friend are approximate dates.
00:44:18.43\00:44:23.22
History doesn't stop
or close with a date,
00:44:23.25\00:44:26.61
but that great church became
a world power in the year 538
00:44:26.64\00:44:33.45
and ruled or 1,260 years
00:44:33.48\00:44:37.76
and it comes through until 1798.
00:44:37.79\00:44:42.95
Now that great time period
of more than a thousand years.
00:44:42.98\00:44:48.01
Their great time
period of 1,260 years
00:44:48.04\00:44:52.43
is what historians
call the Dark Ages.
00:44:52.46\00:45:00.20
The noonday of that great church
00:45:00.23\00:45:04.43
was the midnight of the world.
00:45:04.46\00:45:11.29
During the Dark
Ages, millions of earnest,
00:45:11.32\00:45:16.10
devoted
Christians were put to death
00:45:16.13\00:45:19.53
because they would not
bend, they would not budge,
00:45:19.56\00:45:23.24
they would not bow down to Baal,
00:45:23.27\00:45:26.02
and because they believed
00:45:26.05\00:45:28.61
in reading their Bibles.
00:45:28.64\00:45:34.24
tells us
00:45:34.27\00:45:37.38
that the beast
persecutes nonconformist.
00:45:37.41\00:45:42.86
Revelation 13:7, I
want you to know tonight.
00:45:42.89\00:45:48.43
I want to be a
nonconformist for Jesus.
00:45:48.46\00:45:55.08
I want to stand with Jesus
00:45:55.11\00:45:57.87
even if I'm
standing with the minority
00:45:57.90\00:46:02.25
because Jesus, one man
and Jesus make a majority.
00:46:02.28\00:46:08.86
Hear what I'm
saying? Look at this text.
00:46:08.89\00:46:12.65
"He was given power to
make war against the saints."
00:46:12.68\00:46:17.37
He makes war.
00:46:17.40\00:46:19.63
The false woman makes
war against the true woman.
00:46:19.66\00:46:23.54
The harlot church makes war
against the bride of the lamb.
00:46:23.57\00:46:29.36
And there you have a picture
00:46:29.39\00:46:31.15
of the bloody
Spanish inquisition.
00:46:31.18\00:46:35.66
It says here,
"He was given power
00:46:35.69\00:46:37.81
to make war against the
saints and to conquer them.
00:46:37.84\00:46:41.21
And he was given authority
over every tribe, people,
00:46:41.24\00:46:45.75
language and nation."
00:46:45.78\00:46:47.80
He ruled the world and
when he ruled the world
00:46:47.83\00:46:54.17
it was a time of darkness
and religious terrorism.
00:46:54.20\00:47:01.45
I would remind you tonight
00:47:01.48\00:47:04.23
that even though this
great church persecuted
00:47:04.26\00:47:08.55
the religion of Jesus
never persecuted a single soul.
00:47:08.58\00:47:16.54
God never forces us.
00:47:16.57\00:47:19.34
You can come into
this meeting tonight
00:47:19.37\00:47:22.02
and you can say, "I will
not do what God tells me to do."
00:47:22.05\00:47:28.14
God will never force you.
00:47:28.17\00:47:31.76
Jesus said, "I haven't
come to destroy men's lives,
00:47:31.79\00:47:37.82
but to save them."
00:47:37.85\00:47:43.00
The religion of Jesus
00:47:43.03\00:47:45.16
cnever persecuted a single soul.
00:47:45.19\00:47:51.10
The fifth identification
mark is Revelation 13:2.
00:47:51.13\00:47:56.71
This church receives
her power from the dragon.
00:47:56.74\00:48:02.45
Revelation 13:2,
00:48:02.48\00:48:06.26
this is the Word of the Lord.
00:48:06.29\00:48:11.28
"The beast I saw
resembled a leopard."
00:48:11.31\00:48:14.29
Add a bit of Greece?
00:48:14.32\00:48:16.41
"But had feet of
those of a bear."
00:48:16.44\00:48:18.43
Medo- Persia.
00:48:18.46\00:48:20.32
"And a mouth
like that of a lion."
00:48:20.35\00:48:22.25
Babylon, antichrist.
00:48:22.28\00:48:25.60
"The dragon gave
the beast his power
00:48:25.63\00:48:28.45
and his throne
and great authority."
00:48:28.48\00:48:32.49
The Bible tells me that,
00:48:32.52\00:48:34.42
"If this great church did
not gain his power from Jesus,
00:48:34.45\00:48:41.91
but this great church got
his power from the dragon."
00:48:41.94\00:48:48.77
Now listen, the dragon is Satan,
00:48:48.80\00:48:54.68
but Satan works through
earthly, earthly powers.
00:48:54.71\00:48:59.92
And in the days of
Jesus, Satan was working
00:48:59.95\00:49:05.98
through the power of pagan Rome.
00:49:06.01\00:49:13.18
And history tells me
00:49:13.21\00:49:16.66
that this great religious system
00:49:16.69\00:49:23.00
got her power not from Jesus,
00:49:23.03\00:49:26.71
but from pagan Rome.
00:49:26.74\00:49:30.98
It's going to be hard
for you need to see that,
00:49:31.01\00:49:34.29
but it's over
there in the City of Rome
00:49:34.32\00:49:37.80
and it has there and
if you look at it hard,
00:49:37.83\00:49:40.52
you can see its says, "Caesar."
00:49:40.55\00:49:43.47
It's got the name Caesar
and then it's got his title,
00:49:43.50\00:49:48.86
Pontifex Maximus.
00:49:48.89\00:49:52.70
Pontifex Maximus is the
title of the Caesars of Rome.
00:49:52.73\00:50:00.30
The dragon, what
happened was the church
00:50:00.33\00:50:07.50
got all the power of pagan Rome
00:50:07.53\00:50:11.23
and pagan Rome was
so called converted,
00:50:11.26\00:50:15.68
and pagan Rome
gave her authority
00:50:15.71\00:50:19.89
and her power and her
prestige to the church.
00:50:19.92\00:50:26.51
Not the church of Jesus,
but the counterfeit church.
00:50:26.54\00:50:30.57
And if you notice up here,
00:50:30.60\00:50:32.25
look at this, it's
got the name of Sixtus,
00:50:32.28\00:50:38.41
one of the popes
and it calls him,
00:50:38.44\00:50:42.50
Pontifex Maximus.
00:50:42.53\00:50:45.04
You can see it
with your own eyes.
00:50:45.07\00:50:48.15
And over here on this
screen you can see Constantine,
00:50:48.18\00:50:53.92
the Roman Emperor
giving his authority
00:50:53.95\00:50:59.18
to the church. This is history.
00:50:59.21\00:51:05.28
We're not talking
about people living today.
00:51:05.31\00:51:08.04
We are talking about
the facts of history.
00:51:08.07\00:51:11.37
And Jesus said,
"You'll know the truth
00:51:11.40\00:51:14.19
and the truth will
make you free." You see?
00:51:14.22\00:51:19.61
The dragon gave him his power
00:51:19.64\00:51:23.17
and his throne and
his great authority.
00:51:23.20\00:51:29.45
Every word of the
prophecy came to pass.
00:51:29.48\00:51:34.52
I tell you, this is
the Word of the Lord.
00:51:34.55\00:51:39.30
Now listen, the Bible says
00:51:39.33\00:51:42.85
that this power would receive
a fatal or a deadly wound
00:51:42.88\00:51:47.35
as it says in the
King James Version.
00:51:47.38\00:51:50.86
You read about
this in Revelation 13:3.
00:51:50.89\00:51:56.42
Revelation 13:3.
00:51:56.45\00:52:00.62
One of the heads of the beasts
00:52:00.65\00:52:02.21
seemed to have
had a fatal wound.
00:52:02.24\00:52:05.61
People say, "When
did that happened?
00:52:05.64\00:52:07.39
I talked about
it the other night."
00:52:07.42\00:52:10.00
This great system
ruled the world from 538
00:52:10.03\00:52:15.55
right through until 1798
and then General Berthier,
00:52:15.58\00:52:20.79
one of the generals
of Napoleon Bonaparte,
00:52:20.82\00:52:24.25
marched down to Rome and
took the Pontiff prisoner,
00:52:24.28\00:52:30.48
after the 1,260 years.
00:52:30.51\00:52:33.01
You say, "It's incredible, I
can't believe this, my friend,
00:52:33.04\00:52:37.79
believe in the God
who believes in you.
00:52:37.82\00:52:41.60
If there's a person here tonight
00:52:41.63\00:52:43.29
and you've come
here and you say,
00:52:43.32\00:52:44.76
"I don't believe the Bible."
00:52:44.79\00:52:46.42
Well, you better believe
it now because history proves
00:52:46.45\00:52:52.26
that the prophecies of the
Bible are absolutely correct.
00:52:52.29\00:52:57.50
And just a bit before then
a great Roman Catholic monk
00:52:57.53\00:53:02.77
by the name of Martin Luther
00:53:02.80\00:53:05.97
started to
preach the Word of God.
00:53:06.00\00:53:09.86
Now tomorrow
night I'm going to talk
00:53:09.89\00:53:13.26
on how long does
it take to be saved?
00:53:13.29\00:53:17.58
A part of that
talk is going to be
00:53:17.61\00:53:19.50
what Martin Luther told.
00:53:19.53\00:53:22.92
The best meeting that I
give in this entire series,
00:53:22.95\00:53:25.97
I think is the
meeting tomorrow night.
00:53:26.00\00:53:30.55
But the
preaching of Martin Luther
00:53:30.58\00:53:34.06
and those great reformers
00:53:34.09\00:53:37.73
gave to that great
church a moral wound.
00:53:37.76\00:53:44.31
And did you know
this, my Protestant friends?
00:53:44.34\00:53:47.75
Martin Luther
taught virtually everything
00:53:47.78\00:53:51.26
I am teaching and
preaching in these meetings.
00:53:51.29\00:53:55.12
He said, "We must follow
the Bible and the Bible alone."
00:53:55.15\00:54:01.29
And he said that "Their
great church was the power
00:54:01.32\00:54:06.98
that was described in
the prophecies of the Bible.
00:54:07.01\00:54:11.86
Those churches
don't teach you today
00:54:11.89\00:54:14.71
because they are
afraid to teach it,
00:54:14.74\00:54:16.92
but I want you to know today
00:54:16.95\00:54:19.12
we are standing
on the Word of God.
00:54:19.15\00:54:23.78
God will help us tonight.
00:54:23.81\00:54:26.65
And then the next
great truth is this,
00:54:26.68\00:54:29.02
identification mark.
00:54:29.05\00:54:30.78
The Bible says that that fatal
00:54:30.81\00:54:33.63
or that mortal
wound would be healed.
00:54:33.66\00:54:36.98
I'm gonna read this.
There it has point number 7.
00:54:37.01\00:54:40.49
But you know I got
it there in yellow.
00:54:40.52\00:54:42.27
"But the fatal
wound had been healed.
00:54:42.30\00:54:44.99
The whole world was astonished
and followed the beast."
00:54:45.02\00:54:48.68
The Bible says
that that great church
00:54:48.71\00:54:51.40
that went down in 1798,
according to Bible prophecy
00:54:51.43\00:54:57.07
and because of the preaching
00:54:57.10\00:54:59.96
of the great
prophecies of the Bible.
00:54:59.99\00:55:03.11
The Bible says that great power
00:55:03.14\00:55:06.86
is going to come
back with all the might,
00:55:06.89\00:55:12.34
with all the
intolerance of the Dark Ages.
00:55:12.37\00:55:16.44
And that great
power is going to enforce
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the Mark of the Beast.
00:55:20.32\00:55:22.19
But I want you to know
00:55:22.22\00:55:24.18
that Jesus is going to
arise in power and strength.
00:55:24.21\00:55:29.96
And He is going
to slay the beast
00:55:29.99\00:55:32.36
and He is going
to save His people.
00:55:32.39\00:55:35.16
Want you to know this.
00:55:35.19\00:55:36.88
I want you to know tonight
00:55:36.91\00:55:38.60
that we are on the winning side.
00:55:38.63\00:55:41.89
We have read the back
of the book and we win.
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Now listen. Point
number 8, I think it is.
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The Bible says
that this great church
00:55:51.10\00:55:53.98
has got a man and
his number is 666.
00:55:54.01\00:56:01.92
Who are these people
attending the Carter Report
00:56:10.44\00:56:13.20
at the Sir John Guise Stadium,
00:56:13.23\00:56:14.90
Port Moresby, New Papua Guinea?
00:56:14.93\00:56:16.96
Well, they come
from all walks of life.
00:56:16.99\00:56:19.25
In this great congregation
of more than 100,000,
00:56:19.28\00:56:22.44
we find doctors, lawyers,
politicians, ambassadors,
00:56:22.47\00:56:26.47
carpenters, students, teachers,
believers and unbelievers.
00:56:26.50\00:56:30.93
There are husbands and
wives with their families.
00:56:30.96\00:56:33.84
There are the rich and the
poor, the powerful and the weak.
00:56:33.87\00:56:38.01
They are being told
that Christ alone is the way,
00:56:38.04\00:56:41.18
the truth and the life.
00:56:41.21\00:56:43.24
They are hearing
the words of life
00:56:43.27\00:56:44.91
and their hearts are
being strangely warmed.
00:56:44.94\00:56:47.97
Sometimes they feel
that their hearts will burst
00:56:48.00\00:56:51.01
and they feel compel
to hurry down to the front
00:56:51.04\00:56:53.91
to publicly confess the Savior.
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They are shown in the scriptures
00:56:56.18\00:56:57.55
that God commands
men everywhere to repent
00:56:57.58\00:57:00.61
and be baptized.
00:57:00.64\00:57:02.21
They respond
with the holy devotion
00:57:02.24\00:57:04.67
and a passionate intensity.
00:57:04.70\00:57:07.01
Will you not join them?
00:57:07.04\00:57:12.46
Thank you for joining us today.
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To become a faith
partner with Pastor John Carter
00:57:14.43\00:57:17.01
and to receive our
monthly newsletter,
00:57:17.04\00:57:19.37
write to us here at the
Carter Report, PO Box 1900,
00:57:19.40\00:57:23.68
Thousand Oaks,
California, 91358,
00:57:23.71\00:57:28.10
or in Australia at PO Box 861,
00:57:28.13\00:57:32.18
Terrigal, NSW 2260.
00:57:32.21\00:57:36.46
That address
again is PO Box 1900,
00:57:36.49\00:57:39.56
Thousand Oaks,
California, 91358,
00:57:39.59\00:57:43.80
or in Australia at PO Box 861,
00:57:43.83\00:57:47.45
Terrigal, NSW 2260.
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Remember Jesus said,
"You will know the truth
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and the truth
will set you free."
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