Welcome back to our study of
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Daniel Chapter 11.
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James this is a very intense
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Chapter with lots of details.
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We have been moving through
Daniel Chapter 11 and there
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are a lot of power transitions
and we don't want to get
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bogged down with all
the details of the Chapter.
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We want to focus in on the
real bottom-line issue that
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is involved in
Daniel Chapter 11.
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That is the new covenant.
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We have Jesus, as we
pointed out in verse 22, who is
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introduced as the
Prince of the covenant.
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He is the one who has
established the new covenant
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and seeks to bring it to
completion, among His people
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in the church, to the
entire segment of human history.
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But then we have a power
that is using its influence to
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wage war against the
people of God and to wage war
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against the
fulfillment of the new covenant.
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This is this self-exalting
power, exalting itself.
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You have a power that
is exalting itself verses a
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people who are putting all
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their faith and trust in God.
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Now I really like the language
that describes these people
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in verse 32.
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It says, they know
their God, they are strong,
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and they carry
out great exploits.
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I looked up the word
here for great exploits,
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and to make it a little more
practical in modern language,
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you could translate this
that God's people at the end of
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time do extraordinary things.
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They achieve great and
mighty works at the end of time.
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The great and mighty works,
the exploits that they perform,
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are primarily, according
to verse 33, instructing
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many and it says that they
are experiencing during this
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period of time,
captivity and persecution.
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They are enduring persecution!
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They are enduring persecution
while they are advancing the
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gospel in the world
through instruction.
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You see them again Ty,
mentioned in the context of this
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prophecy, you see them
not mentioned again until
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verse 44, Chapter 11.
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In verse 44 it says, "but
tidings out of the East and"
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"out of those north shall
trouble him: therefore he shall"
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"go forth with
great fury to destroy,"
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"and utterly to
make away many. "
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So these are the same people
here that are being described
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in those previous verses.
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They are the people
that are taking action,
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doing exploits,
instructing many.
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What are they doing?
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They are bringing tidings
out all the East and the North
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and that troubles
this power as it develops
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and strengthens itself.
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Now we need to recognize
before we get into the details
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of what those tidings
are, what this power has
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accomplished so
far is incredible.
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This is a power who has
combined military might,
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chariots and horsemen,
with economic like ships and
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entered into the glorious
land and many countries,
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Egypt is mentioned, Ethiopia
is mentioned, Ammon and Moab,
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the chief and
children of Mammon.
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We have all of these different
countries that are taken in
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by this power, in other words
we have an economic military
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coalition of all nations
coming together in one economic
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system so that he has control
of the treasuries, verse 43,
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"of gold and a
silver, and precious stones. "
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The Ethiopians are mentioned,
the Libyans are mentioned
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following in his steps.
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There is a conglomeration
of all the nations of the world
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into one economic
package right here.
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In the midst of all of this
are people that are saying no,
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it is not world nations,
it is not world leaders,
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it is not the world we are
to be looking at right now,
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it's God, it's God's kingdom,
the new covenant experience
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that we need to be looking at.
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They are taken action and
being strong and they are being
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persecuted for this.
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They are directing people
away from the Earth to God.
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I think what we have here is in
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verses 32 through 36.
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What we see here is the
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activities of God's people down
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through the dark ages.
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During the time of papal
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supremacy, it is a period of
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persecution and it a period were
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the gospel is being proclaimed.
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Then as you move down
James to verse 44, this is a
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continuation of that
church through the dark ages.
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But it is in its very final end
time segment of human history
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where the people of God
are proclaiming the Gospel to
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every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
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If we fast-forward to the
New Testament, we see this
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brought out again in
the book of Revelation.
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Because those who proclaim
the tidings of the gospel to
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the world in opposition
to the power that is opposing
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the new covenant, are
described as three Angels
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in Revelation 14.
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In verse 6, the first
angel proclaims the gospel,
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the everlasting gospel
to every nation, kindred,
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tongue, and people.
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By the way the word
gospel means, good news, or glad
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tidings and this verse
44 says they bring tidings.
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Then as the three
Angels messages continue on,
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the gospel is
proclaimed but then it says they
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give also the announcement
of the fall of Babylon.
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Then the third Angels
message is given in which the
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people of God are
identified as those who keep the
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Commandments of God and
have the faith of Jesus.
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So these are parallel,
Revelation 14 is an expansion
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of Daniel Chapter 11, and
verse 44 indicating the great
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exploits of God's
people at the end of time.
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And then you look at
Revelation Chapter 7.
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Revelation Chapter 7 identifies,
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with Daniel 11 verse 44,
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because it talks there in
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Revelation Chapter 7 about an
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angel that is coming from the
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east, verse two it says this
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angel has the seal of the living
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God and again cries with a
loud voice calling those four
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Angels to hurt not the
earth nor the sea until we seal
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the servants of
God in their foreheads.
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So here we have the
sealing up of God's people.
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The seal of God is in
direct connection with the Holy
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Spirit and the
unction of the Holy Spirit.
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That is part of the
new covenant experience.
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We are sealed with the
unction of the Holy Spirit.
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We are sealed
into the truth of God.
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We are sealed so
we cannot be moved.
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So we have the tidings of
the East, the glad tidings,
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the good news of the
gospel directing us to receive
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the seal of God on our
foreheads, to be instructed by
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the Holy Spirit so we are
settled into the truth of God,
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all the truth of God.
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The relationship, the law
of God, the forgiveness of sins
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through Christ as our
Mediator and Priest, and the law
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of God written in
our hearts and minds.
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His power being the
foundation of our experience.
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All of that is being proclaimed
in the context of this
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world superpower that is
establishing itself in this
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world economically, and looking
for worship and the world
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to conform to its
plan for survival.
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Now we have mentioned that
Daniel 11 indicates that there
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is military power involved.
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We have mentioned that it
also includes economic strength,
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economic power, but we also
need to point out that this is
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not just a secular power using
military might and economic
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strength in order
to achieve its ends.
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This is a political religious
alliance that is taking
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place at the end of time.
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Revelation Chapter 13 runs
parallel to Daniel Chapter 11
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as well, when we come to
Chapter 13 of Revelation,
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we see indeed that
there is a military and
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economic power involved.
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That is the second
beast of Revelation
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Chapter 13, but we see
also that there is a religious
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power involved that seeks
to draw worship to itself.
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This runs parallel to what
it says here in Chapter 11,
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that he will exalt himself
even above and against the God
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of Gods to deflect
worship from the one and only
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true God to itself.
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So this is a religious as
well as a political movement
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that is bringing together
the nations of the world in
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alliance against the
fulfillment of the new covenant.
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Indeed Ty, in fact Revelation
is a supplement of the book
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of Daniel, it is picking
up those same prophecies in
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Revelation Chapter 13.
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You have a beast coming
up out of the sea that has 10
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horns and 7 heads, and on
his horns 10 crowns and upon
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his head's the
name of blasphemy.
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Then you have the beast
identified in verse 2 as a
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leopard, a bear, a
lion, and a dragon.
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These are all the same
beast that are mentioned in
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Daniel Chapter 7.
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In this context you have
a lot of the same principles
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revealed, for example, as a
second power comes up out of
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the Earth, in verse 11, it
says that it has two horns like
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a lamb but it
speaks like a dragon.
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It exercises, verse 12,
all the power the first beast
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before him and causes the
earth and every one that dwells
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in the earth to worship
the first beast whose deadly
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wound was healed.
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It does great wonders, it makes
fire came down from heaven,
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on the earth in the sight of men
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It deceives them on the
earth by the means of those
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miracles it had power to
do in the sight of the beast
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saying to them that dwell
on the earth that they should
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make an image to the
beast that have the wound
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by the sword and did live.
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It has power to enforce
this image, enforce this worship
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so that no man can buy or
sell, whether he small or great,
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rich or poor, verse 16, free
or bond, except that he receive
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the mark in his
right hand or his forehead.
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The whole Chapter 13 is about
worship, it's about economic
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control, and it parallels
very well with what is taking
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place in Daniel 11.
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We know that there is
economic influence and pressure
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involved because of the
language, no man can buy or sell
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unless you yield to this
system that is demanding worship
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and allegiance.
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We know that military power
is involved because it says
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that if you don't yield to
this new world order that is
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setup, it says that those
that don't yield will be killed.
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That is the
implementation of civil power,
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the implementation of
laws and penalties for the
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breaking of laws.
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James we can expect that
at the end of Time segment of
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human history, there will
be a union of church and state.
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Yes and we know that worship
is involved because, it says
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here in verse 36 that the
king shall do according to his
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will and shall exalt himself and
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magnify himself above every God.
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He shall speak marvelous
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things against the God of gods
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he will prosper until the
indignation be accomplished,
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till the very end, and then
says in verse 37, "he shall"
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"not regard the God of his
father's, nor the desire of"
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"women nor any God, but he shall
magnify himself above all. "
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So here's a power, a religious
power exalting himself in
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a position of worship
and he will continue on until
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the end of time.
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So you have the religious
element, you have the economic
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element, you have the military
element, and then you have
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God's people preaching
the good tidings of the gospel
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to all the world.
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Now James, let me just ask,
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from what we see taking place
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in the world today, especially
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the United States and its
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influence around the world.
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To a lot of people it is
absolutely unthinkable, just
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impossible that there
would ever be a union of church
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and state, of religious
and secular political power.
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It used to be!
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It used to be but it's
becoming a lot more plausible.
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There are Americans
Evangelicals, American religious
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leaders saying that the
separation of church and state
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is the worst thing that ever
happened to the United States.
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There are people right now
who are working to bring us
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all together, we are in
an economic downturn and we
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need to do whatever it takes to
get our economy back in shape.
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The whole world is
looking to us for answers.
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We are ripe for the fulfillment
of this prophecy right now.
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According to Bible prophecy
the most dangerous thing we
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are faced with at the end
of time is a reestablishment of
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alliance between religious
and political powers that we
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witnessed in history
down through the dark ages.
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According to Daniel 11 and
Revelation 13, all of that is
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to be revived and
reestablished in our world.
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Ty our viewers need to recognize
that is exactly where we
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are heading friends, the
situation in this country,
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the situation all over the
world is ripe and the stage is
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set for the
fulfillment of these prophecies.
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We are going to see economics,
we're going to see military
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play into this in the big way.
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We are going to see the
uniting of church and state and
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the enforcement of worship.
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We are going to see religious
laws come back in to play to
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help the economy and we are
going to see all of this play
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out in the next
few months and years.
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I feel a little bit hesitant
in even saying that because
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Jesus is coming soon and it
is time for us to take a hold
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that new covenant, to take a
hold of the good tidings of the
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gospel and get our eyes and
hearts headed towards heaven.
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Friends, that's
our prayer for you.
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Be with us next time!
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